If You've Ever Been Tempted To Chuck a Professional Life You Loathe in Order to Pursue A Passion You Love, Then Start Your Journey With This Hilarious, Poignant Morsel of a Memoir. As president of a movie production company, Gesine Bullock-Prado had a great life on paper but was miserable. And then she lost her beloved mother, a German opera diva and brilliant pastry wizard, to cancer. The only solace Gesine found was in her secret hobby: baking. With every sugary, buttery confection to emerge from her oven, Gesine took one step away from her empty existence and one step closer to the memory of her mother and her true destiny. Before long, she and her husband left the trappings of Hollywood behind, ending up in Vermont, where they started the gem known as Gesine Confectionary. And they never looked back. My Life from Scratch follows Gesine's journey from sugar-obsessed child to awkward Hollywood insider to burgeoning baker.

Chock-full of eccentric characters, beautifully detailed descriptions of her baking process, ceaselessly funny renditions of Hollywood posturing, and scrumptious recipes, the ingredients of her story will appeal to anyone who has ever considered leaving the safe life they know and completely starting over from scratch. Book jacket.