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Vallery Lomas is the winner of The Great American Baking Show and the first Black winner of the Great British Bake Off franchise. She hosts the digital show Vallery Bakes Your Questions on Food Network's website and the Food Network Kitchen app. She has also appeared on CNN, the Today show, Live with Kelly & Ryan, the History Channel, and the Hallmark Channel. Originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Vallery attended college and law school in Los Angeles, practiced law in Washington D.C., and spent a gap year in Paris-where she perfected both her French and pastry skills-before settling in Harlem. She is a frequent columnist and recipe contributor to the New York Times.
Life Is What You Bake It is as much about a collection of recipes that makes your mouth water and tugs at your heart with food memories as it is about the chronicles and life lessons of a true comeback kid. Vallery Lomas's life's mantra should be 'Punched down, dough always rises again!' Vallery shows us how to deliciously bake our way to satisfaction. --Carla Hall, author of Carla Hall's Soul Food, Food Network Host and Judge Lomas is an inspiration as a baker (have you seen Almost-Ate-the-Plate Carrot Cake?), a writer (headnote readers, you're in for some beautiful storytelling), but also as a human being, pursuing her passion for baking and continuing it against seemingly impossible setbacks. We're luckier for it. --Deb Perelman, author of Smitten Kitchen Every Day This book could have easily been called Life Is What You Make It! Chef Vallery's story lets you know that if you can put your mind to it, you can achieve it. She also makes it clear that if you want delicious baked goods, you should take a page out of her book. From her simple nostalgic Strawberry Smash to her decadent bananas foster pancakes, there is a recipe in here for everyone! --Kwame Onwuachi, author of Notes From a Young Black Chef, James Beard Rising Star Chef and judge on Top Chef Vallery makes me feel like I can make things in my kitchen that I would normally purchase at a bakery. Life Is What You Bake It is not only a collection of recipes but also an empowering book that shows us there's often more possible than we can even imagine. Between the recipes (which are so trustworthy since Vallery writes with lawyerly precision!) and the stunning photography, Vallery's stories paint a picture of what it looks like to walk the walk of living out your dreams. --Julia Turshen, bestselling author of Simply Julia, host of Keep Calm and Cook On podcast, and founder of Equity at the Table Vallery Lomas comes out on top with this winning collection of cookies, cakes, pies, and more. She brings her trademark zest and enthusiasm to American classics and offers up a chapter of easy-to-master French pastries from her life in Paris. Vallery makes everything doable and easy, no matter what your skill level. I can't wait to bake my way through this delicious collection of recipes! --David Lebovitz, author of Drinking French and My Paris Kitchen I LOVE IT! It's a beautiful, bright, timely book, bringing new life to the baking classics. Reading through it, I felt immediately comforted and uplifted by Vallery's writing, which is warm, engaging, and thoughtful. There's something in the book for everybody, no matter their skill level or confidence. --Ruby Tandoh, food writer and author of Eat Up! While the gorgeous photography and delicious recipes immediately drew me in, Vallery's compelling journey and family history kept me turning the pages. Her stories, such as strawberry fields with her father, jazz and cupcakes with her sister, and her great-grandma's biscuit legacy, bring a depth and joy to each and every recipe. This is my favorite kind of baking book: both a tome of reliable recipes that will become staples in my kitchen and a book to curl up with, reading cover to cover. --Sarah Kieffer, author of 100 Cookies and The Vanilla Bean Blog
