The Little Cornish Kitchen

4.5 Scrumptious Stars ????.5<br /><br />Clemmie is being added to my ever-growing book BFF list! Loved her and her group of friends... you know the friendship is real when you are willing to dress up like a mermaid not just once but twice for your friends.... Tail and all! I’d love to go to the Little Cornish Kitchen and have a macaroon or two with these girls!<br /><br />Clemmie has wanderlust never staying anywhere for too long... so when she returns home to check out the flat she is inherited from her grandmother, it is only temporary... even though she is enchanted by her grandmother’s eclectic beach front flat filled with memories, she insists this is still temporary... when she learns the repair costs of the flat she is determined to hold onto it... she especially does not want to sell it to her pushy neighbor Charlie... so she cooks something up to earn some money, still insisting this is temporary...<br /><br />Clemmie and friends open a Singles/putting pop-up... with Clemmie making lots of yummy goodies from her grandmothers basket of recipes.... with several mishaps in the kitchen and frequent visits from her neighbor Charlie and his furry friends, this book kept me laughing and hungry! Loved the slow burning romance between clammy and Charlie.... and Charlie was quite brilliant he befriended all of her friends as well! The best way to a girls heart is through her friends, right?<br /><br />Such a delightful book filled with fun, friendship, family, and yummy food! And I didn’t even mention the bit about Clemmie‘s long-lost father and brothers... Jane Linfoot I would be more than happy to visit the Little Cornish Kitchen in a future book, hint, hint!<br /><br />An absolutely perfect summer read that will make your heart beat faster and your stomach rumble...<br /><br />*** many thanks Harper Impulse and Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for my copy of this book ***

5☆ A Scrumptious Warm Feel Good Read <br /><br />​The Little Cornish Kitchen is a scrumptious story of friendships, romance &amp; tummy rumbling food.<br /><br />Clemmie has moved into her Grandmothers apartment whilst she is deciding what to do with it.<br /><br />Charlie the sexy neighbour wants her Grandmothers Apartment, but Clemmie has other ideas.<br /><br />She decides to bake and sell scrumptious food to help pay for the repairs needed.<br />Now if your like me and adore baking then you will absolutely LOVE this book.<br />However do not read this on an empty tummy. <br /><br />There is so many wonderful characters in this beautifully charming book. I felt like I was really part of Clemmie's friendship group. <br /><br />The Little Cornish Kitchen is a feel good warm, fun, lil dash of Mystery and a good sprinkle of Romance, I really hope there will be more to come from Clemmie.<br /><br />Jane Linfoot had me laughing out loud with all the mishaps and mayhem, tummy rumbling with all the mouth watering bakes, swooning over the neighbour Charlie, and falling in love with The Little Cornish Kitchen. I highly recommend this adorable book.<br /><br />Thank you to Rachel Random Resources for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily.<br /><br /><br />My Review is also on my Blog Website :-<br /> <br /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://dashfan81.blogspot.com/2018/08/blog-tour-little-cornish-kitchen.html">https://dashfan81.blogspot.com/2018/0...</a><br /><br />​

Favorite Quotes:<br /><br />I start to take a deep breath but stop halfway. In the five years since Sophie’s wedding, my dress must have shrunk in the wardrobe. A lot.<br /><br />I purse my lips and stay silent. The only way to deal with Sophie in her ‘conquer the world’ mood is to go with her. Then clear up the wreckage afterwards.<br /><br />As for me waking up for the first time in my life with a fur ball snuggled in the crook of my knees – comfortable doesn’t start to cover it. Suddenly all the stories about crazy cat women make complete sense.<br /><br />I’ll always look back on that last hour we spent together as the time when the tilt of my whole world shifted –very gently, to a better place. There weren’t any thunderclaps or even any sobbing. In the end, there was nothing momentous or earth shattering about what is, after all, simply right.<br /><br />I start to work my way down Sophie’s final menu list. Every item has the word ‘mini’ in front, except the drinks, which say large. According to Sophie, so long as food’s small enough to fit in a child’s mouth it has zero calories.<br /><br />My Review:<br /><br />It took me a good while to warm up to the character of Clemmie as she wasn’t always likable or admirable, she was often rude, thoughtless, snappish, and prone to escape or avoid anything that required much effort – such as conversations, relationships, self-analysis, or any type of feeling. The storylines developed gradually, at the slow and leisurely pace of a tortoise. Once I realized this, I settled in for a long, amusing, and gentle read that should have come with a warning label, as it proved hazardous to my diet. Don’t report me to your diet guru but - gasp - the food! It sounded positively delectable! The lessons, food prep, the mess, the eating… all of which had me frequently venturing into my pantry while foraging for food and gasp even a frightening moment where I was actually considering dusting off the mixer to replicate their baking efforts, that soon passed... But I was highly pleased to find a few recipes in the back, in particular, the one for brownies, which has only three ingredients and uses Nutella – OMG - that right there is worth purchasing the book. <br /><br />And I hit a treasure trove of additions for my Brit Vocab List with: throw a wobbly (tantrum), Serviettes (table napkin), mahoosive (extremely large) skew-whiff (lopsided), Eton mess (a sweet dessert), and Bloody Nora (an expression of dismay dating back to a long-dead 17th century Duke after one of his servants, named Norah, who had a penchant for battering and killing the Duke’s other servants with odd objects such as celery sticks and tea kettles, and thus causing a bloody mess). Learning a new vernacular is such fun.

Clemmie Hamilton has taken a break from her stay in Paris and returned to St. Aidan, Cornwall to help out with the launch of her friend’s new skincare business and to sort out the apartment left to her by her Grandmother that she had been renting out, but now the renter has left and the place is empty.<br /><br />She is unsure what to do with the apartment. It needs lots of work doing to it, but when businessman, property developer, and neighbour Charlie Hobson wants to buy the place, she realises that she can’t let it go and comes up with a novel idea to pay for the repairs.<br /><br />The Little Cornish Kitchen was everything I’d been expecting it to be seen as it was set in Cornwall – Gorgeous scenery that you can visualise perfectly, and even more gorgeous cakes and puddings. Believe me, this book will have you salivating.<br /><br />I’ll admit I did find the first few chapters a bit hard going as the pace was slow and the chapters felt too long – This may have been down to the pacing. However, all that seemed to suddenly change and the pace picked up and the story became fully engaging and interesting. I was hooked.<br /><br />The characters all held their own in the story and I especially loved the group of friends who had been friends since they were babies, The Mermaids – Sophie Potato, Victoria Plum, Nellie Melon and of course Clemmie Orangina. Yes, they all had nicknames.<br /><br />The book is fun, light-hearted and the perfect summer read. It also contains some wonderful recipes at the back that you will be eager to try, well I know I am!

Humourous, lighthearted and picturesque!<br /><br />The Little Cornish Kitchen is a sweet, engaging story that reminds us that sometimes it's nice to settle down, make roots, and have a place to call home.<br /><br />The writing is polished and vividly descriptive. The setting is the idyllic St Aidan with its rugged coastline and sandy beaches. The characters including the kindhearted, spirited Clemmie, the handsome, helpful Charlie, and the adorably cute Diesel are unique, lovable, and fun. And the plot is an uplifting, charming journey about life, loss, love, family, friendship, reconnecting with the past, self-discovery, and happiness.<br /><br />Overall, The Little Cornish Kitchen is an amusing, delightful tale with a splendid cast of characters, beautiful scenery, hilarious hijinks, delicious romance, and delectable treats that is undeniably the perfect choice for any sunny, summery day.<br /><br />Thank you to Jane Linfoot, HarperImpulse, and Rachel's Random Resources for providing me with a copy in an exchange for an honest review.<br /><br />All my reviews can be found on my blog at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://whatsbetterthanbooks.com">https://whatsbetterthanbooks.com</a>

I have never written a review on a book before so forgive me. <br />I absolutely adored this book. All the characters are so friendly and the sort of people I’d like in my life. <br />I wish son much that this book were real. <br />I have wanted to visit Cornwall but I will definitely be visiting when I can. <br />This book just made me happy.<br />If you’re looking for a happy uplifting read, then this is perfect<br />

The Little Cornish Kitchen by Jane Linfoot is a lovely holiday read. Good characters, plot and setting. Would recommend as a light holiday read.

So Clemmie is on a break from her job in Paris and returns to her grandmother apartment in St. Aiden, Cornwall. The apartment was left to Clemmie and it has been a long time since she last visited. She is in St. Aiden for only a few months but her childhood friends coerce and cajole her into setting up The Little Cornish Kitchen. Clemmie needs to raise money for repairs to the apartment and her business minded besties help her raise the much-needed money.<br /><br />Oh this book should come with a warning of “Do Not Read On An Empty Stomach” as the macaroons, brownies, sorbets and the array of yummy-scrummy-umptious confectionary delicacies start to make an appearance.<br /><br />The setting is something that definitely appealed to me, as some may be aware, I live in Cornwall and I always like to try to link a books setting to a place I may have visited, this one made me think of a couple of places straight away. This for me made the setting and more importantly the description of said setting work so well for me.<br /><br />Now this apartment is so me and I could so easily see myself there, in fact can I go right now pleeeease  It is a mish mash of unmatcing crockery, cutlery and furniture with a balcony overlooking the sea, it sounds snug and magical and absolute perfection.<br /><br />Oh! I should mention the story and characters as well. The story in some respects is basic but it has been so well put together that I simply fell in love with it.  Clemmie comes home, she is the only one of her friends who hasn’t settled and instead travelled. Her story has a twist and as the story unfolds you realise how her fabulous friends are, they’re supportive and totally brilliant, if a little quirky at times, a group you would definitely love to have a drink with and there would be tons of laughing.<br /><br />So this is really Clemmie’s story, about how things over the years led her to a life of travel and not settle. But the move gives her something to think about, re-kindles memories and she discovers things that she hadn’t realised she could do or had even occured to her to do. Then there is a neighbour, ‘Well hello there’. He has a few hidden talents that would come in rather handy. I wasn’t too sure on his agenda, if you read the story you will know what I mean.<br /><br />This was a great story and it ticked a lot of boxes for me; well written, great cast and wonderful descriptions. It was humorous at times and also had moments that had a little more of a serious side. Thoroughly enjoyable and a book that you can definitely loose yourself in, with a heartwarming, uplifting and generally a great ‘mmmmmm good, snuggly feel. This is one I would definitely recommend to readers who look for pure escapism and want a cracking read, even though it did leave me with cake withdrawal symptoms when I had finished  .

A lovely read

I have always loved janes book and she didn't disappoint at all full of fun an easy read and laugh out loud romantic and of cause about fun you really want to keep reading to see what happens a great read and lovely to be back in Cornwall you really think you are there. Jane has great characters and perfect countryside and lovely to hear about the food she cooks and imagine you are eating them. Great it has recipes in the back to extra bonus. Highly recommend this book to read. <br />Clemmie has been living in France for years but has to return to her home town of Cornwall after her grandmother has died. She reality doesn't want to return home but once she realises her mother has left her a cosy cottage but that it's in disrepair and learns it's under threat from the neighbour Charlie who is also a property developer and wants his hands on the cottage can she change her mind. She starts to get me,erioes of her childhood there and learns she can't leave the cottage when it needs her. She turns it into the little Cornish kitchen a boutique pop up pudding club so she can raise money for the repairs but sadly she keeps getting charmed by Charlie and he won't go away so does everything end up going wrong or can she be happy and save the cottage. <br />A great simple read and makes you think of the seaside.