When her first cookbook, The Violet Bakery Cookbook, came out in 2015, Ptak sent a copy to Meghan Markle, who ran a lifestyle blog at the time called The Tig. Markle then interviewed Ptak ...

A foreword by Alice Waters touting the talents of Ptak begins this stellar collection from the owner of the London bakery Violet. Ptak worked for Waters at Chez Panisse before moving to England ...

With a preface penned by Alice Waters, Ptak’s newest cookbook takes baking to new, whimsical and utterly accessible levels. “The Violet Bakery Cookbook” (Ten Speed Press) includes recipes ...

After Ms. Ptak, the owner of Violet, a cafe and bakery in London, published “The Violet Bakery Cookbook” in 2015, she sent a copy to Ms. Markle, who later asked to interview her.

Ptak and Markle connected when the baker sent the actress a copy of the Violet Bakery Cookbook for consideration on the latter’s now-defunct website, the Tig, in 2015, so if there’s social cli ...

Aparita Bhandari says: "This is a great cookbook, kind of an overview of different cuisines, but with that element of comfort added to it." The Violet Bakery Cookbook by Claire Ptak The Violet ...

Reaching prominent professional heights in the culinary arts entails skill and passion that are often born early in the home kitchen. For Claire Ptak, former Chez Panisse pastry chef, London ...

the Violet Cakes chef who made Harry and Meghan's wedding cake, has come out with a new California-UK cookbook – and shows how to make a brown sugar Victoria sponge. In her small bakery-cafe ...