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HONOURED to be featured and proud to be a card carrying member of the substack fan club. VERY surreal being interviewed by *the* Farrah Storr, too. What is happening?!?! Feeling explosively joyful!

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Congrats! (And I feel the same way! This is so wonderful and I am FLOATING ON AIR because of your sweet mention of the Department of Salad. The feelings are mutual, of course!)

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Hmmm, salad and pastry?

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Love this Nicola and sounds like it’s super well deserved! ✨💡🥐✍️

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Very nice

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Amazing, Nicola!!

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I loved reading your story! So inspiring!

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Congratulations- and excited for the cookery book news!!

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I’m one of Nicola’s paid subscribers. Her Substack has genuinely replaced my Sunday paper of previous years. It is a phenomenal column, I look forward to it every week!

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Thank you faisal, you'll always be the king of bakes to me!

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Very nice nicola

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“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.”

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exactly. Applies to everything e.g. The best time to bake a cake was yesterday (I wish I had some cake right now)

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What a fantastic read and hugely inspired to lean into our individual quirks - as writers but also as humans - and be unafraid about sharing, deeply and enthusiastically, the things that bring us joy, keep us awake, and feed our souls.

"To be unashamedly obsessed with whatever you are into. To not shy away from details and to get deep into whatever it is that you love." - I LOVE THIS!

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Thanks for putting this out there!

As someone who's followed a similar path, I find Nicola's journey and experience encouraging. It's definitely not easy to shift from a Chef's life to a Writer's Life...from hours on your feet to hours on your butt in front of a computer...from confidence to self-doubt...and much more.

So, kudos to Nicola and her success...and to all the others who continue to search for their niche in the Substack universe.

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I love you pretty

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Inspiring! Thank you. I am going to share this with the pastry lovers in my life.

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Nicola is one of the BEST, love to see her featured here!

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*wells up* i loaf wordloaf so much!

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I’ve been looking for more foodies to follow! Perfect timing! I find food content so relaxing - like the Instagram of old but with more substance and better insight! ✨🥰💫 🥐

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So true, and comforting too!

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This is genuinely inspiring!

Absolute way to start the day

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Paid subscriber here to Kitchen Projects and I look forward to Nicola Lamb’s newsletter every Sunday. I so want her to write a book 😊

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so looking forward to our day of iced biscuits

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Yes me too. 🥰

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Agreed on the first pancake! (What a tremendous answer)

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WOOO MY GAL!!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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LOVE YOU LETS HAVE DINNER!

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That’s great!

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Awesome!

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Proud card carrying member of the Nicola Lamb fan club. Her weekly newsletter is an integral part of my Sunday morning routine!

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Great piece! Super inspiring :)

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