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Nicola Lamb's avatar

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!

emily nunn's avatar

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!)

Breaking Ladd's avatar

Hmmm, salad and pastry?

Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

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

Giulia Scarpaleggia's avatar

I loved reading your story! So inspiring!

Matt Wilding's avatar

Congratulations- and excited for the cookery book news!!

Faisal's avatar

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!

Nicola Lamb's avatar

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

Caleb Reichardt's avatar

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

Nicola Lamb's avatar

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

Eva Ramirez's avatar

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!

Jack McNulty's avatar

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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Claire Mackinnon's avatar

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

Andrew Janjigian's avatar

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

Nicola Lamb's avatar

*wells up* i loaf wordloaf so much!

Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

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! ✨🥰💫 🥐

Eva Ramirez's avatar

So true, and comforting too!

Nisarg Bhatt's avatar

This is genuinely inspiring!

Absolute way to start the day

Pam's avatar

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 😊

Nicola Lamb's avatar

so looking forward to our day of iced biscuits

Pam's avatar

Yes me too. 🥰

Bailey Richardson's avatar

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

Rosie Mackean's avatar

WOOO MY GAL!!!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Nicola Lamb's avatar

LOVE YOU LETS HAVE DINNER!

JP's avatar

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

Sam Greene's avatar

Great piece! Super inspiring :)