Goodreads asked Judith M. Fertig:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Judith M. Fertig My first job was working in a small-batch bakery. I was always amazed at the wonderful bakery smell when I walked in the door. Every flavor that had been transformed into pastries, cookies, cakes, and pies escaped into sort of a flavor rainbow--red cherries, orange, yellow lemon, green lime, blueberry, violet plum, dark spice, invisible vanilla. Claire O'Neil, the pastry chef main character in The Cake Therapist, can see and taste those flavors. Then I took her a step further. Each flavor to her is like a hyperlink to a feeling, which is the heart of a story. Your story. Once Neely understands that, she can create just the flavor to help you mourn a loss, fall in love, get over it, or put your life back on track.

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