We are delighted to announce that HarperCollins will publish MY FIRST MEALS: Fast, fun recipes for children with just five ingredients, the first cookbook from Instagram sensation Grace Mortimer. Louise McKeever, Editorial Director at HQ, acquired World All Language rights, at auction, from Juliet Pickering at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency.
Grace has amassed an impressive following of over 130,000 on Instagram since starting @_myfirstmeals during the first lockdown of 2020. She uses the platform to share her ingeniously quick, simple, and affordable five-ingredient recipe ideas for kids. In MY FIRST MEALS, Grace creates easy, delicious, and healthy recipes that take minimal effort to prepare and cook. With every dish requiring just five ingredients (or less), she makes quick and tasty lunches, snacks and dinners, that young children (and adults!) will love.
Grace Mortimer said: ‘I am beyond excited to be working with HQ on my first book. I wanted to create a book where the recipes were so easy to follow that anyone could confidently undertake them, whatever their level of experience in the kitchen, and without having to give their full concentration to cooking. I’m so pleased that HQ saw what I wanted to do with MY FIRST MEALS and gave me the opportunity to create this book for time-poor, usually exhausted, cooks!’
Louise McKeever said: ‘As soon as we met Grace and discovered the magic she could create with just a couple of ingredients in hand, we knew we had to publish her first cookbook. These are fast, fabulous and fun recipes that you can easily make and that your kids will absolutely adore.’
Juliet Pickering said: ‘From the minute Grace’s first email landed, I knew she had the most brilliant idea for a book – not least because I have a 3-year-old to feed at home myself! Grace is a joy to work with, and I have loved cooking her simple and delicious dishes - and there’s no harsher critic than a toddler, who’s loved them too. I’m so pleased to bring this book to more parents and carers, who want an easier mealtime and happy, well-fed children! I can’t wait to share copies of MY FIRST MEALS with friends and family.’
HQ will publish My First Meals in the UK in August 2022 in hardback and eBook: https://amzn.to/3KKDFkn
About Grace:
Grace Mortimer is the 29-year-old mother to Harry. She lives in Gloucestershire with her long-term partner, Tom. She studied law at university and worked in sales for years but decided to start working part-time when Harry turned one. Grace is originally from Essex and grew up with extremely foodie parents but didn’t develop her passion for cooking until her third year of university.
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