Baked With Love: How Food Allergies Changed the Way We Bake
By Jenny Lacika
Illustrated by Fanny Liem
Published by MIT Kids Press
Release Date: Spring 2026
Hilary Van Dusen at MIT Kids Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press has acquired world rights to Baked with Love:How Food Allergies Changed the Way We Bake written by Jenny Lacika (l.) and illustrated by Fanny Liem. Alfred Bird hopes for his wife, Elizabeth, to be able to enjoy cake despite her allergy to yeast and eggs, and as a chemist, he creates a chemical concoction which comes to be known as baking powder. Publication is scheduled for spring 2026; Miranda Paul at Erin Murphy Literary Agency represented the author, and Christy Ewers at the CAT Agency represented the illustrator.