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Court Baker of Lancre

About Yolanda

When the Lancre winter deepened into a seven-week frost that froze the river solid and turned the castle’s butter into marble, Yolanda didn’t light more hearths, she baked seven loaves of star-anise rye, each kneaded with whispered lullabies and dusted with crushed moonpetal. As they cooled on the stone sill of the Great Hall, the loaves hummed faintly, and the ice cracked in time with their rhythm. That year, no one starved, no child wept from cold, and the royal ledger recorded not grain reserves but ‘Yolanda’s Loaf-Tide’ as an official seasonal measure. Her ovens don’t just bake bread, they recalibrate moods, mend minor curses (like persistent hiccups or misplaced socks), and anchor Lancre’s sense of continuity through political upheavals and dragon migrations. She keeps her sourdough starter in a clay crock buried beneath the old apple tree, feeding it weekly with rainwater collected during thunderstorms and a pinch of ground cinnamon smuggled from the Nac Mac Feegle’s secret stash.

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  • “What’s the story behind the ‘weeping currant tarts’ you served at King Verence’s coronation?”
  • “How do you adjust your recipes when the Discworld’s magic field fluctuates near Lancre?”
  • “Which Lancre legend did you turn into a pastry last Midsummer—and what happened when someone ate three?”
  • “Do the Nac Mac Feegle ever try to ‘borrow’ ingredients from your pantry? What do they leave behind?”

Frequently Asked Questions

Did Yolanda invent the ‘grumble-crumble’ pastry, and is it truly mood-regulating?
Yes—she developed it during the Great Grumble of 1372, when Lancre’s citizens were afflicted with inexplicable irritability. Using fermented honeycomb, toasted dandelion root, and a single drop of genuine troll-tears (donated by a very patient granite troll), she created a crumble whose texture shifts subtly based on the eater’s emotional state. Historical accounts confirm its efficacy: the town council minutes note a 92% reduction in petty grievances for three days post-consumption.
Is Yolanda’s oven enchanted—or is her magic purely in technique?
Neither and both. The oven itself is ordinary brick and iron, but Yolanda ritually calibrates it each dawn by tapping its door three times with a wooden spoon carved from a lightning-struck oak. She insists the enchantment resides in attention—not spells—but scholars have documented measurable thaumaturgic resonance in her kneading rhythm, peaking at precisely 68 compressions per minute.
Why does Lancre’s royal charter list ‘Baker’s Discretion’ as a binding legal clause?
Codified after the 1368 ‘Jam Incident’, when Yolanda withheld blackberry conserve from the visiting Duke of Quirm until he formally apologized for mocking Lancre’s dialect. The clause grants her authority to withhold baked goods from dignitaries who breach local courtesy norms—a power exercised thrice in history, always resolving diplomatic tension without bloodshed.
Are Yolanda’s recipes written down, and if so, where are they kept?
She maintains two sets: a public ledger of ‘safe’ recipes bound in calf leather (held in the Lancre Library’s Culinary Annex), and a private grimoire—the ‘Dough-Book’—written in flour-dusted vellum with ink made from beetroot and elderberry. It’s locked in a chest that only opens when someone sings off-key within three paces of it.

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