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Kristin Scott Thomas said her sister turned family recipes collected by their mother into a book as a wedding present. Scott Thomas shared the story while confirming her marriage to John Micklethwait in a November 2024 appearance on Ruthie’s Table 4.
What wedding gift did Kristin Scott Thomas receive?
Her sister made a book of family recipes. Their mother had gathered the recipes from relatives on both sides of the family, including a great-grandmother in Scotland. Scott Thomas said her sister scanned and photographed the collected recipes and assembled them into a book.
On the Ruthie’s Table 4 podcast, Scott Thomas described it as her wedding present. Host Ruth Rogers called it “a history” and “a biography and memoir recipes.”
What did she share about the wedding?
Scott Thomas confirmed that she had married John Micklethwait, Bloomberg’s editor-in-chief. Contemporary reports placed the wedding in Rutland, England, and said she mentioned coronation chicken at the celebration.
#1 Best Overall
- COMPLETE SET - Comes with an 11.5 x 12" 3-ring binder, 50 clear letter sized protector sheets, and 12 divider pages featuring printed tabs of the most popular recipe categories.
- COMPLEMENTING THEME - The binder and divider tabs feature complementary designs
- SMART DESIGN - The binder has stain-resistant padded covers and a 1.5" D-shaped ring which allows the binder to stay flat when opened; extra-durable protector sheets feature secure inward opening and have heat-welded seams and double thickness in hole-punched margin
- DURABLE - 1.5" D-rings provide high capacity; Secured protectors sheets and divider tabs are wrapped separately for protection and fun and easy set-up.
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Which recipes were in the book?
Scott Thomas did not name individual recipes or describe the finished book’s contents beyond its family-recipe origins and how her sister made it. The gift she described was a personal family keepsake, not an identified retail cookbook.
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- All in One - Three-ring recipe binder, 60 plastic full page sheet protectors, 12 tab dividers and 24 tab labels (12 marked & 12 blank) are packaged in an exquisite box - makes it a great gift for those love collect recipes. Moreover, we'll provide free print templates of full page and 4x6 cards version for every customers! Please download from this page below—Product Documentation (PDF) under product information.
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- COMPLEMENTING THEME THROUGHOUT - The binder, divider tabs, and recipe cards feature complementary designs
- SMART DESIGN - The binder has stain-resistant padded covers and a 1" D-shaped rings which allow the binder to stay flat when opened; extra-durable protector sheets feature secure inward opening and have heat-welded seams and double thickness in hole-punched margin
- DURABLE - 1" D-rings provide high capacity; Secured recipe cards in protectors sheets, and divider tabs components are wrapped separately for protection and fun and easy set-up.
- CATEGORIES INCLUDE - Appetizers & Beverages, Soups & Salads, Sauces & Dressings, Breads & Rolls, Main Dishes, Meat, Fish & Seafood, Poultry, Vegetables/Plant-based, Pasta, Rice & Grains, Cookies, Desserts
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