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2022.
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English
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While competing on a popular cooking show, Dahlia Woodson stirs up trouble when she gets involved with nonbinary contestant London Parker, and as their relationship heats up both in and out of the kitchen, she wonders if they have the right ingredients for a happily ever after.
Author
Series
Cherry Cola Book Club volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
To celebrate the town's new library, librarian Maura Beth McShay and the Cherry Cola Book Club organizes a cooking contest to crown the "Queen of the Cookbooks.".
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"Poppy McAllister is happy about opening a Jersey Shore B&B--but working in a professional kitchen has always been her real dream. Now it's coming true, at least briefly, as she teams up with her former fiancée, Tim--and his condescending partner, Gigi--during the high-profile Restaurant Week challenge. Poppy's specialty is pastries, despite her devotion to a Paleo diet. But if anyone can make glorious gluten-free goodies, it's Poppy. Things get...
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Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A chef's journey to success leads to discovering the perfect recipe for love in this delicious romantic comedy. Sadie is a rising star in the trendy Seattle restaurant scene. Her dream is to create unique, modern, and mouthwatering takes on traditional Jewish recipes. But after a public breakup with her boss, a famous chef, she is sure her career is over-until she lands a coveted spot on the next season of her favorite TV show, Chef Supreme. On the...
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Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Carlene Lovell is going to hit her no-good, deadbeat, cheatin' ass, soon-to-be ex-husband where it hurts: at the annual chili cook-off, which he's won for 10 years in a row. To win, though, she'll need more than a little help. Police Chief Jack Landry has been smitten with Carlene forever. Now that she needs some help keeping the peace (and getting revenge), it's his chance to prove that not all men are dogs.
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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When Hayley's idol, cookbook author and TV personality Penelope Janice, invites her to participate in a Fourth of July celebrity cook-off at her seaside estate in Seal Harbor, Maine, Hayley couldn't be more flattered. She just hopes she can measure up. With a who's who of famous chefs whipping up their signature dishes, this holiday weekend has all the ingredients for a once-in-a-lifetime culinary experience.
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Sherry Frazzelle is back to being Sherry Oliveri, her divorce all but final and her new life in full swing. Her part-time job is helping her father with his hooked-rug business, and her full-time passion is competitive cooking. But murder is about to rock their little Connecticut town . . ."--Amazon.com.
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Country cooking school mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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"Betts and Gram agree to help their friend Jake at Broken Rope's Historical Society by accommodating some foodie tourists for the night and occupying them with cooking lessons. It couldn't be worse timing when the pair encounter the ax-wielding ghost of Sally Swarthmore, one of Broken Rope's legendary murderers, who pleads with Betts to help find her diary--a diary that could prove that Sally was really a victim, not a villain"--P. [4] of cover.
10) Lethal licorice
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018].
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English
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Harvest, Ohio, is a long way from New York City, where Bailey King left a coveted job as a head chocolatier to take over Swissmen Sweets, her Amish grandparents' candy shop. Now, while caring for her recently widowed grandmother, she plans to honor her grandfather's memory by entering the annual Amish Confectionery Competition. But between lavender blueberry fudge and chocolate cherry ganache truffles, Bailey may have bitten off more than she can...
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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With a few loyal friends in tow including her handsome attorney, Miguel, and her cat, Cr©·me Br©{u00ac}l©♭e Zoe drives the Biscuit Bowl to Charlotte, North Carolina, to enter a nationally televised food truck race. The contest features challenges across the Southeast, and with a fifty-thousand-dollar grand prize, competition isńt just fierce, itś killer. As everyone gears up for the first challenge, another food trucker from Zoeś hometown...
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Blue-collar lovers volume 3
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"No one turns out luscious pies and to-die-for cakes like Marvin Carter. Few outside of the family know about his baking skills, but working as a restaurant line cook is getting old fast. Now he'll do whatever it takes to win start-up money from a major cooking contest and launch his own business. But his prime competition is making things hot for him in--and out--of the kitchen ... Naomi Carson is as savory as her soul food and has twice the spice....
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Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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When a televised St. Patrick's Day cooking competition at Pans 'N Pancakes ends in murder for one unlucky person, owner Robbie, with a store full of both festive decorations and suspects, must expose a killer in their midst.
15) No parm no foul
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Series
Grilled cheese mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"After a long hot summer in Balsam Dell, Carly Hale is ready for crisp Vermont weather and gourmet grilled cheeses at her Grilled Cheese Eatery. And the upcoming Halloween food competition is the perfect way to impress the locals. But Ferris Menard, the owner of Sub-a-Dub-Sub, is nursing a serious grudge against Carly. Two days before the competition, one of Carly's employees quit his part-time gig at Menard's sub shop, sending Menard into a serious...
16) Wonton terror
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Series
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St. Martin's Paperbacks, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Lana Lee is all smiles when the first evening of Cleveland's Asian Night Market kicks off the summer. The weekly festival is always good for business, packed with locals and tourists, and this year, some stiff new food-truck competition. Wonton on Wheels, run by old friends of Lana's parents, promises to have customers lining up for their delicately wrapped delights--until the truck blows up at evening's end. Lana's boyfriend, Detective Adam Trudeau,...
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Series
Country cooking school mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
While preparing their students for the Southern Missouri Showdown, Betts and Gram, the owners of Gram's Country Cooking School, stumble upon the dead body of a local theater owner in their supply room and must serve up a killer before they take the fall for the crime.
18) Gourd to death
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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When a contestant in the pumpkin pie contest is found crushed under an enormous pumpkin, Val Harris, the owner of Pie Town, wonders if this will be her last Halloween.
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"In the quiet coastal community of Cape Willington, Maine, Candy Holliday is a local farmer who dutifully tends to her blueberry fields--and steps in to solve the occasional murder... When Candy organizes a cooking event for her local newspaper, the town's most prominent citizens turn out to witness the popular cookbook author Julia von Fleming serve as a guest judge. But when Julia comes close to consuming a poisoned pickle, she begins to suspect...
Author
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Country cooking school mysteries volume 3
Language
English
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At Gram's Country Cooking School, Isabelle "Betts" Winston and her grandmother share their home-style culinary secrets. But what they keep to themselves are the secrets of Broken Rope, a quiet little Missouri town, that isn't nearly as quiet as it seems. A fresh school year begins as Gram and Betts anxiously await the arrival of their new crop of students. But their enthusiasm is thwarted when a stranger named Freddie O'Bannon arrives and claims to...
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