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Series
Komomo confiserie volume 1
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
As a little girl, Komomo Ninomiya delighted in picking on Natsu Azumi, the son of her family's pastry chef. Ten years later, when the family fortune is lost and she has no place to live, Komomo encounters Natsu again in her hour of need. Now that Natsu is a master pastry chef in his own right, he'll help Komomo -- but only if she works for him at his new confiserie!
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Ashland, Oregon, looks as pretty as a postcard this holiday season. The halls are decked, stockings hung, and eyes are all aglow - mostly thanks to the buttered rum. Jules Capshaw and her staff at Torte are busier than ever...still, even the town's most in-demand bakers need to take a break. So Jules invites everyone to celebrate at the local Winchester Inn's Dickens Feast, a six-course extravaganza with Yorkshire Pudding, Christmas goose, and all...
Author
Series
Maeve Conlon novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Maeve's moving on with everyday life when the unthinkable happens: her father dies of a massive heart attack. Maeve's mother died when Maeve was very young, and growing up, it was always just her and her father. But on the day of his funeral, Maeve learns a shocking secret: she might have a sister she's never met. Maeve knows her father would never have kept something like that from her--unless he thought he had to.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkeley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Melanie Cooper has zero interest in catering her fifteen-year high school reunion, but Angie insists it's only right that they bask in the success of Fairy Tale Cupcakes. Everything is going better than expected until Cassidy Havers, resident mean girl and Mel's high school nemesis, picks a fight. No longer willing to put up with Cassidy's bullying, Mel is ready to tell the former homecoming queen to shut her piehole and call it a night. But as Mel...
145) Salt and Sugar
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"To save her family's bakery, Salt, which as been at war with the Molinas' bakery, Sugar, across the street, Lari Ramires does the unthinkable by teaming up with Pedro Molinas to save both their bakeries, falling in love in the process"--
Author
Series
Pie Shop mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Midnight Ink
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
No one can die from a pie . . . or can they? Hanna Denton has returned home to Crystal Cove, California, to take over the pie shop her Grannie Louise owned for thirty years. Grannie has now moved to the ritzy retirement community on the hill and Hanna is working her hardest to live up to Grannie's reputation for baking the best pies in the state. However, between rolling dough, slicing rhubarb, and trying to find the magic ingredients that made Grannie's...
147) A smoking bun
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
While baking up spiced curry buns and chai cookies for a moonlit snowshoe tour, pastry chef turned amateur sleuth Jules Capshaw takes Ramiro's family to the annual Downhill Dummy competition in which murder comes in first and must catch a stone-cold killer before they strike again.
148) Bake sale
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Cupcake runs a successful bakery with his best friend, Eggplant, but dreams of going abroad to meet his idol, Turkish Delight, who is the most famous pastry chef in the world.
149) Sugar and iced
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
Normally Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura wouldn't be caught dead at a beauty pageant, but when Mel's mom asks them to provide cupcakes for the seventy-fifth annual Sweet Tiara contest as a favor for her best friend, they can't say no .... But the world of pageants is even hotter than Mel's kitchen. A high-strung judge and a pushy stage mom target Lupe, a young friend of Mel and Angie's, at the competition and aim to take her out -- by any means necessary....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bakery owner Hannah Swensen is leaving Lake Eden to help a friend in sunny California. But an unexpected phone call swiftly brings her back to a cold Minnesota winter . . . and murder . . . When Hannah learns that her sister Michelle's boyfriend, Detective Lonnie Murphy, is the prime suspect in a murder case, she goes straight from a movie studio sound stage to the Los Angeles airport. Back in frigid Minnesota, she discovers that proving Lonnie's...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
It's a sweet and delicious day at Blue's Bakery as Josh and Blue are baking bibingka, a cake from the Philippines! Next up is a trip to Blue's Bistro, a very fancy restaurant. Then, celebrate birthdays with an incredibly special birthday cake made by Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper. And finally, play detective and try to find Mr. Salt₂s missing pies, dun dun dun!
Author
Series
Publisher
Kennebec Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For magical baker Katie Lightfoot, the only way to beat the Savannah summer heat is to whip up some cool treats for the Honeybee Bakery's patrons. But when a meeting of the spellbook club is interrupted by a stranger collapsing on the floor of her shop, mumbling something about a voodoo talisman, Katie drops everything to begin investigating. Her search for answers quickly leads her into a dangerous blend of Savannah's infamous voodoo queens, a powerful...
Author
Series
Charmed Pie Shoppe mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When a wedding guest becomes seriously ill after eating one of her desserts, Ella Mae, whose baked goods are literally magical, must whip up some clues to prove that her pies didn't contain the killer ingredient.
154) Grace stirs it up
Author
Series
Girl of the year. 2015: Grace volume 2
Girl of the year. 2015 Grace volume 2
Girl of the year. Grace volume 2
Girl of the year. 2015 Grace volume 2
Girl of the year. Grace volume 2
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Inspired by her grandparents' bakery and her recent visit to Paris, nine-year-old Grace leads her friends in starting La Petite Patisserie, making and selling French pastries at school and special events, but they soon discover that starting a new business is not always easy--or fun.
155) Coconut drop dead
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Brooklyn's annual Caribbean American Heritage Festival is finally here, and Spice Isle Bakery is thrilled to be one of the event's food vendors. After all, the Murrays have been attending the festival for years. Co-owner Lyndsay Murray hopes their West Indian pastries and finger foods draw people back to the bakery in Little Caribbean. She's looking forward to having fun, connecting with customers, and celebrating with her family. The day's festivities...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Join Daniel Tiger as he picks out a cake for his birthday party with the help of his mom, goes to the bakery with Prince Wednesday to make cookies for the Neighborhood, and learns how to make delicious banana bread from Baker Aker.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Melanie and Angie host a corporate boot camp at Fairy Tale Cupcakes at the request of Ian Hannigan, the new owner of Southwest Style magazine. His staff, however, would rather be doing just about anything else, and whjen Hannigan is found murdered outside the bakery, Melanie and Angie investigate.
Publisher
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The little rascals : The story begins with Spanky, who is the president of the "He-Man Woman Haters Club" with many school-aged boys from around the neighborhood as members. His best friend, Alfalfa, has been chosen as the driver for the club's prize-winning go-kart, called "The Blur", in the annual Soap Box Derby style race. However, when the announcement is made, Alfalfa is nowhere to be found. The boys catch Alfalfa in the company of Darla -- "a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Scottsdale, Arizona, may not be the liveliest place on earth, but it has never been as dead as this. Hundreds of fans have gathered together for the first annual Old Town Zombie Walk, and Mel, Angie, and the Fairy Tale Cupcake crew are donning their best undead attire to sell some horror themed desserts to the hungry hordes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
"Le père de Hansel et de Gretel s'apprête à cuisiner une surprise spéciale pour le festival d'hiver, mais une tempête de neige se déclare et les choses ne se passent pas comme prévu... Les deux enfants sauront-ils rester positifs? Ce conte réinventé nous prouve que les événements ne se déroulent pas toujours comme nous les avions imaginés."--
"When Hansel and Gretel's father doesn't return to the bakery after his trip to get supplies,...
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