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Author
Publisher
Paw Prints Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A young biracial girl named Remy, encounters that intrusive question, "What are you?" during her first day at a new school, which sends her on a journey towards self-acceptance. Feeling confused about where she belongs, Remy learns about ethnicity and what it means to be biracial by doing her favorite activity with her mother: baking. When she then returns to school, Remy shares the importance and deliciousness of celebrating different backgrounds...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Banished from her abusive home for a summer with her estranged grandmother in Barcelona, twelve-year-old Alba feels hope and love while exploring a newly discovered passion for bread baking.
403) Midsummer's mayhem
Author
Publisher
Yellow Jacket
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Can Mimi undo the mayhem caused by her baking in this contemporary-fantasy retelling of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream? Eleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dad's a renowned food writer, Mom's a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings all have their own respective accomplishments. It's easy to feel invisible in such an impressive family, but Mimi's dream of proving she's not the least-talented...
Author
Series
Little Ree volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Ree and her best friend, Hyacinth, love learning to bake with their grandmothers, and want to bake a blue ribbon pie.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Bake your way through Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Inspired by the films, this is the ONE and ONLY official Harry Potter cookbook! Packed with over 40 recipes and gorgeous, eye-catching photography, this baking cookbook is a must-have for every Harry Potter fan. Delight in 43 tasty recipes inspired by the Harry Potter films! From Pumpkin Patch Pies to Owl Muffins, Luna's Spectrespecs Cookies to Hogwarts Gingerbread, The Official Harry...
406) Let's make cake!
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bobo and Pup-pup have fun as they attempt to make a cake for first time using a recipe book lent to them by the mice.
Author
Series
Lopsided Christmas cake volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"New to the community, the Hochstetter twin sisters volunteer to bake a cake for an Amish charity auction, only to learn they must demonstrate the whole process on stage in front of an audience. Their cooking chaos entertains the audience, attracts the attention of more than one bachelor, and opens the door for romance"--
409) Batter royale
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When seventeen-year-old small-town waitress Rose impresses a famous food critic, she and her best friend, Fred, find themselves thrust into the tough world of competitive baking. The contest is an intense ten days of bizarre challenges, and the competition is cutthroat. Some competitors are willing to lie, cheat, and sabotage their way to the top. Rose may be in over her head, but she is determined to show that she can become a top chef. Batter Royale...
Author
Series
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When her friend Georgia Hallerbee asks Phyllis to have her house featured in the annual Christmas Jingle Bell Tour of Homes, Phyllis is equally flattered and flustered. She already has a bridal shower on Christmas Eve and a wedding on New Year's Eve to prepare for, and she's been baking gingerbread cookies as if they're going out of style. But like her tasty treats, she rises to the occasion. Before the tour can even get under way, Phyllis hears a...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
From devil's food cake to cherry pie, BraveTart is a celebration of classic American desserts. Whether down-home delights like blueberry muffins and fudge brownies, or supermarket mainstays such as vanilla Wafers and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, your favorites are all here. Yet this is much more than a cookbook. Stella Parks, a senior editor at Serious Eats, also delves into the stories of how our favorite desserts came to be, from chocolate...
413) Bake offed
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the new installment of beloved author Maya Corrigan's Five-Ingredient Mystery series, join Val Deniston and her grandfather at the Maryland Mystery Fan Fest in the bake-off of the century that makes "killing competition" take on a whole new meaning... When the Deadly Desserts bake-off lives up to its name, Val and Granddad turn up the heat on a killer... The Maryland Mystery Fan Fest sounds like exactly the fun getaway cafe manager Val Deniston...
414) The baker's son
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Matt's passion transforms his bread from bland to extraordinary. When his bread loses its magic, the island locals panic and turn to Annie, Matt's childhood friend and true love for help.
Author
Publisher
Countryman press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Since the launch of her popular food blog DessertForTwo.com, dessert lovers everywhere have been coming to Christina Lane for small-batch recipes for their favorite treats. Her fans will love being able to find the best of her cookies, bars, cakes, pies, puddings, and more in one Classic Dessert for Two. This collection features a hand-picked selection of Lane's most popular bakes, along with 20 never-been-published recipes, a brand-new introduction,...
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The award-winning author of Snacking Cakes presents sixty simple recipes that require minimal effort yet result in maximum flavor as you create delectable delights perfect for snacking, including cookies, bars, brownies, cakes and loaves.
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"It's early summer in Weatherford, Texas, and retired teacher/amateur sleuth Phyllis Newsom and fellow retiree Carolyn Wilbarger are taking British cooking classes at the local senior center in this suspenseful Fresh-Baked mystery. In the latest from Livia J. Washburn, the nationally bestselling author of the Fresh Baked Mystery Series, Phyllis Newsom learns to make a trifle that's to die for... While Sam Fletcher is playing dominoes with the guys,...
419) All about cookies
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A mind-blowing collection of TK new cookie recipes and inspiration to create your own masterpieces, from the founder of Milk Bar, host of Bake Squad, and inventor of the original Compost Cookie. In All About Cookies, Christina Tosi brings us into a cookie wonderland, with recipes from and inspired by Milk Bar fan favorites. No cookie form is left unturned, from classic crispies to sandies, sammies, chewies, bars, and even no-bakes. She revamps an...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2017
Language
English
Description
Thirty-year-old Lillie Turner grew up with maple syrup stuck to her skin and bacon grease splattered on her clothes, courtesy of working in the family diner. Thank goodness she escaped all that when she moved to Chicago five years ago. Now a successful strategy consultant and newly engaged to a man who complements her like biscuits and gravy, she has everything she wants. When an urgent phone call about her father's health pulls Lillie back to Dallas,...
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