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1) Harvest moon
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Virgin River volume 15
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English
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After collapsing at work, sous-chef Kelly Matlock retreats to her sister's home in Virgin River where she meets Lief Holbrook, a widower, and as romance blossoms between them, Lief's stepdaughters antics threaten to tear them apart.
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“All the sun and magic of Africa are baked into Gaile Parkin’s debut novel. . . . We peek into a warm and practical community as colorful as [the heroine’s] dazzling confections.”—The Christian Science Monitor
This soaring novel introduces us to Angel Tungaraza: mother, cake baker, pillar of her community, keeper of secrets big and small. Angel’s kitchen is an oasis in the heart of Rwanda,
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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A dare between friends leads to startling revelations and simmering tensions in the latest novel from the author of Wedding Girl.
Eloise is happy with her life as a successful private chef. She has her clients, her corgi, and a recipe for the world’s most perfect chocolate cream pie. What more could she need? But when her long-lost trio of high school friends reunites, Eloise realizes how lonely she really is.
Eloise,...
Eloise is happy with her life as a successful private chef. She has her clients, her corgi, and a recipe for the world’s most perfect chocolate cream pie. What more could she need? But when her long-lost trio of high school friends reunites, Eloise realizes how lonely she really is.
Eloise,...
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Christiansen family novels volume 3
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English
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When Grace Christiansen's family surprises her with a cooking retreat in Hawaii, she meets cooking enthusiast and professional hockey player Max Sharpe, but Max's personal demons and his reluctance to open his heart leave Grace with tough decisions.
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English
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2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist
2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Most Anticipated Fall Releases—Fiction
2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Most Anticipated Fall Releases—Fiction
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"About a Chinese American chef who, lured to a decadent, enigmatic colony of the superrich in a near future in which food is disappearing, discovers the meaning of pleasure and the ethics of who gets to enjoy it, altering her life and, indirectly, the world"--
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2015.
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English
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"When Lars Thorvald's wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine--and a dashing sommelier--he's left to raise their baby, Eva, on his own. He's determined to pass on his love of food to his daughter--starting with puréed pork shoulder. As Eva grows, she finds her solace and salvation in the flavors of her native Minnesota. From Scandinavian lutefisk to hydroponic chocolate habaneros, each ingredient represents one part of Eva's journey as she becomes...
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After unexpectedly inheriting a huge old house in a small college town, Dani, to fund her new personal chef business, takes in boarders, but when one of them is murdered and she becomes the prime suspect, she must serve up the real killer to clear her name and save her business
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The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series!
From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods
Return to the world of the Sweet Magnolias, where friends are closer than family, and fun and scandal are always part of the mix.
Ever since she discovered her ex-husband's affair, Dana Sue Sullivan decided to put down new roots and create the best restaurant in Serenity, South Carolina....
From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods
Return to the world of the Sweet Magnolias, where friends are closer than family, and fun and scandal are always part of the mix.
Ever since she discovered her ex-husband's affair, Dana Sue Sullivan decided to put down new roots and create the best restaurant in Serenity, South Carolina....
11) Foreign éclairs
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2016.
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English
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When she is targeted by the brother of a terrorist she helped take down, and his allies, and a White House staff member is killed, Ollie Paras is recruited to participate in a bold strategy to stop the terrorists.
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Lucky Harbor novels volume 8
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English
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After dropping out of pastry school and messing up her big break on a reality cooking show, Leah Sullivan returns home to help her grandmother run her bakery, but finds herself distracted by her best friend, Jack Harper.
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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One-thousand-year-old Viking vampire angel Cnut Sigurdsson agrees to help chef Andrea Stewart rescue her sister from a terrorist cult in Montana until he accidentally transports them to 10th Century Norselands where they must fight their way back to the future.
15) Deep dish
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HarperCollins
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English
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The Cooking Channel is looking for its next big star, and Gina is certain that she fits the bill. Trouble is, the execs also have their eyes on Mr. "Kill It and Grill It" Tate Moody, the star of a hunting, fishing, and cooking show named Vittles. Tate is the ultimate man's man, with a dog named Moonpie and a penchant for flannel shirts. He's also a tasty side of beef with a swooning female fan base. All Gina has on her side are a free-spirited, college-dropout...
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When Flora MacKenzie traded her glum career in London for the remote Scottish island of Mure, she never dreamed that Joel, her difficult, adorable boss, would follow. Yet now, not only has Flora been reunited with her family and opened a charming cafe by the sea, but she and Joel are taking their first faltering steps into romance.
18) Comfort food
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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A celebrity chef shows her friends and family the joy of fulfillment--and manages to spice up her own life at the same time.
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Aspiring actress and wedding-cake decorator Piper Donovan has barely arrived in New Orleans to perfect her pastry skills at the renowned French Quarter bakery, Boulangerie Bertrand, when a ghastly murder rocks the magical city. Intrigued by the case, Piper can't help but look for the "Hoodoo Killer" among the faces around her. Could it be the handsome guide eager to give her special private tours? Or the inscrutable jazz musician who plays on historic...
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Denver chef Rachel Bishop won a James Beard Award and heads up her own fine-dining restaurant-- until she is the target of a smear campaign. Alex Kanin was highlighting the pitfalls of online criticism-- and destroyed the career of a perfect stranger. Plagued by guilt, he agrees to help rebuild Rachel's tarnished image by offering his connections and his home to host an exclusive pop-up dinner party targeted to the Saturday Night Supper Club. As they...
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