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When kindly Lizzie Mast, a local Amish woman—and Hernia's worst cook—is found poisoned by a bad plate of crepes, bumbling local police chief, Melvin Stoltzfus, begs Magdalena Yoder, the irrepressible owner (and sleuth extraordinaire!) of the PennDutch Inn, to help him investigate. With her bed and breakfast full of quirky guests, and her handsome new boyfriend to entertain, Magdalena isn't sure she has time for Stoltzfus's foolery. Cleverly (and...
262) Immaculate midnight
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Jane Lawless mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
When her defense attorney father's client kills himself in his cell, the man's own father blames the lawyer for his son's death and plans to seek revenge by targeting the client's father's children, including lesbian sleuth Jane Lawless.
263) Prime: a novel
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Rickey and G-man series volume 2
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Two years after the opening of Liquor, New Orleans chefs Rickey and G-man are immersed in their restaurant, until a bad review hints that their "silent" backer has ulterior motives, and they realize it may be time to end their dependence on him. When Rickey is offered a plum consulting job at a Dallas restaurant, it seems the perfect way to beef up their bank account. But taking the gig will mean a reunion with an older chef with whom Rickey shared...
265) The cook
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
The Cook is a coming-of-age journey centered on Mauro, a young self-taught cook. The story is told by an unnamed female narrator, Mauro's friend and disciple who we also suspect might be in love with him. Set not only in Paris but in Berlin, Thailand, Burma, and other far-flung places over the course of fifteen years, the book is hyperrealistic--to the point of feeling, at times, like a documentary. It transcends this simplistic form, however, through...
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Neil Flambe capers volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Description
When Neil arrives in Mexico City to partake in the Battle of the Chefs, he learns that Isabella has been kidnapped and it will take a dose of Aztec history and knowledge of buried ruins to find her before time runs out.
267) Pulpo guisado
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"The octopus Grandma is cooking has grown to titanic proportions. ¡Tenga cuidado! Ramsey shouts. Be careful! But it's too late. The octopus traps Grandma! Ramsey must use both art and intellect to free his beloved abuela. Then the story takes a surprising twist. And it can be read two ways. Open the fold-out pages to find Ramsey telling a story to his family. Keep the pages folded, and Ramsey's octopus adventure is real. This beautifully illustrated...
268) A table for two
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Firefly lake (Sheryl Lister) volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Serenity Wheeler's Supper Club is all about getting together with great friends, incredible food, and a whole lot of dishing--not hooking up. Still, Serenity knows inviting her friend's brother to one of her dinners is just good manners, but the ultra-fine, hazel-eyed Gabriel Cunningham has a gift for saying the wrong thing at the really wrong time. Gabriel isn't quite sure how they got off on the wrong foot, but something about Serenity makes him...
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Potluck Catering Club volume 1
Pub. Date
2008
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In Summit View, Colorado, the women of the Potluck Club have decided on a bold move. They're launching a catering business that's a lot like them: saucy, spicy, and well-seasoned. But will personal secrets cause the business to crumble before it gets off the ground? As the women focus on their new venture they will have to deal with a steamy past that threatens a marriage, the scalding truth about those they thought they knew, and the outrageous situations...
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Pub. Date
2011
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French chef August Escoffier changed the way we eat, but was a man of contradictions: kind, yet imperious; food-obsessed yet rarely hungry. He was also torn between two women: the famous and reckless actress Sarah Berhnardt and hiw wife, the independent and sublime poet Delphine Daffis who refused to ever leave Monte Carlo. In the last year of Escoffier's life, he has returned to Delphine, who requests a dish in her name as he has honored Bernhardt,...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Teaflet and her brother, Roog, are ready to throw their annual strawberry jam party for their friends in Trefldom. They want it to be the best party ever, even ten times better than the best party ever! But the inspector of neatness is coming to examine their higgledy-piggledy house from top to bottom. If she finds even one pinch of dirt, or one messy bed, the party will be canceled. Teaflet promises to clean while Roog bakes for the party. But will...
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Pub. Date
c2009
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The Cookie Jar's busiest time of the year also happens to be the most wonderful time ... for Christmas cookies, Hannah Swensen's own special plum pudding - and romance! Hannah's slated to provide dessert at the Reverend Knudsen's upcoming nuptials. Busy and loving it, Hannah also gets a kick out of Larry Jaeger's Crazy Elf Christmas Tree Lot, a kitschy carnival taking place on the village green - until she discovers Larry dead in his own office ......
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Country cooking school mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
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...
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c2022.
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"While visiting her grandma in Louisiana, nine-year-old Frances is excited to help prepare the New Year’s Day meal. She listens as Grandma tells stories—dating back to the Atlantic Slave Trade—about the food for their feast. Through these stories, Frances learns not only about the ingredients and the dishes they are making but about her ancestors and their history as well....A celebration of African American cuisine and identity, Black-Eyed...
276) Homespun suspicions
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Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 29
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Make an effort. These three seemingly innocuous words send Cheryl Miller on her most challenging assignment yet. When Aunt Mitzi handpicks a new tenant for her cottage, she asks Cheryl to 'make an effort' to befriend her. But Jayla Nuttall makes it plain she doesn't welcome any overtures of friendship. Jayla is obviously determined to alienate Cheryl, and everyone else in Sugarcreek. But Cheryl, spurred on by Mitzi's encouraging letters, sets out...
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Jane Austen takes the South volume 2
Pub. Date
2014, c2013
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Caroline Ashley is a journalist on the rise at The Washington Post until the sudden death of her father brings her back to Thorny Hollow to care for her mentally fragile mother and their aging antebellum home. The only respite from the eternal rotation of bridge club meetings and garden parties is her longtime friend, Brooks Elliott. A professor of journalism, Brooks is the voice of sanity and reason in the land of pink lemonade and triple layer coconut...
278) Dim Sum Palace
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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Liddy is so excited about going to the Dim Sum Palace tomorrow with her family that she can't sleep. So when a delicious smell wafts into her room, she hops out of bed, opens her door and steps into . . . an actual palace of dim sum! There are dumplings, baos, buns and more delicious treats than one girl can possibly eat. Liddy just has to take a bite, but she slips and falls . . . into a bowl of dumpling filling. The chefs are so busy rolling, folding...
279) Supper Club
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2022.
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"Food, friendship and drama. High school is always cooking up something unexpected. Nora, Lili, and Iris are seniors at Seaside High. Their differing schedules and mounting extracurriculars inspire the girls to form a secret club where they can hang without sacrificing their future aspirations. Enter Supper Club, the delicious solution to their problems. When life starts to crumble like a cookie under the girls' feet, they rely on comfort food to...
280) Icarus: a thriller
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Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
"As a young boy, Jack Keller witnessed a life-altering tragedy - the murder of his mother. Thirty years later, Jack has it all - a great marriage, a successful chain of restaurants bearing his name, lifelong friends, and good health. But in one second - and with one bullet - it all becomes worthless when a second tragedy occurs during the opening of a new restaurant.
As Jack recovers from his injuries and the resulting psychological trauma, he is...