Acevedo, Elizabeth
Summary: Ever since she got pregnant in her freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making tough decisions. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it's impossible. Yet once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ACEStradal, J. Ryan.
Summary: 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. 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2015
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Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pamela Dorman Books, Viking 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Stradal 2015Fluke, Joanne
Summary: After an extravagant honeymoon, Hannah's eager to settle down in Lake Eden and turn domestic daydreams into reality. But when her mother's neighbor is discovered murdered in the condo downstairs, reality becomes a nightmarish investigation. Victoria Bascomb, once a renowned stage actress, was active in the theater community during her brief appearance in town . . . and made throngs of enemies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M FLUNewton, Dylan
Summary: "When disaster strikes and chef Bryce Weatherford is given guardianship of her three young nieces, her life goes from cooking with fire...to controlling a dumpster fire. Five year old Addison refuses to remove her fairy wings, eight year old Cecily won't bathe, and tween June is majoring in belligerence. With all this chaos, Bryce jettisons hope for a life outside of managing her family and her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC NEWAbu-Jaber, Diana.
Summary: Never married, living with an Iraqi-immigrant uncle and devoted dog, and working as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant, thirty-nine-year-old Sirine finds her life turned upside down by a handsome Arabic literature professor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABUShepherd, Linda E.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fleming H. Revell 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ShephBricker, Sandra D.
Summary: Sparks fly when diabetic baker Emma Rae Travis meets Atlanta hotelier Jackson Drake, despite both being encumbered by crazy families.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abingdon Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRIDavis, Krista
Summary: Sophie Winston takes on ghostwriting a cookbook for Tilly Stratford, an interesting diversion until it leads Sophie into investigating a murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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Summary: "1926, Kent. Chef Nell Drury is busy with preparations for Lady Ansley's luncheon to welcome Wychbourne Court's new neighbours, Sir Gilbert and Lady Saddler. The couple's arrival has led to much rumour and intrigue swirling around the village, particularly with regards to the mysterious Lady Saddler. Sir Gilbert belongs to a new artistic movement, the Artistes de Cler, and is organizing a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MYEShortridge, Jennie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NAL Accent 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005
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Summary: "Jess Dunne is third-generation Hollywood, but her star on the boulevard has yet to materialize. Sure, she's got a Santa Monica address and a working actress roommate, but with her nowhere barista job in a town that acknowledges zeroes only as a dress size, she's a dead girl walking. Enter Jess's mother--a failed actress who puts the strange in estrangement. She dives headlong into her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2015
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Summary: In San Francisco, bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright investigates when her sister Savannah's ex-boyfriend is found dead after receiving an antique cookbook with weird symbols and unreadable notes written in the margins--and Savannah is the prime suspect.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2013
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Summary: "Beyond the main street of Les Laveuses runs the Loire, smooth and brown as a sunning snake - but hiding a deadly undertow beneath its moving surface. This is where Framboise, a secretive widow named after a raspberry liqueur, plies her culinary trade at the creperie - and lets memory play strange games." "Into this world comes the threat of revelation as Framboise's nephew - a profiteering...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARHartong, Mary Liza
Summary: Returning home to Pennywhistle, Tennessee, for her beloved daddy's funeral, PJ Spoon, abandoning her PhD program at Vanderbilt, impulsively takes a job as a fry cook at the Chickie Shak, where she meets and falls for Boof, a talented singer-songwriter searching for her birth mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: Domestic diva Sophie Winston can whip up an elaborate event in her sleep, but as the hippest hostess she rarely gets to enjoy the full guest treatment. Which is why her best friend Nina Reid Norwood loops her in to the latest culinary craze: a pop-up gourmet dinner party. The celebrity chef, the epicurean menu, and the high-profile attendees are all a surprise, turning the decadent dining...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DAVPickard, Nancy.
Summary: PI Eugenia Potter, the 60-something Arizona rancher, signs up for an archaeological hike in Colorado and becomes involved in the hunt for a killer. She suspects it is one of the hikers. Lots of Indian lore.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PICDonohue, Meg.
Summary: When childhood friends Annie Quintana and Julia St. Clair reconnect as adults and decide to open a cupcakery, they must overcome old betrayals, first loves, and a dangerous threat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: P DONFarmer, Jerrilyn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FARMcKevett, G. A.
Summary: At first it seems that full-figured model Cait Connor's death is a clear case of dieting run amok. As the new spokesperson for Wentworth's Slenda Flakes, Cait needed to lose thirty pounds in sixty days and ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 2004
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Summary: "With Old Town's DIY Home Decorating Festival in full swing, Sophie's swamped, juggling a bumper crop of artisans, antique dealers, and decorators for the busy street fair. Still, when her best friend Nina suddenly needs a ride from the airport, Sophie is happy to help ... until she sees Nina disembarking in a state of disarray. It's obvious the trip to Portugal soured somewhere along the way....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DAVLee, Linda Francis.
Summary: "Portia Cuthcart and her two sisters find their way from Texas to Manhattan over the years, the heiresses to a dilapidated brownstone on the Upper West Side. Portia is running from a bad divorce and the knowledge that she has always been a little bit different, a little bit strange: the talented cook who knew exactly what to serve on what occasion, even to the point of predicting events that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Lee 2014Chiaverini, Jennifer.
Summary: Anna Del Maso, head chef at Elm Creek Manor, learns about the the manor's many traditions from Sylvia Compson as they plan for the full renovation of the kitchen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning 2008