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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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"To Melissa Weller, bread is: transformative, it's the foundation for meals all over the world, it's an elemental ritual that leads to mouthwatering results, and it's inspirational - the taste of the perfect brioche, and Weller's obsession with perfecting it, made her fall in love with baking. Now, after years of working as the head baker at some of the country's most celebrated restaurants, Weller shares her best recipes for consistently making the...
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780L
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English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Contemporary fiction. 'I walk'd about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance . . . reflecting upon all my comrades that were drown'd, and that there should not be one soul sav'd but my self . . . ' Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers, none of which equal the...
Publisher:
Kensington Cozies
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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Irish Soda Bread murder by Carlene O'Connor: There's very little time left before her wedding, but nonetheless Tara Meehan is helping out at her Uncle Johnny's salvage yard for the day. Aunt Rose set up a convention for local psychics, including a bake sale to raise money for charity, but now she's sick and available only via an iPad Johnny is carrying. The event promises to deliver a real pot of gold until Rose's biggest rival shows up. Before Tara...
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Pub. Date:
2020
Lexile measure:
610L
Language:
English
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In this house, when everyone stays awake at night, things get very strange, what with Mom on the roof, and Grandma playing cards with the ghost of long-dead Grandpa Paul, and even the dog and cat are acting weird; as the family's doings become more and more bizarre, the narrator starts to wonder--what on earth will happen when morning finally comes.
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Series:
La Comédie Humaine volume 30
Language:
English
Description:
Eugénie Grandet (1833) is a novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Written as Balzac began to formulate the grand scale of his La Comédie humaine sequence, Eugénie Grandet was eventually tied into the universe of his epic realist masterpiece, a holistic vision of nineteenth-century French society which sought to observe the consequences of the political, religious, and economic shifts of the Revolution and in its aftermath. This novel looks...
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Publisher:
Tambourine Books
Pub. Date:
[1993]
Lexile measure:
640L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When Milly, who does the baking on the farm, gets sick, Rose discovers that there are very good reasons for making extra loaves of bread to share with their animals and friends.
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Whether it is a family member that lives across the country, or a loved one away on business, attending college, or stationed abroad in the military, everyone loves to get a treat in the mail that says "thinking of you." It would be even more meaningful if that treat could be homemade, or is a number of different snacks, sweets, and tastes of home to make someone living far away feel closer. Shirley Fan's The Flying Brownie is the first and only book...
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Publisher:
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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Inger was a little girl but she was a bad person. This was obvious even when she was very small: she enjoyed catching insects and tearing off their wings without any pity for the poor creatures. When she was a bit bigger, her parents sent her to the country to a good family. Here, she became very refined and, going to visit her parents, decided to walk on her bread rather than in the marsh so she would not dirty her shoes. And this is where her real...
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Pub. Date:
2015
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English
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Farmer's markets, artisanal dark chocolate, home-made bread, craft-brewed beer, and independent boutique coffee shops may not immediately call to mind issues of faith, but they should. As the "American Dream" starts to fray at both ends, millions of people are embracing values that seem to hail from a bygone era. They are seeking out the local, the small, the responsible and the nourishing instead of the cheap, the homogenized, the mass-produced and...
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Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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From the very beginning, the Lord's Supper has stood at the heart of Christian worship. But over the years we've turned it into a monthly ritual squeezed in between "real" worship. If Jesus lives in us, and the Holy Spirit is poured out on us, why do we need to eat bread and drink wine? Does it really matter? It does matter-and it's life-changing, says leading Pentecostal theologian Jonathan Black. With warmth and depth, he explores not only the biblical...
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Publisher:
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"It's love at first haunting in a seaside town that raises everyone's spirits in this new series from USA Today bestselling author Jen DeLuca. Small Florida coastal towns often find themselves scrambling for the tourism dollars that the Orlando theme parks leave behind. And within the town limits of Boneyard Key, the residents decided long ago to lean into its ghostliness. Nick Royer, owner of the Hallowed Grounds coffee shop, embraces the ghost tourism...
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English
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Family Fare is compiled of over three hundred authentic family recipes, including many traditional favorites such as gnocchi, pierogi, pasta fagioli, italian beef, pepperoni bread, Caesar salad, and ravioli. Included are recipes for every meal and every occasion, from simple antipasto, pizza, and breads to wonderful roasts and vegetable dishes to delicious desserts. Laid out in an easy-to-use format for great results when you cook. Personal comments...
18. The game changer
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Publisher:
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
"A hockey player and a baker shoot their shot in this steamy new romantic comedy by Lana Ferguson, USA Today bestselling author of The Nanny. When a very public breakup becomes a PR nightmare for Ian Chase's team, he hopes to focus on his game, but that suddenly seem less likely than a hat trick. With his career and the team's image in jeopardy, Ian is surprised to find a solution through none other than Delilah Baker, his best friend and teammate's...
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"My great-grandmother was both enslaved and a pastry cook who was famous for her biscuits and cakes. There is power in that." -Cheryl Day, in the New York Times And from this position of strength comes Day's next cookbook: a complete book of Southern baking recipes written by this great-grandchild of a former slave who is also one of our country's most acclaimed bakers. In a tome filled with recipes for both savory and sweet baked goods and pastries,...
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Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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If you've always suspected the universe was out to get you… you were right! Yes, the universe we live in is cosmically beautiful and mysterious and all that crap. But it's also a bit of an asshole. After all, remember that you are just a group of atoms structured in a specific way for barely long enough to try to understand this thing we call existence. Those atoms could just have easily been used to make the dog shit you're cleaning off your shoe...