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"In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings must set aside their differences to deal with their mother's death and her hidden past--a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett's death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a traditional Caribbean black cake, made from a family recipe with...
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Mason volume 2
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English
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4 stars
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Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious buttercream yellow cake, the perfect pinwheel cookies, and other sweet essentials. Her classes have become so popular that she's hired Iris, a new resident of Mason, Missouri, as an assistant. Iris doesn't know how to bake but she needs to keep...
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Pub. Date:
2014
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English
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"B.J. Novak's One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories is an endlessly entertaining, surprisingly sensitive, and startlingly original debut that signals the arrival of a brilliant new voice in American fiction. A boy wins a $100,000 prize in a box of Frosted Flakes--only to discover how claiming the winnings might unravel his family. A woman sets out to seduce motivational speaker Tony Robbins--turning for help to the famed motivator himself. A...
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English
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3.7 stars
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"The beautifully ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is completely silent one weekday morning, until a woman's terrified scream echoes through the room. Security guards immediately appear and instruct everyone inside to stay put until they determine there is no threat. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers who had been sitting in the reading room get to chatting and quickly become friendly. Harriet, Marigold, Whit, and Caine...
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950L
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English
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4.5 stars
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"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's...
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Our Media Limited
Language:
English
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The Complete Guide to Cake Decorating is a stunning visual treat! Open up your world to some sweet new skills (or polish some existing ones) with this collection of decorating recipes and how-tos. This brand-new edition brings together some of the best talents of the baking and cake decorating world to share their inspiration and expertise. Whether you want to get to grips with crumb coating, drip cakes, fondant flowers, modelled toppers or buttercream
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Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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An instant New York Times bestseller. Over 1 million copies sold!
Two spiritual giants. Five days. One timeless question.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships—or, as they would say, because of them—they are two of the most joyful people on the...
Two spiritual giants. Five days. One timeless question.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships—or, as they would say, because of them—they are two of the most joyful people on the...
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Workman Publishing Company
Pub. Date:
2011
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English
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Classic French food is hotter than ever. But one thing hasn't changed—few of us have the time, the patience, the technique, or the cream and butter allowance to tackle the classics as presented by Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. The good news is—we don't need to. For the past 40 years Richard Grausman, America's premier culinary teacher, has been training American chefs in a simpler, better way of French cooking, and...
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Hearst Magazines UK
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English
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Prima delivers real life guidance, inspiration & ideas to simplify the lives of modern woman today. In Prima Magazine there is something for everyone - advice on how to look and feel your best, time and money saving solutions, quick and easy food, beautiful homes and gardens, and above all everything you need to get the most out of life. Prima addresses the emotional needs of everyday women, covering issues relevant to every life stage, through
...12. Joy the Baker
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A360 Media, LLC
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English
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I’d love to help you out this holiday season. Our baking ramps up as the days get shorter, and if you’re wondering which chocolate chips are best, why we chill our cookie dough, how the heck to make pie crust from scratch, or what to prep the night before Christmas—I’ve got you covered, and then some. I’m Joy Wilson, but I’m better known as the internet’s favorite baker since 2008: Joy the Baker. You can think of me as your new best
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HarperCollins
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English
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Jeanne Lemlin is aware that we're all vegetarians some of the time and that what we crave is delicious food that is quick and simple to prepare. In Simple Vegetarian Pleasures, Lemlin shares her dedicated, relaxed approach to good food with two hundred tempting recipes for flavorful meals. Here Lemlin shows how a bit of simple planning can help busy people pull together a great tasting, sophisticated vegetarian meal -- with an absolute minimum of...
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Publisher:
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date:
[2024]
Language:
English
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"Bring the joy of Italian living to your kitchen with 100 family-friendly Italian and Italian American recipes from social media star and beloved author of Laura in the Kitchen. In Laura Vitale's first cookbook she shared recipes from her popular YouTube cooking channel. Now, in At My Italian Table, she turns her focus to Italy, where she was born and lived until she was a young woman, and where her Nonna's cooking made a lasting imprint. Home sick...
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Celadon Books
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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What did you learn in life? At age 3? At 21? What about 45? 65? 80 and beyond? How can you share this wisdom with the people you love? In this fully illustrated book, you'll follow along the course of a lifetime as each of us discovers the little things that together make up a whole life.
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Amelia Bedelia and Friends volume 2
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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It's a piece of cake! Amelia Bedelia + Good Friends = Super Fun Stories to Read and Share The second book in a new arc in the bestselling Amelia Bedelia chapter book series featuring young Amelia Bedelia and her friends! Are Amelia Bedelia and her friends barking up the wrong tree? Recess just got super exciting. Amelia Bedelia and her friends are on the playground when they hear a strange noise coming from a nearby tree. It's a tiny kitten stuck...
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Publisher:
White Lion Publishing
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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"The Thrifty Baker presents 65 delicious, affordable and impressive recipes, complete with gluten-free options, plus advice, tips and hacks covering many areas of shopping, baking and cooking in general. Filled with clever ideas and useful features, the book is written with a realism and empathy that comes from the heart, from a lived experience. It isn't just a book of great recipes, but an essential manual for anyone baking today. Since appearing...
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Pub. Date:
2015
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English
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What is math? How exactly does it work? And what do three siblings trying to share a cake have to do with it? In How to Bake Pi, math professor Eugenia Cheng provides an accessible introduction to the logic and beauty of mathematics, powered, unexpectedly, by insights from the kitchen: we learn, for example, how the béchamel in a lasagna can be a lot like the number 5, and why making a good custard proves that math is easy but life is hard. Of course,...
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Publisher:
Adna Saldor
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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"We invite you to a magical place where dolls and teddy bears have the most special party. In this charming poem, you will see how these adorable creatures share laughter and fun in a sunny garden.The illustrations are like a dream, with girls who look like porcelain dolls and teddy bears that are incredibly funny. You will love them!But this poem is more than just fun: it also teaches about the importance of friendship and accepting everyone, no...
20. Pure dessert
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Artisan
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English
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A refreshing change in every respect When you are working with great ingredients, you want to keep it simple. You don't want to blur flavor by overcomplicating. This is why Pure Dessert, from the beloved Alice Medrich, offers the simplest of recipes, using the fewest ingredients in the most interesting ways. There are no glazes, fillings, or frostings-just dessert at its purest, most elemental, and most flavorful. Alice deftly takes us places we...