Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Take one out-of-work pastry chef ...
Teeny Templeton believes that her life is finally on track. She's getting married, she's baking her own wedding cake, and she's leaving her troubled past behind. And then? She finds her fiancé playing naked badminton with a couple of gorgeous, skanky chicks.
Add a whole lot of trouble ...
Needless to say, the wedding is off. Adding insult to injury, her fiancé slaps a restraining order on her. When he's found...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in 1950s Louisiana, Mandy Mikulencak's beautifully written and emotionally moving novel evokes both The Help and Dead Man Walking with the story of an unforgettable woman whose quest to provide meals for death row prisoners leads her into the secrets of her own past.
Many children have grown up in the shadow of Louisiana's Greenmount State Penitentiary. Most of them-sons and daughters of corrections officers and staff-left as soon as they could....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After ending a bad relationship, Casey Costello, an executive chef at a morning television show, swears off men. Who has the time anyway? She's busy overseeing a rambunctious food-prep crew in a kitchen the size of a closet; trying to please high-maintenance celebrity guest chefs; and dealing with her large extended Italian American family, who believe that the solutions to life's problems involve food. And in the midst of her high-energy, stress-inducing...
10) Pomegranate soup
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
To the exotic Aminpour sisters, Ireland looks like a much-needed safe haven. It has been seven years since Marjan Aminpour fled Iran with her younger sisters, Bahar and Layla, and she hopes that in Ballinacroagh they might finally find a home.
The sisters set about creating a Persian oasis and soon sensuous wafts of cardamom, cinnamon, and saffron float through the streets-an exotic aroma that announces the opening of the Babylon Cafe. And it is...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young Greenwich Village pastry chef Greenie Duquette's strained marriage to a depressed psychiatrist is pushed to the breaking point when the governor of New Mexico offers her a job at his restaurant across the country and she accepts, taking her four-year-old son with her.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Eugenia Potter, on a visit to the Medicine Wheel Archaeological Camp near Cortez, Colorado, is drawn into a mystery investigation when a busload of children disappears in a manner similar to the lost Anasazi tribe, followed by the murders of two women.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Food isn't the only way to this single dad's heart... Lacy was a redhead with a pink food truck who prepared mouthwatering meals. Hunky construction manager Zack Gardner agreed to let her feed his hungry crew in exchange for cooking lessons for his young daughter. But it looked like the lovely businesswoman was transforming the single dad's life in more ways than one-since a family secret was going to change both of their lives in ways they never...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"DON'T THINK YOU CAN COME SNEAKING BACK HERE IF YOU ARE EVER OUT OF A JOB! "Florina's father was furious when, after a lifetime of drudgery, she finally developed the courage to rebel. But there was no danger of her returning home. Florina loved her new job as cook in the household of eminent consultant William Sedley. And it wasn't long before she realized that she loved her employer, too. But she had no chance of attracting his attention when he...
15) A Man of Means
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
From the moment rancher Rey Hart first set eyes on Meredith Johns, he was mesmerized by the lovely young woman. For not only did Meredith stir his jaded soul with her tempting innocence, he discovered she was a top-notch biscuit maker! Making a place for the beleaguered Meredith on the Hart ranch as his coveted cook turned out to be a cinch compared to breaking the enchanted spell she had cast over this Long, Tall Texan's heart. Now, the hot-tempered...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Maybe this time they've found a recipe for success. Should she pack her knives Or sharpen them? Celebrity chef Liam Wright has come to Savannah to rebrand a local restaurant. And pastry chef Jane Clark couldn't be more appalled! The man who impulsively fired her from her New York City dream job-and turned her life upside down-is now on her turf. And if the restaurant is to succeed, Liam needs Jane's help navigating Savannah's quirky culture...and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Women around the world sighed when Sheikh Razi al Maktabi declared his playboy days were over and duty would be his new mistress. But he found time for one final fling before he took his desert throne, and curvy chef Lucy Tennant certainly whetted His Majesty's appetite. A wiz in the kitchen, Lucy was a beginner in the bedroom, and Razi couldn't resist one last challenge. But one night has led to the scandal of the century! Lucy has unexpectedly...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A disturbing murder scene makes a Napa Valley chef hungry for justice in this cozy mystery by the author of Death by the Glass. Returning from a party late one night, chef Sunny McCoskey is the first to discover the body of a murdered woman left outside a local winery. Shortly before, she'd seen a truck leaving a local winery, driving without its headlights on. Was it the murderer? And did the murderer see her as well? Thrust into the center of a...
Author
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books, Viking
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
" Deep Dish is one delicious read. Mary Kay Andrews has cooked up a tale y'all will savor to the last bite. " -- Paula Deen Battling TV chefs -- a handsome Georgia redneck and a struggling young professional woman -- find themselves competing for a coveted weekly time slot on national television in Mary Kay Andrews's delightful New York Times bestseller Deep Dish The incomparable Mary Kay offers heaping portions of humor, heart, and sass that fans...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request