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Like Water for Chocolateby Laura EsquivelA combination fairy tale, melodrama, romance, Mexican cookbook, and home remedy handbook, the paperback edition of the hugely popular best-seller includes the artwork from the hardcover version.
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Particular Sadness of Lemon Cakeby Aimee BenderDiscovering in childhood a supernatural ability to taste the emotions of others in their cooking, Rose Edelstein grows up to regard food as a curse when it reveals everyone's secret realities.
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Comfort food by Kate JacobsTiring of playing the hostess as her fiftieth birthday approaches, celebrity chef Augusta Simpson endeavors to distance herself from her overly dependent loved ones and receives assistance from handsome fellow chef Oliver in her efforts to launch an on-air cooking class.
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School of Essential Ingredients by Erica BauermeisterGathering at Lillian's Restaurant for a weekly cooking class, a young mother struggles with the growing demands of her family, an Italian kitchen designer works to adapt to life in America and a widower mourns the loss of his wife to breast cancer.
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Pomegranate Soup by Marsha MehranThree Iranian sisters--Marjan, Layla, and Bahar Aminpour--flee the turmoil of the Islamic Revolution in their native country to seek refuge in Ireland, where they open the exotic Babylon Café amongst the quirky inhabitants of a colorful Irish town. Book includes original Persian recipes.
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Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniA critically acclaimed first novel by an Indian-American writer spins a sensual contemporary fairy tale involving a young woman trained in the ancient art of spices, who is forced by an unexpected romance to choose between immortality and modern life.
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Bread and Butterby Michelle WildgenRunning a successful, ethical restaurant in a small Pennsylvania community, Britt and Leo face a perplexing dilemma when their younger brother, Harry, opens a restaurant nearby and steals their talented pastry chef, a situation that leads to a competitive rivalry and compromised values.
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Baker's Daughter [E-book]by Sarah McCoyAfter an interview with an elderly baker leaves her feeling like she is the one who revealed too much—especially about her Border Patrol husband, Riki—El Paso journalist Reba Adams, as well as her interview subject and Riki, must confront the ghosts of their past.
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Crescent by Diana Abu-JaberNever 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 who not awakens unexpected feelings but also stirs up memories of her parents and questions about her Arab-American identity.
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Tomato Rhapsody: A Fable of Love, Lust and Forbidden Fruit by Adam SchellThe almost-true tale of how the tomato came to 16th century Italy and the forbidden love between Davido, a Jewish tomato farmer, and Mari, a beautiful Catholic girl. Tradition, religion, and good taste collide in a story about the courage to pursue love and tomato sauce at all costs.
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