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Columbia Pike - Adult Detective
D BOWEN
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Columbia Pike - Adult Detective
D BOWEN
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D BOWEN
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Shirlington - Adult Detective
D BOWEN
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D BOWEN
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"A single twist of fate puts a servant girl to work in Queen Victoria's royal kitchen, setting off a suspenseful, historical mystery ... Isabella Waverly only means to comfort the woman felled on a London street. In her final dying moments, she thrusts a letter into Bella's hand. It's an offer of employment in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace, and everything the budding young chef desperately wants: an escape from the constrictions of her life as...
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Dreamers (Adriana Herrera) volume 1
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Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction
F HERRE
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F HERRE
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"A delicious debut."--New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann"Herrera's entertaining first Dreamers romance is fueled by love, community and plenty of Afro-Caribbean food... An adorable delicious foray into hapless romance."--Publishers Weekly No one ever said big dreams come easyFor Nesto Vasquez, moving his Afro-Caribbean food truck from New York City to the wilds of Upstate New York is a huge gamble. If it works? He'll be a big fish...
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Saturday Night Supper Club novels volume 2
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Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction
F LAURE
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F LAURE
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Baker and pastry chef Melody Johansson has always believed in finding the positive in every situation, but seven years after she moved to Denver, she can't deny that she's stuck in a rut. One relationship after another has ended in disaster, and her classical French training is being wasted on her night job in a mediocre chain bakery. Then the charming and handsome private pilot Justin Keller lands on the doorstep of her workplace in a snowstorm,...
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Cherrydale - Adult Fiction
F NDIAY
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F NDIAY
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Shirlington - Adult Fiction
F NDIAY
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F NDIAY
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Cherrydale - Adult Fiction
F NDIAY
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F NDIAY
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Shirlington - Adult Fiction
F NDIAY
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F NDIAY
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"A novel about a legendary French female chef--the facts of her life, the nearly ineffable qualities of her cooking, and the obsessive, sometimes destructive desire for purity of taste and experience that shaped her life. Continuing her tradition of writing provocative fiction about fascinating women, here Marie NDiaye gives us the story of a Great Female Chef--a chef who was celebrated as one of the best in a world where men dominate, and the way...
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Atria Books hardcover edition.
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Glencarlyn - Adult Fiction
F KING
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F KING
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When Bartolomeo Scappi dies in 1577, he leaves his vast estate-properties, money, and his position-to his nephew and apprentice Giovanni. He also gives Giovanni the keys to two strongboxes and strict instructions to burn their contents. Despite Scappi's dire warning that the information concealed in those boxes could put Giovanni's life and others at risk, Giovanni is compelled to learn his uncle's secrets. He undertakes the arduous task of decoding...
6) The cook
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Central - Adult Fiction
F KERAN
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F KERAN
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Shirlington - Adult Fiction
F KERAN
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F KERAN
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First American edition.
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Central - Adult Fiction
F KERAN
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F KERAN
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Shirlington - Adult Fiction
F KERAN
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F KERAN
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The Cook is a coming-of-age journey centered on Mauro, a young self-taught cook. The story is told by an unnamed female narrator, Mauro's friend and disciple who we also suspect might be in love with him. Set not only in Paris but in Berlin, Thailand, Burma, and other far-flung places over the course of fifteen years, the book is hyperrealistic-to the point of feeling, at times, like a documentary. It transcends this simplistic form, however, through...
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Charlie Stetko had a life to envy. A penthouse in Manhattan, a beautiful girlfriend, and a high-octane marketing career. Or so she thought. When her girlfriend sends her packing, Charlie ends up unemployed. Without a place to live or money of her own, she's forced to do the one thing she vowed she never would: go back to Shaker Falls, Vermont. Back to her parents and back to the small town life—and the people—she left behind. Back to
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Central - Adult Fiction
F DECAR
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F DECAR
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"For fans of The Hundred-Foot Journey and The Altogether Unexpected Disappearance of Atticus Craftsman, a moving and charming novel from the beloved international author of Two Out of Two that follows two entirely different people struggling to make sense of their futures amid the beauty of Provence, France. It's fall in Provence, a season that combines the first chill of winter with a final stretch of warmth that is a last taste of summer. To mark...
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Central - Adult Fiction
F GOLD
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F GOLD
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Elle, an accomplished baker, has a recipe for every event in her life. But when she discovers her husband's infidelity, she doesn't know what to make of it. Jam, maybe? Definitely jam. Fed up with the stale crumbs of her marriage, Elle revisits past recipes and the events that inspired them. A recipe for scones reminds her of her father's death, cinnamon rolls signify the problematic courtship with her husband, and a batch of chocolate cookies casts...
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Central - Adult Large Type
LT F ZIMME
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LT F ZIMME
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"Breakfast with a Hangover Dinner for a Charming Stranger Tea for a Crochety Aunt Food for feasting, friends are for savoring, and the way to a man's heart is...irrelevant When her life falls apart on the eve of her 40th birthday, Kate Parker finds herself volunteering at the Lauderdale House for Exceptional Ladies. There she meets 97-year-old Cecily Finn. Cecily's tongue is as sharp as her mind, but she's fed up with pretty much everything. Having...
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Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction
F LI
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F LI
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F LI
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F LI
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Westover - Adult Fiction
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F LI
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Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction
F LI
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F LI
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Shirlington - Adult Fiction
F LI
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F LI
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Westover - Adult Fiction
F LI
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F LI
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Large print edition.
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Central - Adult Large Type
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LT F LI
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The Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, is not only a beloved go-to setting for hunger pangs and celebrations; it is its own world, inhabited by waiters and kitchen staff who have been fighting, loving, and aging within its walls for decades. When disaster strikes, this working family's controlled chaos is set loose, forcing each character to confront the conflicts that fast-paced restaurant life has kept at bay. Owner Jimmy Han hopes to leave...
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First edition.
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Central - Adult Fiction
F SHIPM
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F SHIPM
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"Filled with cherished memories and treasured recipes, The Recipe Box is a touching tribute to the women and food that unite us and connect our past to the present." -Richard Paul Evans, #1 New York Times bestselling author "An easy, delightful novel" -Good Housekeeping In The Recipe Box, bestselling beloved author Viola Shipman spins a tale about a lost young woman and the family recipe box that changes her life. Growing up in northern Michigan,...
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The Rajes volume 2
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First edition.
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Westover - Adult Fiction
F DEV
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F DEV
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From the author of Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors comes another , clever, deeply layered, and heartwarming romantic comedy that follows in the Jane Austen tradition-this time, with a twist on Persuasion. Chef Ashna Raje desperately needs a new strategy. How else can she save her beloved restaurant and prove to her estranged, overachieving mother that she isn't a complete screw up? When she's asked to join the cast of Cooking with the Stars, the...
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Shirlington - Adult Fiction
F MEIER
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F MEIER
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They had a forever bond, until a sudden tragedy thrust them apart. Now, each at a crossroad in her own life, two sisters' paths are about to intersect. Broadcast journalist Julia Frank has it all: a career, an ambitious fiancé, and the hard-won respect of her peers. Until a ruinous decision destroys her reputation, puts her job at risk, and sends her reeling toward the only soul left to turn to: her estranged sister, Ginny. The owner of a clandestine...
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Sophie Valroux novels volume 1
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Shirlington - Adult Fiction
F VERAN
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F VERAN
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"A disgraced chef rediscovers her passion for food and her roots in this stunning novel rich in culture and full of delectable recipes. French-born American chef Sophie Valroux had one dream: to be part of the 1% of female chefs running a Michelin-starred restaurant. From spending summers with her grandmother, who taught her the power of cooking and food, to attending the Culinary Institute of America, Sophie finds herself on the cusp of getting everything...
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Chocolat novels (Joanne Harris) volume 4
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Shirlington - Adult Fiction
F HARRI
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F HARRI
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Westover - Adult Fiction
F HARRI
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F HARRI
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Shirlington - Adult Fiction
F HARRI
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F HARRI
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Westover - Adult Fiction
F HARRI
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F HARRI
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The compelling new novel from the author of the bestselling Chocolat. Vianne Rocher has settled down. Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, the place that once rejected her, has finally become her home. With Rosette, her 'special' child, she runs her chocolate shop in the square, talks to her friends on the river, is part of the community. Even Reynaud, the priest, has become a friend. But when old Narcisse, the florist, dies, leaving a parcel of land to Rosette...
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Central - Adult Fiction
F HART
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F HART
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Rob Hart has firmly established himself as one of the best crime writers of his generation with his acclaimed Ash McKenna series, and in TAKE-OUT Hart has collected 16 stories of culinary crime and noir that will have you savoring every deadly bite. In the title story, a gambler falls into debt with the enigmatic owner of a Chinatown gambling parlor, and must run odd-and sometimes dangerous-deliveries to clear his ledger. In "How to Make the Perfect...
18) Umma's table
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Aurora Hills - Adult Graphic Novel
GRAPH HONG
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GRAPH HONG
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"The joy of food and tradition brings a family together. Madang is an artist and new father who moves to a quiet home in the countryside with his wife and young baby, excited to build a new life full of hope and joy, complete with a garden and even snow. But soon reality sets in and his attention is divided between his growing happy family and his impoverished parents back in Seoul in a dingy basement apartment. With an ailing mother in and out of...
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Central - Adult Fiction
F LIM
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F LIM
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Large print edition.
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Central - Adult Large Type
LT F LIM
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LT F LIM
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"Vanessa Yu never wanted to see people's fortunes - or misfortunes - in tea leaves. Ever since she can remember, Vanessa has been able to see people's fortunes at the bottoms of their teacups. To avoid blurting out fortunes, she converts to coffee, but somehow the fortunes escape and find a way to complicate her life and the lives of those around her. To add to this plight, her romantic life is so nonexistent that her parents enlist the services of...
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Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction
F MAYES
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F MAYES
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Central - Adult Fiction
F MAYES
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F MAYES
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Aurora Hills - Adult Fiction
F MAYES
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F MAYES
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Central - Adult Fiction
F MAYES
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F MAYES
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Four American women become unexpected friends during a magical year in Tuscany marked by a writer's complicated relationship with the subject of her biography, long-postponed dreams, and shifting senses of adventure and bravery.
Kit Raine, an American writer living in Tuscany, is working on a biography of a friend. Her work is interrupted by the arrival of Julia, Camille, and Susan, all of whom have launched a recent and spontaneous friendship. Susan,...