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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Forty of the world's greatest chefs relate outrageous true tales from their kitchens. From hiring a blind line cook to flooding the room with meringue to being terrorized by a French owl, these behind-the-scenes accounts are as entertaining as they are revealing. A reminder that even the chefs we most admire aren't always perfect.--From publisher description.
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For single mom Adah Campbell, the executive chef job at a posh restaurant in quaint South Bay, Maine is a dream come true--and the perfect opportunity to start over. Free-spirited Beth Summers has stepped in to run her family's small-town café, but she's out of ideas for moving forward. As sparks fly, both chefs have to decide if they are willing to make sacrifices, or if it really too many cooks in the kitchen. -- adapted from back cover
63) Change of plans
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2023.
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English
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"When disaster strikes and chef Bryce Weatherford is given guardianship of her three young nieces, her life goes from cooking with fire...to controlling a dumpster fire. With all this chaos, Bryce jettisons hope for a life outside of managing her family and her new job. It's been years since Ryker Matthews had his below the knee amputation, yet the phantom pain for his lost limb and Marine career haunts him. To cope, he focuses on his vehicle restoration...
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"With rent rising, Winnie Johnson had hoped her bakery would be saved by an inheritance from wealthy friend and neighbor Gertrude Redenbacher. Instead she gets the widow's hostile tabby, Lovey, and a vintage ambulance restored by Gertrude's late husband. As Winnie's dream crumbles, she delivers a peach pie to an elderly widower and finds him smothered by a pillow. Winnie comes to the rescue of her frightened and grieving neighbors with baked goods...
65) Dead heat
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English
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On the heels of Under Orders, ?Francis once again proves himself a master. Wow.? (BOOKLIST)
Max Moreton is a rising culinary star?until his guests fall victim to severe food poisoning?and then a bomb blast rips through the luncheon he?s catering. Two close calls are too close for comfort, and Max vows to protect his name, and himself, before it?s too late.
Max Moreton is a rising culinary star?until his guests fall victim to severe food poisoning?and then a bomb blast rips through the luncheon he?s catering. Two close calls are too close for comfort, and Max vows to protect his name, and himself, before it?s too late.
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Postcards from Pullman volume 1
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English
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Historical series set in Pullman, Illinois, from bestselling author Judith Miller. Her meticulous research shines in an engaging, fast-paced story.
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Summer Island volume 2
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English
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When her friends order her to take a vacation, successful chef Jilly O'Hara is less than enthused. She may be overworked, but a trip to the mountains is not her idea of fun. Especially when she's roped into an outrageous scheme to pose as a happy bride--all to fulfill the kindly resort owner's dreams of once again hosting a lavish wedding. But the ruggedly handsome make-believe groom may just make it tolerable....
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Seventeen-year-old Ondine is cooking in her family?s café in the south of France when she is tasked with delivering meals to a secretive, newly arrived guest. The year is 1936, and the enigmatic patron is none other than Pablo Picasso. Ondine, heartbroken after the loss of her first love, strikes up a cautious rapport with the famed artist, who provides her with a new perspective on her life.
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Pub. Date
2018.
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"Bucolic Rumford, Kentucky has glowing fields of bluegrass, a fine selection of bourbons, and now a professional pastry chef. Broken-hearted Sophia Cummings has come home from New York City. She's not there a minute before she's charmed into making her high school friend Charlotte's wedding cake. The kitchen at the Rumford Country Club seems perfect until Chef Emile's body is discovered, sprawled near the stove, a cast iron skillet on the floor close...
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Aspiring actress and wedding-cake decorator Piper Donovan has barely arrived in New Orleans to perfect her pastry skills at the renowned French Quarter bakery, Boulangerie Bertrand, when a ghastly murder rocks the magical city. Intrigued by the case, Piper can't help but look for the "Hoodoo Killer" among the faces around her. Could it be the handsome guide eager to give her special private tours? Or the inscrutable jazz musician who plays on historic...
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When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded the appetizer into a deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet that lays out his twenty-five years of sex, drugs, and haute cuisine.
From his first oyster in Gironda to the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center, from the restaurants...
From his first oyster in Gironda to the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop Rockefeller Center, from the restaurants...
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"Nora, the owner of the Miss Guthrie Diner, is perfectly happy serving up apple cider donuts, coffee, and eggs-any-way-you-like-'em to her regulars, and she takes great pleasure in knowing exactly what's "the usual." But her life is soon shaken when she discovers she and her free-spirited, younger sister Kit stand to inherit the home and land of the town's beloved cake lady, Peggy Johnson. Kit, an aspiring--and broke--filmmaker thinks her problems...
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Not so long ago, Lizzie Glass had a successful TV show, a cookbook deal, and a social diary crammed with parties and events. But fame doesn?t stay fresh for long. Her show fizzles, her magazine column is canceled, and Lizzie?s only option is a summer job as personal chef to the Silvesters, a wealthy and eccentric family.
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"It has been four and a half decades since Alice Waters opened the doors of Chez Panisse, the 'little French restaurant' in Berkeley, California, that has been at the leading edge of the American culinary revolution ever since. Fueled in equal parts by naïveté and a relentless pursuit of beauty and pure flavor, Alice transformed our relationship with food, fine dining, and what it means to eat well. In [this book], Alice reflects on the desultory...
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