dinner for one

Fall blooms for an explosion of color in the garden. The dahlia is a fabulous cutting flower for the home garden. Cut one bloom, and ten more appear on the plant. Blooming late summer to the first frost of autumn, this native of Mexico provides explosions of color in home gardens. The author’s commentary unearths the dahlia from its Aztec origins and imparts practical, hands-on knowledge for growing and overwintering these tropical plants in wintry climes. Including classics like Café au Lait and lesser-known varieties like Voodoo and Honka, readers will discover a stunning range of specimens from tiny pompoms to heavy-headed dinner plates, to those that resemble daisies, sea anemones, and even fireworks!

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Cloaked strangers and danger abound... Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker are coming to the end of another busy half term as dinner ladies at Summerview Secondary school. The school is abuzz with chatter about the upcoming break, the local harvest festival, and the fact that maths teacher, Mr Weaver, hasn't turned up to work in days. When the pair embark on an evening walk, they discover Mr Weaver's body in the woods, with a mysterious symbol painted on the tree beside him. Something suspicious is clearly afoot. As the nights grow darker and the mysterious symbols continue to appear around Dewstow, the Dinner Lady Detectives are pulled deeper into the case. Can they solve the mystery as deceit and chaos reigns, or will their killer pull off another deadly trick? A fun and charming cosy mystery, perfect for fans of J.M Hall and Fiona Leitch. Praise for Hannah Hendy 'Hannah is at the top of the tree of modern whodunnits . The characters, bar none, are ℜ the settings are glorious and the plots are devilishly clever' Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants 'Who knew being a dinner lady could be so dangerous - but so much fun?! With a plot that's twistier than school dinner spag bol , Clem and Margery are the only school dinner ladies guaranteed to give you belly laughs rather than indigestion' Fiona Leitch, author of The Cornish Village Murder ' Hendy is, by far, one of the very best cosy writers we have - and A Frightfully Fatal Affair sees her on sparkling form' Jonathan Whitelaw, author of The Bingo Hall Detectives ' Twisty, delightful, and laugh-out-loud funny . I fell in love with Margery and Clementine from the first page' Antony Johnston, author of The Dog Sitter Detective on The Dinner Lady Detectives 'I really enjoyed this - a terrific zesty look at the dark underside of a modern-day secondary school' J.M. Hall, author of A Spoonful of Murder ' A captivating murder mystery ' Women's Own 'Great to catch up with the dinner ladies and their detective skills. A fantastic read , roll on the next instalment!' Reader review ' This sucked me in from the beginning with its relatable characters and really original plot ! I will be reading more by Hannah Hendy for sure, I love her writing style.' Reader review ' The characters and descriptions are well written . It's a fast paced and easy to read book. I was surprised by the ending. I will be recommending this book.' Reader review ' I love this series and I have a rather big soft spot for Clementine and Margery. This book has the right mix of mystery, laughs and murder. If you are a fan of murder mysteries and cosy crime then please give this series a go .' Reader review 'It was hard to put this one down before I turned that last page. A really good cozy. I'll be back for more in this series !' Reader review

It's New Years Eve day on the ranch, and Slim and Miss Viola are both having second thoughts about their engagement only for very different reasons. Viola returns the lock-washer ring Slim had given her a week before, but before Slim can fix things with Viola, Uncle Johnny asks for his help with a "little job." Like all of Uncle Johnny's "little jobs," this one ends up being a lot more than Slim signed-up for and the day's events put him in a race against the clock. Will he make it to dinner at Viola's house in time to straighten things out, or will Hank and Drover live the rest of their doggy lives without ever seeing Miss Viola again?

Get ready to kiss those long, complicated dinners goodbye and free up your weeknights with these easy-to-make knockout meals! Caitlin Prettyman, host of the popular blog Kalefornia Kravings, introduces her series of Cal-Mex recipes that puts a nourishing spin on Tex-Mex cuisine and has taken the West Coast by storm. As a Southern California resident, Caitlin is well-versed in the cooking world of Cal-Mex and is here to provide you with quick, flavorful recipes to whip on those busy evenings. With a variety of proteins, plant-forward dishes, and an array of colorful, seasonal ingredients, these meals will satisfy every type of culinary craving - all coming together in 30 minutes or less! Make your dinner guests say wow with showstopping meals like Chipotle Garlic Butter Steak Bites, Crispy Coconut Shrimp with Sweet Chili Mango Sauce, Al Pastor Chicken Tacos with Fresh Pineapple Salsa, and Grilled Pork Chops with Spicy Peach Salsa. With additional recipes that include satisfying salads and one-bowls meals for even simpler food assembly, your dinner plans just got a whole simpler and way more delicious. A California-inspired variety of Mexican cooking that bursts with flavors of citrus and chipotle - extra avocado included - has never been easier with Caitlin's everyday guide to amazing homecooked dinners.

For the millions of home cooks who loved Ottolenghi SIMPLE, discover the pleasure of keeping things SIMPLE TOO. It's a noisy world out there, so stop, take a minute or two, listen to the soup bubble or the egg crackle... and let simple cooking be your solution. Bring Yotam Ottolenghi's innovation to your everyday with 135 new recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. Every dish has simplicity at its core and can be made in under 30 minutes, cooked in one pot, or prepped ahead. Whatever your barriers to cooking, this book brings you into the kitchen with a promise that even the simplest of meals can be full of flavour and joy.

Cooking doesn’t have to be precise—it just has to be yours. Perfectly Imperfect Kitchen is the freedom-first cookbook for real-life cooks who don’t have time (or patience) for perfection. With 30 flexible “base recipes;” this book invites you to experiment, substitute, and play in the kitchen—because flavor thrives on creativity, not exactness. From soups that morph with the seasons to one-pan dinners that adapt to your pantry, Perfectly Imperfect Kitchen turns every meal into a low-pressure triumph. Because the best recipe isn’t about precision—it’s about joy, flavor, and the freedom to make it your own. No measuring cups required. Just curiosity, taste, and a little courage.

Cooking doesn’t have to be precise—it just has to be yours. Perfectly Imperfect Kitchen is the freedom-first cookbook for real-life cooks who don’t have time (or patience) for perfection. With 30 flexible “base recipes;” this book invites you to experiment, substitute, and play in the kitchen—because flavor thrives on creativity, not exactness. From soups that morph with the seasons to one-pan dinners that adapt to your pantry, Perfectly Imperfect Kitchen turns every meal into a low-pressure triumph. Because the best recipe isn’t about precision—it’s about joy, flavor, and the freedom to make it your own. No measuring cups required. Just curiosity, taste, and a little courage.

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Fall blooms for an explosion of color in the garden. The dahlia is a fabulous cutting flower for the home garden. Cut one bloom, and ten more appear on the plant. Blooming late summer to the first frost of autumn, this native of Mexico provides explosions of color in home gardens. The author’s commentary unearths the dahlia from its Aztec origins and imparts practical, hands-on knowledge for growing and overwintering these tropical plants in wintry climes. Including classics like Café au Lait and lesser-known varieties like Voodoo and Honka, readers will discover a stunning range of specimens from tiny pompoms to heavy-headed dinner plates, to those that resemble daisies, sea anemones, and even fireworks!

Die beiden legendären Weihnachtskultklassiker in einem Doppel-DVD-Feature inklusive Dokumentation. 1. Single Bells (1997) Zu Weihnachten entpuppt sich das Familientreffen im verschneiten Landhaus von Luiserl als nervlicher Härtetest. Ihre Schwester Kathi, die eigentlich nach Mauritius fliegen wollte, entscheidet sich überraschend doch an den Feierlichkeiten teilzunehmen. Auch die beiden Omas trudeln ein, was zu heftigen Turbulenzen unter dem Christbaum führt. 2. O Palmenbaum (2000) Ein Jahr nach dem verheerenden, ländlichen Weihnachtsfest beschließen Kathi und Jonas, Weihnachten zu zweit auf Mauritius zu verbringen. Sie haben allerdings nicht mit der Hartnäckigkeit von der Omama und Lilibet gerechnet, die beiden vereinen die gesamte Familie in der Ferne. 3. Dokumentation zur Entstehungsgeschichten der beliebtesten österreichischen Filme. Auf den Spuren von "Single Bells" und "O Palmenbaum" lädt Regisseur und Kameramann Xaver Schwarzenberger zu sich nach Hause ein und erzählt von der Suche nach Schnee, den Parallelen zwischen Fiction und Realität und wie ein Taifun die Dreharbeiten in Mauritius erschwerte. Hauptdarsteller Erwin Steinhauer besucht das Bauernhaus, indem damals die "Familie Moor" wohnte. Außerdem trifft er nach mehr als 20 Jahren erstmals wieder auf Filmtochter "Sissi" - Mariella Schaller - und besucht sie an ihrem jetzigen Wohnort in Gmunden am Traunsee. Schauspieler und Filmsohn Thomas Thurgar begibt sich auf die Suche nach dem Christbaumwald, in dem damals gedreht wurde. Und SFX-Spezialist Willi Neuner zeigt, wie man einen Christbaum fernsehgerecht in Flammen aufgehen lässt. Außerdem erzählen Rudi Czettel (Szenenbild), Angelika Brendinger (Requisite), Christine Ludwig (Kostümbild-Assistenz) und Erika Zizala (Maske) spannende, wissenswerte und lustige Filmgeschichten von den Dreharbeiten. Durch ihre alljährlichen Wiederholungen haben die beiden Filme seither Kultcharakter erreichen können. 2008 titulierte die Österreich "Wer diese beiden Satiren noch nie gesehen hat, ist selbst schuld, denn kein österreichischer Weihnachtsfilm wird jemals in Punkto Humor und Witz an Single Bells und auch dessen würdige Fortsetzung O Palmenbaum herankommen. Richtig kultverdächtig und wunderbar böse sind die Schwarzenberger-Komödien". Im selben Jahr platzierte auch die Heute den Film gemeinsam mit seinem Sequel O Palmenbaum in ihrer Liste der Top-Weihnachtsfilme und befand, dass beide Spielfilme "für Freunde heimischer Produktionen an den Weihnachtsfeiertagen nicht fehlen" dürften. "Kultverdächtig wie Dinner for One und wunderbar böse! Dieser Film sollte alle Jahre wieder auf den Gabentisch kommen," befand Der Spiegel in seiner Rezension aus dem Jahr 1998. Die TAZ bezeichnete den Film als über "Jahre hinweg einzig wirklich gute deutsche Weihnachtskomödie".

Sonja and Alex Overhiser of the popular food blog A Couple Cooks share their lifehacks for a strong partnership. Their top secret? Cooking together. Whether it’s a weeknight dinner or a homespun candlelit date night, somebody has to get dinner on the table. And what if that task was something you could do in tandem with someone you feel close to, making the work more pleasurable and spending quality time together? Enter A Couple Cooks, your guide to making this dream a reality. With over 100 recipes for all occasions, from everyday dinners and large gatherings to intimate dinners for two, this book is designed to make meal planning and prep a stress-free and enjoyable experience. With designated roles for each partner, each recipe is crafted to be made lovingly by two: Having friends over for a weekend dinner? Have your sous chef put out Whipped Ricotta Crostini with Hot Honey while you're prepping the Smoky Spinach and Artichoke Lasagna. Craving a sweet pick-me-up at the end of a long week? Prep the dry ingredients while your partner preps the wet ingredients, and chow down on hard-earned Brown Butter Miso Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars together. Brimming with vibrant photography, A Couple Cooks includes tips and tricks for hosting, upping the romance in the home, table setting and styling, and enhancing your home bar cart. Much more than your average weeknight cookbook, this is an inspiring and hardworking guide on how to make the most of the quotidian moments that make up our days by relishing time spent together, working as a team. COOKING GIFT FOR TWO: From weddings and engagements to hostess gifts and more, A Couple Cooks fits the bill for a variety of life events with a gifting moment. Pair with a bottle of wine or fun aprons and you have the perfect housewarming present for any couple! INCLUSIVE MEAL PREP COOKBOOK: Couples cookbooks have long been overdue for a refresh that includes all types of couples. Whether newlyweds, freshly engaged, together-for-a-century couples, cohabitators, or platonic life partners, A Couple Cooks is designed for all sorts of pairs looking to harmoniously divvy up jobs in the kitchen. EXPERT HUSBAND & WIFE TEAM: Sonja and Alex collaborate as cookbook authors, recipe developers, cocktail experts, and parents. Their award-winning food blog, A Couple Cooks, inspired by their shift from processed foods to cooking at home from scratch, offers thousands of original recipes, cooking tips, and meal-planning ideas to make home cooking easy. This beautiful, giftable book brings together 100 of their star recipes with the warm and wise guidance that has made their blog one of America’s most popular recipe websites. Perfect for: Partnerships of all kinds (including marriages, life partnerships, long-term or new coupledom, and roommates) Parents with busy schedules looking to get dinner on the table in a snap Couple gift for newlyweds or the recently engaged Fans of healthy, vegetable-forward cooking seeking lots of vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options Followers of A Couple Cooks blog or such popular cookbook authors as Joanna Gaines, Erin French, and Erin Clarke

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Martha Stewart celebrates her landmark 100th book with an intimate collection of 100 treasured recipes, along with stunning photos from her personal archives and the stories behind them. A must for anyone who has ever been inspired by the one and only Martha. Join Martha in the kitchen as she shares favorite recipes and invaluable tips. Learn how to cook her mother’s humble Potato Pierogi , her decadent Gougères, a comforting Apple Brioche Bread Pudding , and the famous Paella she makes for the luckiest friends who visit her in summer. You’ll find something to satisfy everyone’s taste, whether it’s a simple meal you make for yourself, a weeknight family dinner, or a special celebration, recipes range from breakfast & brunch to soups & salads, hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, dinner, and of course dessert. Like a scrapbook of Martha’s life in cookbook form, this is the ultimate collection for devotees as well as newer fans who want to become more confident in the kitchen and do what Martha does best: Start with the basics and elevate them. From timeless classics to contemporary delights, these recipes reflect storied moments from her legendary, trailblazing career.

For the millions of home cooks who loved Ottolenghi SIMPLE, discover the pleasure of keeping things SIMPLE TOO. It's a noisy world out there, so stop, take a minute or two, listen to the soup bubble or the egg crackle... and let simple cooking be your solution. Bring Yotam Ottolenghi's innovation to your everyday with 135 new recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. Every dish has simplicity at its core and can be made in under 30 minutes, cooked in one pot, or prepped ahead. Whatever your barriers to cooking, this book brings you into the kitchen with a promise that even the simplest of meals can be full of flavour and joy.

It's always difficult to balance a hectic schedule with tasty, healthy meals, so it helps to have foolproof recipes that you can rely on to provide delicious food in no time. With this in mind, the team of experts at Good Food magazine have collected their best-loved recipes for cooking mouth-watering meals in 30 minutes or less! From light bites for a weeknight meal on the run to great ideas for last-minute entertaining, 30-minute Suppers is packed with tips and inspiration for creating delicious pasta, grills, seafood and more with the minimum of fuss. Because every dish has been triple-tested in the Good Food kitchen, you can try new and varied dishes with complete confidence in half an hour or under - with ideas to serve just one or two, a whole family or even an entire dinner party! With quick and easy recipes, each one accompanied by a photograph and a nutritional breakdown, this cookbook offers the very best of Britain's best-selling cookery magazine, without any hassle. This edition is revised and updated with brand new recipes and a fresh new look.

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Cloaked strangers and danger abound... When dinner ladies and amateur sleuths Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker embark on an evening walk after another busy half-term at Summerview Secondary School, they discover the body of missing maths teacher Mr Weaver. Marked with a mysterious symbol, something suspicious is clearly afoot. As the nights grow darker and the mysterious symbols continue to appear around Dewstow, the Dinner Lady Detectives are pulled deeper into the case. Can they solve the mystery as deceit and chaos reign, or will their killer pull off another deadly trick? A fun and charming cosy mystery, perfect for fans of J.M Hall and Fiona Leitch. "Hendy is, by far, one of the very best cosy writers we have - and A Frightfully Fatal Affair sees her on sparkling form" - Jonathan Whitelaw, author of ´The Bingo Hall Detectives´

Die beiden legendären Weihnachtskultklassiker in einem Doppel-DVD-Feature inklusive Dokumentation. 1. Single Bells (1997) Zu Weihnachten entpuppt sich das Familientreffen im verschneiten Landhaus von Luiserl als nervlicher Härtetest. Ihre Schwester Kathi, die eigentlich nach Mauritius fliegen wollte, entscheidet sich überraschend doch an den Feierlichkeiten teilzunehmen. Auch die beiden Omas trudeln ein, was zu heftigen Turbulenzen unter dem Christbaum führt. 2. O Palmenbaum (2000) Ein Jahr nach dem verheerenden, ländlichen Weihnachtsfest beschließen Kathi und Jonas, Weihnachten zu zweit auf Mauritius zu verbringen. Sie haben allerdings nicht mit der Hartnäckigkeit von der Omama und Lilibet gerechnet, die beiden vereinen die gesamte Familie in der Ferne. 3. Dokumentation zur Entstehungsgeschichten der beliebtesten österreichischen Filme. Auf den Spuren von "Single Bells" und "O Palmenbaum" lädt Regisseur und Kameramann Xaver Schwarzenberger zu sich nach Hause ein und erzählt von der Suche nach Schnee, den Parallelen zwischen Fiction und Realität und wie ein Taifun die Dreharbeiten in Mauritius erschwerte. Hauptdarsteller Erwin Steinhauer besucht das Bauernhaus, indem damals die "Familie Moor" wohnte. Außerdem trifft er nach mehr als 20 Jahren erstmals wieder auf Filmtochter "Sissi" - Mariella Schaller - und besucht sie an ihrem jetzigen Wohnort in Gmunden am Traunsee. Schauspieler und Filmsohn Thomas Thurgar begibt sich auf die Suche nach dem Christbaumwald, in dem damals gedreht wurde. Und SFX-Spezialist Willi Neuner zeigt, wie man einen Christbaum fernsehgerecht in Flammen aufgehen lässt. Außerdem erzählen Rudi Czettel (Szenenbild), Angelika Brendinger (Requisite), Christine Ludwig (Kostümbild-Assistenz) und Erika Zizala (Maske) spannende, wissenswerte und lustige Filmgeschichten von den Dreharbeiten. Durch ihre alljährlichen Wiederholungen haben die beiden Filme seither Kultcharakter erreichen können. 2008 titulierte die Österreich "Wer diese beiden Satiren noch nie gesehen hat, ist selbst schuld, denn kein österreichischer Weihnachtsfilm wird jemals in Punkto Humor und Witz an Single Bells und auch dessen würdige Fortsetzung O Palmenbaum herankommen. Richtig kultverdächtig und wunderbar böse sind die Schwarzenberger-Komödien". Im selben Jahr platzierte auch die Heute den Film gemeinsam mit seinem Sequel O Palmenbaum in ihrer Liste der Top-Weihnachtsfilme und befand, dass beide Spielfilme "für Freunde heimischer Produktionen an den Weihnachtsfeiertagen nicht fehlen" dürften. "Kultverdächtig wie Dinner for One und wunderbar böse! Dieser Film sollte alle Jahre wieder auf den Gabentisch kommen," befand Der Spiegel in seiner Rezension aus dem Jahr 1998. Die TAZ bezeichnete den Film als über "Jahre hinweg einzig wirklich gute deutsche Weihnachtskomödie".

Die beiden legendären Weihnachtskultklassiker in einem Doppel-DVD-Feature inklusive Dokumentation. 1. Single Bells (1997) Zu Weihnachten entpuppt sich das Familientreffen im verschneiten Landhaus von Luiserl als nervlicher Härtetest. Ihre Schwester Kathi, die eigentlich nach Mauritius fliegen wollte, entscheidet sich überraschend doch an den Feierlichkeiten teilzunehmen. Auch die beiden Omas trudeln ein, was zu heftigen Turbulenzen unter dem Christbaum führt. 2. O Palmenbaum (2000) Ein Jahr nach dem verheerenden, ländlichen Weihnachtsfest beschließen Kathi und Jonas, Weihnachten zu zweit auf Mauritius zu verbringen. Sie haben allerdings nicht mit der Hartnäckigkeit von der Omama und Lilibet gerechnet, die beiden vereinen die gesamte Familie in der Ferne. 3. Dokumentation zur Entstehungsgeschichten der beliebtesten österreichischen Filme. Auf den Spuren von "Single Bells" und "O Palmenbaum" lädt Regisseur und Kameramann Xaver Schwarzenberger zu sich nach Hause ein und erzählt von der Suche nach Schnee, den Parallelen zwischen Fiction und Realität und wie ein Taifun die Dreharbeiten in Mauritius erschwerte. Hauptdarsteller Erwin Steinhauer besucht das Bauernhaus, indem damals die "Familie Moor" wohnte. Außerdem trifft er nach mehr als 20 Jahren erstmals wieder auf Filmtochter "Sissi" - Mariella Schaller - und besucht sie an ihrem jetzigen Wohnort in Gmunden am Traunsee. Schauspieler und Filmsohn Thomas Thurgar begibt sich auf die Suche nach dem Christbaumwald, in dem damals gedreht wurde. Und SFX-Spezialist Willi Neuner zeigt, wie man einen Christbaum fernsehgerecht in Flammen aufgehen lässt. Außerdem erzählen Rudi Czettel (Szenenbild), Angelika Brendinger (Requisite), Christine Ludwig (Kostümbild-Assistenz) und Erika Zizala (Maske) spannende, wissenswerte und lustige Filmgeschichten von den Dreharbeiten. Durch ihre alljährlichen Wiederholungen haben die beiden Filme seither Kultcharakter erreichen können. 2008 titulierte die Österreich "Wer diese beiden Satiren noch nie gesehen hat, ist selbst schuld, denn kein österreichischer Weihnachtsfilm wird jemals in Punkto Humor und Witz an Single Bells und auch dessen würdige Fortsetzung O Palmenbaum herankommen. Richtig kultverdächtig und wunderbar böse sind die Schwarzenberger-Komödien". Im selben Jahr platzierte auch die Heute den Film gemeinsam mit seinem Sequel O Palmenbaum in ihrer Liste der Top-Weihnachtsfilme und befand, dass beide Spielfilme "für Freunde heimischer Produktionen an den Weihnachtsfeiertagen nicht fehlen" dürften. "Kultverdächtig wie Dinner for One und wunderbar böse! Dieser Film sollte alle Jahre wieder auf den Gabentisch kommen," befand Der Spiegel in seiner Rezension aus dem Jahr 1998. Die TAZ bezeichnete den Film als über "Jahre hinweg einzig wirklich gute deutsche Weihnachtskomödie".

Sonja and Alex Overhiser of the popular food blog A Couple Cooks share their lifehacks for a strong partnership. Their top secret? Cooking together. Whether it’s a weeknight dinner or a homespun candlelit date night, somebody has to get dinner on the table. And what if that task was something you could do in tandem with someone you feel close to, making the work more pleasurable and spending quality time together? Enter A Couple Cooks, your guide to making this dream a reality. With over 100 recipes for all occasions, from everyday dinners and large gatherings to intimate dinners for two, this book is designed to make meal planning and prep a stress-free and enjoyable experience. With designated roles for each partner, each recipe is crafted to be made lovingly by two: Having friends over for a weekend dinner? Have your sous chef put out Whipped Ricotta Crostini with Hot Honey while you're prepping the Smoky Spinach and Artichoke Lasagna. Craving a sweet pick-me-up at the end of a long week? Prep the dry ingredients while your partner preps the wet ingredients, and chow down on hard-earned Brown Butter Miso Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars together. Brimming with vibrant photography, A Couple Cooks includes tips and tricks for hosting, upping the romance in the home, table setting and styling, and enhancing your home bar cart. Much more than your average weeknight cookbook, this is an inspiring and hardworking guide on how to make the most of the quotidian moments that make up our days by relishing time spent together, working as a team. COOKING GIFT FOR TWO: From weddings and engagements to hostess gifts and more, A Couple Cooks fits the bill for a variety of life events with a gifting moment. Pair with a bottle of wine or fun aprons and you have the perfect housewarming present for any couple! INCLUSIVE MEAL PREP COOKBOOK: Couples cookbooks have long been overdue for a refresh that includes all types of couples. Whether newlyweds, freshly engaged, together-for-a-century couples, cohabitators, or platonic life partners, A Couple Cooks is designed for all sorts of pairs looking to harmoniously divvy up jobs in the kitchen. EXPERT HUSBAND & WIFE TEAM: Sonja and Alex collaborate as cookbook authors, recipe developers, cocktail experts, and parents. Their award-winning food blog, A Couple Cooks, inspired by their shift from processed foods to cooking at home from scratch, offers thousands of original recipes, cooking tips, and meal-planning ideas to make home cooking easy. This beautiful, giftable book brings together 100 of their star recipes with the warm and wise guidance that has made their blog one of America’s most popular recipe websites. Perfect for: Partnerships of all kinds (including marriages, life partnerships, long-term or new coupledom, and roommates) Parents with busy schedules looking to get dinner on the table in a snap Couple gift for newlyweds or the recently engaged Fans of healthy, vegetable-forward cooking seeking lots of vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options Followers of A Couple Cooks blog or such popular cookbook authors as Joanna Gaines, Erin French, and Erin Clarke

Perfect for Father’s Day and all year round, here is the breakout book celebrating all the silliness and sweetness that a dad can share with a child, illustrated by bestselling and award-winning artist Dan Santat! Because I'm your dad, you can have spaghetti for breakfast, French toast for dinner, and rocky road ice cream in the bathtub! In a text that's both playful and loving, a father expresses his hopes and dreams for a one-of-a-kind relationship with his child. The book's ending, a moving tribute to the author's father—legendary rock star Frank Zappa—guarantees intergenerational appeal, and award-winning artist Dan Santat (The Adventures of Beekle) brings the fun and endearing scenes to life with whimsical monster characters. Because I'm your dad, I will do all of these things for you and more . . .because that's what my dad did for me.

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The instant New York Times bestselling authors of The Paradise Problem and The Unhoneymooners return with an unforgettable novel in which one fateful accident erases a troubled marriage from memory—and love gets one extraordinary do-over. Three years ago, Emery Finch did something completely out of character: she got married. To Luca—the impossibly charming landscaper she met on one blistering night in Vegas who made her laugh, made her dance, made her feel. But now, Emery is consumed by her top-secret job, missing dinners, forgetting anniversaries, and promising herself Luca will understand once her cutting-edge research comes to light. Until the unthinkable happens: A tragic accident takes Luca from her. Desperate not to lose him, Emery breaks every rule to bring him back. And Luca would probably thank her for it, if only he could remember her. Their first kiss, their Sunny Sundays at the beach, the life they built together...all of it is gone. It may be a miracle of science, but for Emery it’s her one shot at a second chance. And this time, she won’t waste it—because true love is always worth reviving.

** Pre-order Life of M, the new novel from Rachel Cusk, now ** #14 in the New York Times '100 Best Books of the 21st Century' ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES' '25 BEST NOVELS OF THE 21ST CENTURY' SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE AND THE FOLIO PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC PRIZE 'A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.' Monica Ali, New York Times 'One of the most daringly original and entertaining pieces of fiction I've ever read.' Observer 'A perfect synthesis of form and content.' Deborah Levy 'Full of baking light and quiet melancholy and bodies brushing past one another in the heat.' Leslie Jamison Outline is a novel in ten conversations. Spare and lucid, it follows a novelist teaching a course in creative writing over an oppressively hot summer in Athens. She leads her student in storytelling exercises. She meets other writers for dinner. She goes swimming in the Ionian Sea with her seatmate from the place. The people she encounters speak volubly about themselves, their fantasies, anxieties, pet theories, regrets, and longings. And through these disclosures, a portrait of the narrator is drawn by contrast, a portrait of a woman learning to face great a great loss.

** Pre-order Life of M, the new novel from Rachel Cusk, now ** #14 in the New York Times '100 Best Books of the 21st Century' ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES' '25 BEST NOVELS OF THE 21ST CENTURY' SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE AND THE FOLIO PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC PRIZE 'A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.' Monica Ali, New York Times 'One of the most daringly original and entertaining pieces of fiction I've ever read.' Observer 'A perfect synthesis of form and content.' Deborah Levy 'Full of baking light and quiet melancholy and bodies brushing past one another in the heat.' Leslie Jamison Outline is a novel in ten conversations. Spare and lucid, it follows a novelist teaching a course in creative writing over an oppressively hot summer in Athens. She leads her student in storytelling exercises. She meets other writers for dinner. She goes swimming in the Ionian Sea with her seatmate from the place. The people she encounters speak volubly about themselves, their fantasies, anxieties, pet theories, regrets, and longings. And through these disclosures, a portrait of the narrator is drawn by contrast, a portrait of a woman learning to face great a great loss.

A remarkable and unusual novel by “one of the most remarkable prose stylist presently writing in English.” —The San Francisco Chronicle At a dinner party hosted by a wealthy New Yorker, a guest receives an ancient golden weapon as a prize. When the mysterious host of this party dies the next day, his fortune is left to whomever it was that received the prize at the party. The only requirement: the owner must answer three cryptic questions relating to the artifact's mysterious history. In his search for answers, He quickly finds himself entangled in the centuries-long history of a secretive religious sect, embarking on an odyssey that begins at a dinner party, and ends on the ocean floor. Along this wild goose chase, we encounter a menagerie of eccentric personalities: an ancient revolutionary in a Parisian prison, a ludicrous pair of gibberish-speaking brothers, and customs officials who spend their time reading contraband materials. The Conversions is a wildly unpredictable novel, inviting readers along in the search for answers that may never have existed in the first place.

"Betty Crocker Big Book of Slow Cooker, Casseroles, and More! combines slow cooker, comfort food and one dish meals into one big compendium, with a focus on ease and convenience, answering consumer demand for simple mealtime solutions in an affordable, high-value package.This book collects favorite recipes Betty Crocker readers have come to trust for simple solutions for home-cooked meals and modern twists to comfort food classics. Every recipe delivers on this no-fuss promise, utilizing convenience appliances such as a slow cooker, or only one essential pot or pan, like a casserole dish or skillet, to get dinner on the table quickly and efficiently. More than 250 no-fuss recipes, from comforting casseroles and pasta favorites to hearty soups and stews and light and fresh accompaniments, with beautiful 4-color photos throughout. Bonus dessert and appetizer chapters offer clever ideas for holiday and entertaining meals. Special features in each chapter will offer valuable advice on making crowd-pleasing dishes for entertaining, big batch cooking ideas, clever ways to use up leftovers, and I-didn't-know-I-could-do-that snacks and drinks made with a slow cooker. Icons to highlight vegetarian dishes and super-fast recipes that can be prepared in 30 minutes or less. Introductory section will include helpful tips and information on optimizing a slow cooker, make-ahead recipe suggestions, and ways to speed up dinnertime prep."--

The Brooklyn destination the New York Times called "one of the most extraordinary restaurants in the country"-which began as a pizza place and quickly redefined the urban food landscape-releases its highly anticipated debut cookbook. When Roberta's opened in 2008 in a concrete bunker in Bushwick, it was a pizzeria where you could stop in for dinner and stumble out hours later, happy. It's still a down-the-rabbit-hole kind of place but has also become a destination for groundbreaking food, a wholly original dining experience, and a rooftop garden that marked the beginning of the urban farming movement in New York City. The forces behind Roberta's-chef Carlo Mirarchi and co-owners Brandon Hoy and Chris Parachini-share recipes, photographs, and stories meant to capture the experience of Roberta's for those who haven't been, and to immortalize it for those who've been there since the beginning.

Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield is going after the undead with a vengeance, hoping that one of these deadbeats is her father—the one responsible for ruining her mother's life. Then she's captured by Bones, a vampire bounty hunter, and is forced into an unholy partnership. In exchange for finding her father, Cat agrees to train with the sexy night stalker until her battle reflexes are as sharp as his fangs. She's amazed she doesn't end up as his dinner—are there actually good vampires? Pretty soon Bones will have her convinced that being half-dead doesn't have to be all bad. But before she can enjoy her newfound status as kick-ass demon hunter, Cat and Bones are pursued by a group of killers. Now Cat will have to choose a side . . . and Bones is turning out to be as tempting as any man with a heartbeat.

For the past few years Roddy Doyle has been writing stories for Metro Eireann, a newspaper started by, and aimed at, immigrants to Ireland. Each of the stories took a new slant on the immigrant experience, something of increasing relevance and importance in today's Ireland. The stories range from 'Guess Who's Coming to the Dinner', where a father who prides himself on his open-mindedness when his daughters talk about sex, is forced to confront his feelings when one of them brings home a black fella, to a terrifying ghost story, 'The Pram', in which a Polish nanny grows impatient with her charge's older sisters and decides - in a phrase she has learnt - to 'scare them shitless'.