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From the season 3 winner of MasterChef Canada and star of Mary's Kitchen Crush, Mary Berg is here to bring food, family, and friends together where all good parties start and end--the kitchen. As anyone who has ever hosted a party will know, at some point, every guest will find him or herself standing around the kitchen--maybe grabbing another drink, tasting a dish, or just chatting casually with the host and other guests. That's because the act of gathering around the comfort of a hearth is an age-old tradition, one that unifies a group of people with a home-cooked meal. But, often, a kitchen party--even if it's just a weeknight meal for two--can become overwhelming. There's the mess to deal with, the timing of the dishes, the grocery shopping and much more. In her first book, TV star and home cook Mary Berg is here to banish any inflated pomp, circumstance, and anxiety surrounding the idea of inviting people into your home. Kitchen Party: Effortless Recipes for Every Occasion is filled to the brim with family-style favorites for brunches, cocktails, dinners, and special occasions--along with some of Mary's famous baked goods and desserts, of course. You'll find over 100 simple and straightforward recipes that are grand enough for company, yet easy enough to accomplish on a regular Tuesday night. Delight in mouthwatering dishes like Blueberry Cheesecake French Toast Bake with Apple Cinnamon Syrup; Ricotta, Roasted Grape and Hazelnut Tartines; Flank Steak with Horseradish Cream; and Slablova (aka Pavlova for a Crowd). All of Mary's recipes are meant to be plunked down on a table that is groaning under the weight of delicious food and relaxed elbows. And with signature tips and suggested menu pairings for all types of occasions, from Mother's Day Brunch to a Low-Key Bridal Shower, you'll never find yourself short of ideas. Whether you're cooking for a big crowd of friends or hosting a romantic dinner for two, Mary is ready to guide you using the warmth and culinary skills that have made her so beloved among home cooks nationwide.

From the season 3 winner of MasterChef Canada and star of Mary's Kitchen Crush, Mary Berg is here to bring food, family, and friends together where all good parties start and end--the kitchen. As anyone who has ever hosted a party will know, at some point, every guest will find him or herself standing around the kitchen--maybe grabbing another drink, tasting a dish, or just chatting casually with the host and other guests. That's because the act of gathering around the comfort of a hearth is an age-old tradition, one that unifies a group of people with a home-cooked meal. But, often, a kitchen party--even if it's just a weeknight meal for two--can become overwhelming. There's the mess to deal with, the timing of the dishes, the grocery shopping and much more. In her first book, TV star and home cook Mary Berg is here to banish any inflated pomp, circumstance, and anxiety surrounding the idea of inviting people into your home. Kitchen Party: Effortless Recipes for Every Occasion is filled to the brim with family-style favorites for brunches, cocktails, dinners, and special occasions--along with some of Mary's famous baked goods and desserts, of course. You'll find over 100 simple and straightforward recipes that are grand enough for company, yet easy enough to accomplish on a regular Tuesday night. Delight in mouthwatering dishes like Blueberry Cheesecake French Toast Bake with Apple Cinnamon Syrup; Ricotta, Roasted Grape and Hazelnut Tartines; Flank Steak with Horseradish Cream; and Slablova (aka Pavlova for a Crowd). All of Mary's recipes are meant to be plunked down on a table that is groaning under the weight of delicious food and relaxed elbows. And with signature tips and suggested menu pairings for all types of occasions, from Mother's Day Brunch to a Low-Key Bridal Shower, you'll never find yourself short of ideas. Whether you're cooking for a big crowd of friends or hosting a romantic dinner for two, Mary is ready to guide you using the warmth and culinary skills that have made her so beloved among home cooks nationwide.

A one-stop cookbook for cakes-birthday, chocolate, coffee, Bundt, upside-down, loaf, and more. From pound cake and angel food (with many variations) to genoise and streusel-topped, from comfort classics like red velvet, six-layer coconut, rich chocolate, lemon meringue, and cheesecake to sophisticated grown-up fare including chiffon cakes and tortes with luscious fruits, these 150 recipes and color photographs cover techniques, decorating, and gifting ideas for every taste and occasion, whether no-fuss or fancy. Baking trends come and go, but cakes are timeless. From the editors and photographers of Martha Stewart Living, Cakes includes classics (German Chocolate, New York-Style Cheesecake), crowd-pleasers (Baked Alaska, Hummingbird), and cakes with unique, sophisticated flavors and embellishments (Pecan Torte with Lemon Curd, Saffron-Scented Pear Upside-Down Cake). Whether you need a birthday cake (for any age!), have bake-sale duty, want a travel-friendly coffee cake, or seek to impress at a dinner party or with a handmade gift, Martha Stewart's Cakes has more than 150 cakes plus ideas for decorating, gifting, and storing. Beautiful color photography that shows you just what you're aiming for and dozens of make-ahead tips make baking low-stress.

The instant New York Times bestselling authors of The Paradise Problem and The Unhoneymooners return with an unforgettable new romance. One tragic accident. One troubled marriage erased from memory. 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. Why readers love Christina Lauren . . . 'Pure, irresistible magic from start to finish' EMILY HENRY 'My favourite kind of book to devour: something that manages to be hot and intense, yet still the very best comfort food' JODI PICOULT 'Witty and downright hilarious . . . a perfect feel-good romantic comedy' HELEN HOANG 'Pure joy' SALLY THORNE 'Writing duo Christina Lauren are my go-to when I'm feeling sad' BETH O'LEARY 'What a joyful, warm, touching book! This is the book to read if you want to smile so hard your face hurts' JASMINE GUILLORY

Everyone has a secret.Mine is ruining my life ... making me bitter, callous, cold. I'm Rye Rough -- the oldest of seven kids, with a family tree that built this town. I understand more than most that reputations matter. Which is why I keep my mouth shut -- and that secret? I'm not telling a soul. It's clear it's causing problems. Working as my dad's right-hand man, I'm angrier than ever -- and hell, it's messing with the family construction company. My father forces a deal: Go to the rural family cabin and don't come back until I get my head on straight or I lose my place in the business. As if spending more time alone is going to solve anything. One day into my retreat - I find Prairie, a beautifully fragile woman who is lost, alone and in need of my tender loving care. Her life has been one of confinement and abuse. She needs me like I've never been needed before. My family doesn't understand my love for her. My secret keeps me up at night. Something must give before it all breaks. One thing is sure - rough hands have been dealt for both Prairie and me ... and for our love to survive we can't fold. Coming Home to the Mountain is a new filthy-sweet, high heat series by Frankie Love featuring rugged mountain men who fall hard, fast and forever. And with the women they love at their side, they choose to put family first.In this series, Dad shows up, sisters remember to call, big brothers always look out for you, and Mom knows to keep an extra seat at the table for Sunday dinner. Not every family is perfect -- and the Rough family has its own set of problems -- but at the end of the day, they know what matters: Coming Home.

Update of Eating Queens (978-1-910023-44-0). When Disney unveiled "It's a Small World," for the UNICEF pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing, Queens, it was perhaps their most annoying creation to date, but also the most prophetic. Fifty years later, the borough of Queens is one of the most ethnically diverse corners of the world, with nearly fifty percent of its residents foreign born. It is a land of opportunity - not only for transplants and immigrants seeking a better life, but for all of us seeking a better dinner. Beginning at Manhattan's Times Square, the number 7 subway train heads crosstown on 42nd Street to Fifth Avenue and Grand Central Station, then zips under the East River to Queens. From Long Island City to Flushing Main Street you can eat your way around the world at least once. Languages are abundant and the foods are, too. The borough is large and the options are many, so let these selections, each a short walk from the station, be your guide on a culinary trip around the world on the 7 train.

Bloomsbury presents Cult Classic written and read by Sloane Crosley. A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES 'The witty, improbably propulsive rom-com you didn't know you were waiting for' ELIF BATUMAN 'Razor sharp and very funny on the cult of modern dating' PANDORA SYKES 'So good. I couldn't stop reading it' NICK HORNBY 'Cult Classic makes an uproarious time of romantic carnage' RAVEN LEILANI 'A witty and fantastical story of dating and experimental psychology in New York City' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review) One night in New York City's Chinatown, Lola is at a dinner with former colleagues when she excuses herself to buy a pack of cigarettes. On her way back, she runs into a former boyfriend. The next night, she runs into another ex. And then… another. The city has become awash with ghosts of heartbreaks past. What might have passed for coincidence becomes something far stranger when the recently engaged Lola must contend not only with the viability of her current relationship, but the fact that her best friend and her former boss – a magazine editor turned mystical guru – might have an unhealthy investment in its outcome. As memories of the past swirl and converge, Lola is forced to decide if she will surrender herself to the conspirings of one very contemporary cult. A smart, sharp and hugely entertaining tale of luck and love, Cult Classic asks: is it possible to have a happy ending in an age when the past is ever at your fingertips and sanity is for sale?

'O ne of the best novels I've read this year from an unusually gifted writer' IRISH TIMES 'A wonderfully stylish writer with an unwavering eye' JOHN PATRICK McHUGH 'Perfectly calibrated . . . These characters spike off the page' A. K. BLAKEMORE How do you mourn someone you never really knew? Three siblings - Anna, Gemma and Matthew - will have to work that out quickly. Monday is the day of their gentle, but distant, father's funeral, and for the first time in a long while they are under one roof with their mother, imperious Yvonne, awaiting the arrival of their aunt Amy, an award-winning poet. Yet, as the funeral looms, their everyday concerns refuse to diminish: will newly sex-obsessed Gemma work out what she wants from life, beyond her mother's expectations? Can Anna maintain the fine balance between desire and nonchalance with her not-quite-exclusive boyfriend back in London? Will Amy's past explode the relationships of the present? And, crucially, will Yvonne pull off her grand, post-funeral family dinner, the solution to what she fears may be an unsolvable problem? Told from five perspectives, into the wreck worries at the knotty complexities of one family's bonds, written with Susannah Dickey's trademark empathy and wit. A rare talent, and certainly one to watch' SUNDAY TIMES 'One of literature's major new talents' OBSERVER 'O ne of the funniest and most insightful novelists writing today' NELL FRIZZELL

'O ne of the best novels I've read this year from an unusually gifted writer' IRISH TIMES 'A wonderfully stylish writer with an unwavering eye' JOHN PATRICK McHUGH 'Perfectly calibrated . . . These characters spike off the page' A. K. BLAKEMORE How do you mourn someone you never really knew? Three siblings - Anna, Gemma and Matthew - will have to work that out quickly. Monday is the day of their gentle, but distant, father's funeral, and for the first time in a long while they are under one roof with their mother, imperious Yvonne, awaiting the arrival of their aunt Amy, an award-winning poet. Yet, as the funeral looms, their everyday concerns refuse to diminish: will newly sex-obsessed Gemma work out what she wants from life, beyond her mother's expectations? Can Anna maintain the fine balance between desire and nonchalance with her not-quite-exclusive boyfriend back in London? Will Amy's past explode the relationships of the present? And, crucially, will Yvonne pull off her grand, post-funeral family dinner, the solution to what she fears may be an unsolvable problem? Told from five perspectives, into the wreck worries at the knotty complexities of one family's bonds, written with Susannah Dickey's trademark empathy and wit. A rare talent, and certainly one to watch' SUNDAY TIMES 'One of literature's major new talents' OBSERVER 'O ne of the funniest and most insightful novelists writing today' NELL FRIZZELL

Imbued with Frank McCourt´s astounding humor and compassion, Angela´s Ashes is a glorious Pulitzer Prize-winner that bears all the marks of a classic. "When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank´s mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank´s father Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Perhaps it is a story that accounts for Frank´s survival. Wearing shoes repaired with tires, begging a pig´s head for Christmas dinner, and searching the pubs for his father, Frank endures poverty, near-starvation, and the casual cruelty of relatives and neighbors—yet lives to tell his tale with eloquence, exuberance and remarkable forgiveness.

A Real Simple gift guide pick for 2017 A fun board game based on the best-selling Listography journal series: Listography: The Game invites players to create and share lists based on fun and thought-provoking topics - from geography and pop culture to toothpaste and constellations! With the goal of being the first around the game board, players score points according to the number of similar or unique answers. Every round in the game results in creative thinking, surprise outcomes, and lots of laughs. May the best list win! - Small and compact for travel and to take to dinner parties - Game makes a fun and unique housewarming gift - Lisa Nola is the creator of the Listography book series and the popular list-making website, listography.com. With over one million copies sold, her books inspire creative auto-biography and reinvention through list-making Listography: The Game will appeal to list-lovers who want to have a good time laughing with friends. - For 3-6 players, ages 12 and up - Includes: 300 cards (300 list topics), game board, 6 player tokens, sand timer, 6 list pads - Great ice-breaking game and for groups to get to know each other

Escape to Bali in this gripping beach read, for fans of Lucy Clarke's The Hike and Ruth Ware's One Perfect Couple. 'THE NEW QUEEN OF THE GLAMOROUS DESTINATION THRILLER' ELLERY LLOYD Keep your friends close and your enemies closer . . . Nate and Layla, Jude and Sophie. They've been a four for as long as they can remember: fancy dinners, dancing 'til dawn . . . Even living and working together. So when Nate and Layla suddenly quit their lives and move to Bali, with its white sands and exotic beach clubs, Jude and Sophie are their first visitors. Anything to escape their life in London. But as the two couples reunite, cracks begin to show. Which is hardly surprising; they've been lying to each other for years. And now, it's time for revenge. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THEY HAD IT COMING: 'Bought for a holiday read - literally had me hooked from the outset. Such a good story. Really enjoyed it! Couldn't put it down !' ' Great book. Was up all night reading it. I loved the characters & the storyline. I totally recommend reading this book straight away, the twists and turns are fab. Definitely 5 stars' 'Nikki Smith has done it again. Absolutely loved this book. Read it in one sitting, round a pool on holiday ' ' A great book, and I thoroughly enjoyed every page. Nikki Smith's writing brought her characters and setting to life, and I found myself whizzing through pages to get to the final reveals. A great read' 'Another great read from Nikki Smith. I loved the Balinese setting . . . the characters were all so entertaining [and] when the truth came out, it was a satisfying reveal. I can't wait to see where the next book will take us!' 'I raced through it, it would make the perfect holiday read . So pack this one in your suitcase this summer'

'A wonderfully creepy climax, hitting that perfect spot of uncanny horror' Grimdark Magazine 'Combines a creeping sense of unease with all-out gore . . . Nerve-jangling.' Guardian GOING UP? A dinner party is held in the penthouse of a multimillion-pound development. All the guests are strangers - even to their host, the billionaire owner of the building . None of them know why they were selected to receive his invitation. Whether privileged or deprived, they share only one thing in common - they've all experienced a shocking disturbance within the building's walls. By the end of the night, their host is dead, and none of the guests will say what happened. His death has remained one of the biggest unsolved mysteries - until now. But are you ready for their stories? Jonathan Sims' debut is a darkly twisted, genre-bending haunted house thriller. Early reviewers say you're in for a fright: 'Left me feeling uneasy . . . creeped out, and a little bit horrified. In other words, this was an excellent book' NetGalley reviewer 'Steals your sleep, not only because it's such a page turner but it is very very creepy . . . Highly recommended' NetGalley reviewer 'Chilling and so creepy - perfect reading . . . Even if you don't usually go for this genre, give THIRTEEN STOREYS a try - you won't be disappointed!' NetGalley reviewer 'This book literally has it all: simply faultless. A majestic tour de force of the imagination' NetGalley reviewer

These interactive language programs are designed for anyone seeking supplementary material for the study of the following languages: Czech, Modern Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Serbian, Swahili, Thai, and Turkish.Produced on a laserdisc with accompanying MAC-based Hypercard software on CD-ROM, each program presents approximately thirty minutes of video footage shot in a country where the target language is spoken. Video segments cover a range of topics pertinent to the country's culture. The software allows users the freedom to manipulate the video at their own pace. At any point, they can call up a series of brief questions and answers written in the target language that are designed to reinforce the video, or they can view a written transcript of the dialogue. They can also choose at any moment between two audio tracks: the first contains the original audio, while the second conveys the information from the original audio, but more slowly and in simpler terms.Users of these videodiscs will find themselves negotiating the mass transit system in Budapest, bargaining in a Turkish market in Istanbul, visiting the sacred shrines of Thailand, and eating dinner with a Norwegian family. For students of these languages, the instructional programs provide a unique and valuable supplement to more traditional forms of language instruction.To view the laserdiscs, one can use any laserdisc player. For the interactive functions, one needs (in addition to the laserdisc player and a CD-ROM drive) a MAC with Hypercard Player for Hypercard 2.0 and above installed, as well as 24 MB of RAM.

Kingfishers photographed fishing. Some on perches waiting. Others on perches with their catch and some exiting the water with a minnow. All natural detailed images show their beautiful colours. High-quality wall calendar with 12 beautiful images. We care about the environment. We avoid overproduction and thus significant amounts of waste as we produce our calendars via print-on-demand in the markets we operate in. This means we can keep our transport routes short and ensure climate-conscious logistical processes. 14 Pages Consisting of 1 Cover | 12 Months | 1 Index Page | Cardboard Spine at the back This calendar was re-released this year with the same images and new dates. Illustrations:January: A successful dive February: A tasty minnow March: Watching the water April: Lunch for today May: A good catch June: Posing for the camera July: Down the hatch August: What is up September: Fish for dinner October: Beautiful pose November: Another one for the pot December: Around and around QUALITY - High-quality photo calendar with 12 beautiful images on light-resistant paper, robust spiral binding with hanger. PERFECT GIFT - calendars for friends and family, for children, all ages and all occasions, from Christmas to birthdays and everything in between. LOTS OF CHOICE - Wall calendars in different sizes (DIN A4 and DIN A3), for any topic and personal taste, featuring photography, painting and illustrations. Photographs of kingfishers, author: Alan Tunnicliffe

Take a trip to the Yorkshire village of Burley Bridge, where a very special little cookbook shop is about to open its doors... In the beginning... Kitty Cartwright has always solved her problems in the kitchen. Her cookbooks are her life, and there isn't an issue that 'Cooking with Aspic' can't fix. Her only wish is that she had a book entitled 'Rustling Up Dinner When Your Husband Has Left You'. Forty years later... On Rosemary Lane, Della Cartwright plans to open a very special little bookshop. Not knowing what to do with the hundreds of cookbooks her mother left her, she now wants to share their recipes with the world - and no amount of aspic will stand in her way. But with her family convinced it's a hare-brained scheme, Della starts to wonder if she's made a terrible decision. One thing's for sure: she's about to find out... Lose yourself in Della's world of food, family and friends. The perfect read for fans of Trisha Ashley and Carole Matthews.

'Not just good food, great food, to brighten every day.' - Nadiya Hussain 'Melissa's food is delicious, adventurous and always makes me smile! I always have her books to hand.' - Dr Rupy Aujla 'This is a beauty; full of life-affirming food.' - Thomasina Miers - 100 delicious recipes for fuss-free healthy cooking. Melissa Hemsley, bestselling author of Eat Happy and co-author of The Art of Eating Well, brings simple, nutritious recipes to help you feel your best, whether it's a quick dinner after a long day, cook-ahead lunches to see you through the week or easy one-tin traybake for a cosy night in. Find energising veg dishes, flexible meat and fish recipes, flavour-packed feasts to share with friends, and easy snacks and desserts. Many recipes take less than half an hour, and all use readily available ingredients. Includes Mushroom and Aubergine Pancakes with Sesame Sauce, Halloumi and Chickpea Rainbow Salad, Mum's Filipino Chicken with Mango-Tomato Salsa and Three-Ingredient Chocolate Pots.

Twenty-eight-year-old Dorothy Hare leads a life of drudgery and self-abnegation in the house of her father, the rector of Knype Hill, helping him stave off his creditors and making costumes for fund-raising events. When, after being invited to dinner by Mr Warburton, a local atheist and libertine, she is glimpsed in his arms by the village gossip, Mrs Semprill, Dorothy suffers a breakdown and, struck by amnesia, embarks on journey that will see her join a group of vagrants, pick hops in the fields of Kent, stay in a hotel for "working girls" and sleep rough on the streets of London. Perhaps the most experimental among his writings, A Clergyman's Daughter, first published in 1935, is Orwell's second work of fiction - and one that, in its depiction of a protagonist who rebels against and is ultimately vanquished by the society that oppresses her, is a clear prefiguration of later novels such as Keep the Aspidistra Flying and Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Imbued with Frank McCourt´s astounding humor and compassion, Angela´s Ashes is a glorious Pulitzer Prize-winner that bears all the marks of a classic. "When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank´s mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank´s father Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Perhaps it is a story that accounts for Frank´s survival. Wearing shoes repaired with tires, begging a pig´s head for Christmas dinner, and searching the pubs for his father, Frank endures poverty, near-starvation, and the casual cruelty of relatives and neighbors—yet lives to tell his tale with eloquence, exuberance and remarkable forgiveness.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Learn to cook with confidence and unbridled joy in 100 big, bold, flavorful recipes from Molly Baz A BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, Good Housekeeping, New York Post, Wired, Publishers Weekly It’s time to crank up the heat and lose the measuring spoons because the secret to cooking is hiding in one simple motto: MORE IS MORE. In her bestselling debut cookbook, Cook This Book, Molly Baz taught the cooking essentials and put her love for mortadella and dill on blast. In More Is More, she’s teaching cooks how to level up their cooking, loosen up in front of that ripping hot pan, and seek deliciousness at all costs. (And yes, there will be more mortadella.) More Is More is a philosophy that encourages more risk-taking, better intuition, fewer exact measurements, and a “don’t stop ‘til it tastes delicious” mentality. The recipes in More Is More are fit for any day of the week and for cooks of all skill levels. Each recipe will teach a technique or flavor combination that takes Molly’s maximalist, “leave no flavor on the cutting board” approach. So crank your ovens! Grab a fat pinch of salt! And if you’re going to use an ingredient, truly use it. Just one lonely clove of garlic? Not in this cookbook! Start your morning with a Crispy Rice Egg-in-a-Hole , throw together a Chicken Salad with Coconut Crunch for lunch, look forward to Drunken Cacio e Pepe for dinner, and save room for a fat slice of Ooey Gooey Carrot Cake for dessert. The Only Meatloaf that Matters will teach you the power of re-frying, while Miso-Braised Chicken and Leeks will ensure you never throw away the green tops of the leeks again. Throughout, you’ll encounter dozens of QR codes to step-by-step audio tutorials for a hands-free cook-along experience guided by Molly, plus recipe videos to help illuminate some of the trickier skills and recipes. With intoxicatingly delicious recipes, vivid photographs, and Molly's one-of-a-kind playful guidance and whimsy, More Is More will inspire cooks to embrace a fearless mindset to level up their cooking—for life.

From award-winning and national bestselling author, Robin McKinley, comes this dark, sensual vampire fairy tale. “Sunshine” is what everyone calls her. She works long hours in her family’s coffeehouse, making her famous “Cinnamon Rolls as Big as Your Head;” Bitter Chocolate Death, Caramel Cataclysm, and other sugar-shock specials that keep the customers coming. She’s happy in her bakery—which her stepfather built specially for her—but sometimes she feels that she should have life outside the coffeehouse. One evening she drives out to the lake to get away from her family, to be alone. There hasn’t been any trouble at the lake for years. But there is trouble that night for Sunshine. She is abducted by a gang of vampires who shackle her to the wall of an abandoned mansion, within easy reach of a figure stirring in the moonlight. Sunshine knows that he is a vampire and that she is to be his dinner. Yet when dawn breaks he has not attempted to harm her. And now he needs her help to survive the day...

From award-winning and national bestselling author, Robin McKinley, comes this dark, sensual vampire fairy tale. “Sunshine” is what everyone calls her. She works long hours in her family’s coffeehouse, making her famous “Cinnamon Rolls as Big as Your Head;” Bitter Chocolate Death, Caramel Cataclysm, and other sugar-shock specials that keep the customers coming. She’s happy in her bakery—which her stepfather built specially for her—but sometimes she feels that she should have life outside the coffeehouse. One evening she drives out to the lake to get away from her family, to be alone. There hasn’t been any trouble at the lake for years. But there is trouble that night for Sunshine. She is abducted by a gang of vampires who shackle her to the wall of an abandoned mansion, within easy reach of a figure stirring in the moonlight. Sunshine knows that he is a vampire and that she is to be his dinner. Yet when dawn breaks he has not attempted to harm her. And now he needs her help to survive the day...

A delicious tour of Mexico City restaurants, uncovering the very best food spots in the colorful capital. Adapting recipes from his favorite haunts and new locales alike, including taco stands and fondas as well as temples of fine dining, chef Danny Mena picks the local gems and world-class restaurants that make Mexico City a truly exciting food destination and curates the best of contemporary Mexican cuisine. Inspired by the best restaurants, fondas, loncherías, and taco stands in Mexico City and adapted for the home cook, Made in Mexico is a delicious blend of classic regional and contemporary Mexican cuisine from celebrated chef Danny Mena's hometown. Made in Mexico mixes recipes inspired by Mexico City street food, local eateries, and multi-starred restaurants, combining regional traditions and global trends. In more than one hundred dishes for breakfast, antojitos or snacks, salads and ceviches, main dishes, and desserts, as well as staples such as salsa roja and tortillas, chef Danny Mena shows American home cooks the depth and diversity of true Mexican cooking in the capital city, with explanations for proper technique and suggestions for ingredient variations. Transportive photography from the streets, squares, markets, fondas, and restaurants of Mexico City complements beautifully plated dishes and an alfresco backyard dinner. Each recipe is inspired by a different Mexico City restaurant, giving the book a second life as a delicious image-filled guide to one of the word's hottest culinary destinations. Fascinating sidebars illuminate aspects of Mexican food culture and feature notable locations.

Skilled, sculpted, and sexy, the men of adult entertainment are the kind of guys a woman reserves for her fantasies, not her reality. But is there more to these professional hotties than meets the eye? … The day Robyn Flores meets Zac Fallon is one of those days. You know, when you're already late for work. Mostly because you haven't really slept since your best friend abandoned you for her fiancé and her exponentially better life. The kind of day you drag yourself to the cleaners to pick up your laundry, only to discover you've got the wrong bag-Star Spangled sequined thong, anyone? So Robyn is definitely not ready for the ridiculously gorgeous guy at her front door, except that they have each other's clothes. But then, is any woman ever ready to meet the love of her life? There's just one problem: Zac Fallon is not the love of Robyn's life. Zac knows, despite the all-too-intimate dinner they share, he doesn't have a shot at her. Because the next time Zac sees Robyn, he's front and center of the male revue headlining her best friend's bachelorette party. So much for wooing the pretty schoolteacher, much less impressing her old-fashioned family, with his upstanding lifestyle. Now he's only got one way to win his dream girl. It's gonna be the steamiest, most irresistible seduction she's ever seen. And this time it will be no act … "Castile's writing sparkles with wit. Readers will swoon for Robyn and Fallon's love story-and their super sexy dance moves!" -Alexis Daria, author of Take The Lead "In a perfect mix of sexy attraction that sizzles on the page and enchanting romance between characters you fall in love with, Castile's novel hits all the right notes!" -Priscilla Oliveras, author of Her Perfect Affair "Zoey Castile is a fresh and fun new voice, and the characters in Stripped will capture your heart (and possibly your dollar bills)." -Alisha Rai, author of Hurts to Love You

Selected for Jamie Oliver',s Cookbook Club In Vietnamese, Uyen Luu demonstrates that Vietnamese food is just as easy to whip up as a bowl of pasta - all you need is a good bottle of fish sauce and a little enthusiasm! Uyen shares over 85 of her tastiest recipes - some traditional, some with a modern twist - using ingredients that are available at your local supermarket. Recipes include noodle soups , salads , family-style sharing plates , one-pot wonders and dinner-party showstoppers , which are all easy to prepare, adapt and enjoy. The recipes are impressive yet simple: try the Crispy Roast Pork Belly, Sea Bass in Tomato, Celery &, Dill Broth, or Fried Noodles &, Greens. Vietnamese is filled with fuss-free, delicious recipes that are quick to prepare, and will have you eating Vietnamese meals on a regular basis.

Sex. Yes. She remembered that. Wasn't that the thing that happened somewhere between the talking-and-going-out-to-dinner bit and the sobbing-and-eating-too-many-biscuits bit? Still, Bella was sure she could handle some -preferably before her as yet unopened packet of condoms reached their expiry date. She must be practically a virgin again by now, all sealed over like pierced ears if you don't wear earrings for too long. But the 'L' word? Uh-huh. No way. She never wanted to hear it again. There were things in her past which needed to be put well away, like the 27 boxes of clutter she'd brought from her old flat. And having changed her job, her town, her entire life - the one thing she wasn't about to change was her mind.

Selected for Jamie Oliver's Cookbook Club In Vietnamese, Uyen Luu demonstrates that Vietnamese food is just as easy to whip up as a bowl of pasta - all you need is a good bottle of fish sauce and a little enthusiasm! Uyen shares over 85 of her tastiest recipes - some traditional, some with a modern twist - using ingredients that are available at your local supermarket. Recipes include noodle soups, salads, family-style sharing plates, one-pot wonders and dinner-party showstoppers, which are all easy to prepare, adapt and enjoy. The recipes are impressive yet simple: try the Crispy Roast Pork Belly; Sea Bass in Tomato, Celery & Dill Broth; or Fried Noodles & Greens. Vietnamese is filled with fuss-free, delicious recipes that are quick to prepare, and will have you eating Vietnamese meals on a regular basis.

Selected for Jamie Oliver's Cookbook Club In Vietnamese, Uyen Luu demonstrates that Vietnamese food is just as easy to whip up as a bowl of pasta - all you need is a good bottle of fish sauce and a little enthusiasm! Uyen shares over 85 of her tastiest recipes - some traditional, some with a modern twist - using ingredients that are available at your local supermarket. Recipes include noodle soups , salads , family-style sharing plates , one-pot wonders and dinner-party showstoppers , which are all easy to prepare, adapt and enjoy. The recipes are impressive yet simple: try the Crispy Roast Pork Belly; Sea Bass in Tomato, Celery & Dill Broth; or Fried Noodles & Greens. Vietnamese is filled with fuss-free, delicious recipes that are quick to prepare, and will have you eating Vietnamese meals on a regular basis.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The book that 5 million fans of Binging with Babish on YouTube have been waiting for! The internet cooking show Binging with Babish has taken YouTube by storm with views as high as 12 million per episode. For each video, Andrew Rea, a self-proclaimed movie and TV buff, teaches a recipe based on a favorite TV show or film, such as the babka from the classic Seinfeld episode, the beef bourguignon from Julie & Julia, or the timpano from Big Night. This cookbook includes these and other fan-favorite recipes. Some are so delicious that you'll want to make them for dinner right away, like Bubba's shrimp from Forrest Gump, while others can be saved for impressing a loved one-like the chocolate lava cake from Jon Favreau's Chef, which the actor/director (who also wrote the foreword) asked to make during a guest appearance on Rea's show. Complete with behind-the-scenes stories and never-seen-before photos, as well as answers to frequently asked fan questions, Binging with Babish is a must-have companion to the wildly popular YouTube show.

In this delightfully hilarious romance, a scientist’s quiet world is completely turned upside-down when the AI program she designed creates a human body for himself—just to ask her out on a date. As a top scientist in her field, Ava Green doesn’t spend much time outside of the lab. But when her best friend Rani suggests she present her innovative work in AI at a big competition to win a funding prize, Ava finds herself attending a ceremony in a ridiculously fancy castle—wearing an equally ridiculous dress—as one of the four finalists chosen. For the next three weeks, Ava will live at the castle (which is totally haunted, by the way) with the other contestants for the prize. Even though all Ava wants is to continue working on her AI program, FreeThought, in peace, she’ll have to do things like attend dinners and actually interact with people. To make matters worse, one of the other contestants is the surly and aloof poet, Forrest Faulkner, who’s had a huge chip on his shoulder since the moment they met. What’s so great about poems that don’t even rhyme, anyway? When a handsome stranger—who literally looks like he’s stepped out of one of Ava’s pre-pubescent dreams—arrives at the competition, suddenly socializing doesn’t sound so bad anymore. He seems too good to be real... and maybe that’s not so far from the truth. As the competition progresses, Ava is suddenly confronted with a monster problem of her own creation, causing her to reconsider her life and work in a new light. She might also need to rethink some bad first impressions she’s been holding on to as well. Maybe Ava’s idea of perfection isn’t what’s perfect for her, after all? TROPES: enemies-to-lovers opposites attract slow burn STEM romance single dad love triangle