Romance stories that feature cooks, bakers, and food aficionados or where food is very intigral to the plot...
*Heat level developed using guides from All About Romance and Novelist.
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Heartwarming: These books don't feature any sex scenes, although some may include swearing or mild inneuendo.
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel
Annie Barrows - The Dial Press Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NOW A NETFLIX FILM * A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name. "Treat yourself to this book, please - I can't recommend it highly enough." - Elizabeth Gilbert,... |
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Hadley Beckett's Next Dish
Bethany Turner - Center Point Pub Format: Large Print
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Celebrity chef Maxwell Cavanagh is known for many things: his multiple Michelin stars, his top-rated Culinary Channel show To the Max, and most of all his horrible temper. Hadley Beckett, host of the Culinary Channel&;s other top-rated show, At Home with Hadley, is beloved for her Southern... |
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From Scratch
C. E. Hilbert - Thorndike Press Large Print Format: Large Print Hardcover
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Maggie McKitrick loves everything about her new life in Gibson's Run, Ohio - her charming bakery, her quirky customers, her distance from the past. Yes, she loves everything ... except her new landlord. Police Chief Sean Taylor is like a piece of sand in an oyster - irritating, but with... |
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Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors: A Novel
Sonali Dev - William Morrow Paperbacks Format: Paperback
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Award-winning author Sonali Dev launches a new series about the Rajes, an immigrant Indian family descended from royalty, who have built their lives in San Francisco...It is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be considered... |
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Heating up: These books may contain innuendo and sex scenes that are not overly explicit.
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Little Beach Street Bakery: A Novel
Jenny Colgan - William Morrow & Company Format: Paperback
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In the bestselling tradition of Jojo Moyes and Jennifer Weiner, Jenny Colgan's moving, funny, and unforgettable novel tells the story of a heartbroken young woman who turns a new page in her life . . . by becoming a baker in the town of CornwallA quiet seaside resort. An abandoned shop.... |
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Savor the Moment: Book Three in the Bride Quartet
Nora Roberts - Berkley; 1 edition Format: Paperback
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View our feature on Nora Roberts's The Bridal Quartet.New Love takes the cake in the third novel in Nora Roberts's new Bride Quartet-in a stunning French flap edition Wedding baker Laurel McBane is surrounded by romance working at Vows wedding planning company with her best friends... |
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The School of Essential Ingredients
Erica Bauermeister - G. P. Putnam's Sons Format: Hardcover
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Gathering at Lillian's Restaurant for a weekly cooking class, a young mother struggles with the growing demands of her family, an Italian kitchen designer works to adapt to life in America, and a widower mourns the loss of his wife to breast cancer. 50,000 first printing. |
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Hot & Spicy: These books contain one or more detailed sex scenes.
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Like Water for Chocolate
Laura Esquivel - DOUBLEDAY. Format: Paperback
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A sumptuous feast of a novel, it relates the bizarre history of the all-female De La Garza family. Tita, the youngest daughter of the house, has been forbidden to marry, condemned by Mexican tradition to look after her mother until she dies. But Tita falls in love with Pedro, and he is seduced... |
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