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by Marjan Kamali
Published Feb 2020
Read ReviewsA powerful love story exploring loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate.
The School of Essential Ingredients
by Erica Bauermeister
Published Jan 2010
Read ReviewsA lesson in cake-making leads to reflections on a marriage; tortillas teach a girl to believe in herself. A man learns about love while creating tiramisu. The School of Essential Ingredients follows the lives of eight cooking students and their teacher in a class that meets in Lillians restaurant kitchen.
by Mari Strachan
Published Jun 2009
Read ReviewsThe Earth Hums in B Flat is a story of dark family secrets unraveled by the shrewd insight of twelve-year-old Gwenni Morgan, a child with an irrepressible spirit living in a Welsh village that is reluctantly entering the modern age.
by Yasmin Crowther
Published Aug 2007
Read ReviewsA passionate and timely debut about mothers and daughters, roots and exile, from the streets of Iran to the suburbs of London
by Diana Abu-Jaber
Published May 2004
Read ReviewsWritten in a lush, lyrical style, infused with the flavors and scents of Middle Eastern food, and spiced with history and fable, Crescent is a sensuous love story and a gripping tale of risk and commitment. The reading guide includes a number of recipes to share with friends and family!
by Joanne Harris
Published Jun 2002
Read ReviewsA literary feast for the senses. Five Quarters of the Orange is a novel in which darkness and fierce joy come together to create an unforgettable story.
by Lily Prior
Published Sep 2001
Read ReviewsExuberant and touching, La Cucina is a magical evocation of life's mysterious seasons and the treasures found in each one. It celebrates family, food, passion, and the eternal rapture of romance.
by Joanne Harris
Published Jan 2000
Read ReviewsA timeless novel of a straitlaced village's awakening to joy and sensuality - every page offers a description of chocolate to melt in the mouths of chocoholics, francophiles, armchair gourmets, cookbook readers, and lovers of passion everywhere.
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