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"Portia Cuthcart and her two sisters find their way from Texas to Manhattan over the years, the heiresses to a dilapidated brownstone on the Upper West Side. Portia is running from a bad divorce and the knowledge that she has always been a little bit different, a little bit strange: the talented cook who knew exactly what to serve on what occasion, even to the point of predicting events that hadn't even happened yet. But she doesn't cook anymore....
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New classics volume NDP218
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
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Four-character memory play, in which a strong-willed woman attempts to impose her shattered dreams into the life and personality of her shy, reclusive daughter.
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Learn to make dozens of unique gifts packaged perfectly in glass jars of various shapes and sizes. Do you have an aspiring gardener on your list? Make a ¿́¿plant bomb¿́¿ jar with your favorite flower seeds or an adorable terrarium featuring easy-to-grow air plants. Headed to a bridal shower? Pamper your friend with a manicure kit or mint mojito lip scrub.
5) Bowled over
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Vintage kitchenware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton has been estranged from her best friend Kathy Cooper since they were teenagers, but never knew what turned Kathy against her. Then, at a Fourth of July picnic, Jaymie discovers the body of her former friend in the park. Nearby is Jaymie's Depression-glass bowl, broken in two. With her fingerprints on the bowl and a troubled history with the victim, Jaymie is at the top of the list of suspects....
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"Get young bakers making their own treats with Super Simple Specialty Cookies! Kids can follow the super simple recipes in this book to learn how to make sweet stained glass cookies, delicious potato chip cookies and more.With simple text, how-to photos, and tricks and tips, cooking has never been easier or more fun. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of...
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"TURNING SOUR GRAPES INTO SPARKLING WINE Cammie Breyer needs a big glass of Cabernet--her restaurant failed and her chef boyfriend left for a hotter kitchen. Just when she thinks she's hit rock bottom, her aunt Ginger calls with a surprise. She has bought a vineyard--in Delaware. At Ginger's command, Cammie returns to Black Dog Bay, the seaside town where she spent her childhood summers with her aunt and her cousin Kat. The three women reunite, determined...
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"Davico lives with his family on the second floor of La Casita -- the Little House -- in Guatemala City in the 1950s. But it's not just a little house -- it's also a restaurant! Davico and his brother Felipe love to spend time playing in the restaurant kitchen watching the lobster they've named Genghis Khan crawl around its glass tank. But one day, Davico hears shooting in the streets. There are blackouts every evening, and people stop coming to the...
11) Finding Tessa
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"When Jace Montgomery comes home late from entertaining clients, he discovers that his wife Tessa is missing. There's broken glass below the kitchen window. Clumps of her hair. Blood. The cops in their small New Jersey town have him pegged as a suspect, especially after he explodes at a reporter during a press conference. Jace maintains his innocence despite the mounting evidence against him, but when a coworker he's accused of having an affair with...
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"The bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning cohost of ABC's The Chew takes the intimidation out of cooking and shows you how to savor life fully every day with this gorgeous cookbook featuring more than 125 easy, healthy, and delicious timesaving recipes. For many people, especially those who aren¿́¿t quite at home in the kitchen, the idea of cooking a homemade meal can be terrifying, uninspiring, or just feel like a chore. In The Happy Cook,...
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American poets continuum volume 115
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Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Louis Simpson has been a leading figure in American letters for more than half a century. Born in the West Indies, Simpson immigrated to the United States at the age of seventeen. He studied at Columbia University, then served the US Army in active duty in Europe during World War II. After the war he continued his studies at Columbia and at the University of Paris. While living in France, he published his first book of...
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Offers over twenty-five recipes inspired by the Mystery Inc., gang, including Scooby snacks, Shaggy's cheese and pickles pizza, and jaw-stretcher sandwiches.
Guaranteed to solve any case of hunger! This official Scooby-Doo! cookbook features--Zoinks!--more than 25 kid-friendly recipes from the Mystery Inc. gang, including Scooby's favorite treats, Shaggy's must-have cheese-and-pickles pizza, jaw-stretcher sandwiches, and other easy recipes. Jam-packed...
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Good Books
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[2018]
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What if you could prepare summery meals for friends and family without heating up the house, spending hours standing at the grill, or wasting precious summer afternoons in the kitchen? Now you can. Let your slow cooker do the heavy lifting while you sit on the porch with a tall glass of lemonade. Here are 150 slow cooker recipes that will spice up your picnics, take the stress out of church suppers, and free you up for easy summertime livin'. From...
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"A Fran Lebowitz-esque comic exploration of a year in the life of "imaginatively twisted and fearless" (Los Angeles Times) bestselling writer. In a half-changed America, "liberated" women have had to wear fifteen different hats to make everyday life work-while putting themselves second. As the self-appointed spokeswoman for the forgotten generation of Gen-X women-those who came of age in the 1980s and 1990s, neither First Wave Bella Abzug feminists...
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Tuttle Publishing
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2019.
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Izakaya cooking is all about enjoying hearty and flavorful Japanese food with drinks and friends at your local hole-in-the-wall hangout. Similar to tapas or pub food,izakaya fare ranges from tasty bar snacks to substantial salads, stews, grilled meats and seafood dishes--all made fresh with minimal fuss and maximum flavor--and served alongside a chilled glass of beer or sake. The Real Japanese Izakaya Cookbook allows you to recreate over 120 of these...
19) The glass wives
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"When a tragic car accident end the life of Richard Glass, it also upends the lives of Evie and Nicole, and their children. There's no love lost between the widow and the ex. In fact, Evie sees a silver lining in all this heartache. The chance to rid herself of Nicole once and for all. But Evie wasn't counting on her children's bond with their baby half brother, and she wasn't counting on Nicole's desperate need to hang on to the threads of family,...
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Creative Homeowner
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c2012
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Kitchen remodeling projects can be expensive, but there are alternatives to a full-scale renovation. Affordable Kitchen Upgrades provides these alternatives by supplying inexpensive design ideas and easy how-to projects that make a large impact on the look and functionality of a kitchen. Covering a variety of projects from replacing the pulls and hinges on cabinetry to installing new countertops, Affordable Kitchen Upgrades shows homeowners how incremental...