Presents stories of people's culinary habits and the dishes created by them, named after them or cherished by them, discussing the dishes associated with more than seventy kings, chefs, novelists, generals, and courtesans.
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Author:Rogov, DanielSummary: -
Author:Tyne, Bryl R.Summary:Forty-one-year-old John Ashley Price was a Western writing superstar until his accountant stole his heart—and everything else he owned. Now, unable to write and suffering from debilitating panic attacks, all he wants is to start over...
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Author:Kunzru, HariSummary:From the widely acclaimed author of White Tears, a bold new novel about searching for order in a world that frames madness as truth. After receiving a prestigious writing fellowship in Germany, the narrator of Red Pill arrives in the...
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Author:Arvin, EricSummary:El escritor de ficción Logan Brandish es absolutamente feliz en su apacible rutina diaria de pequeña ciudad con su mejor amiga, su gata y su novio, hasta que conoce al editor de su próximo libro, el atractivo Brock Kimble, y la perezosa...
- Author:McDonald, CraigSummary:
When crime novelist Hector Lassiter hears his old friend Hemingway's missing manuscripts have turned up, he visits Hemingway's widow Mary to make sure the manuscripts don't reveal too many of Lassiter's personal details or hint too...
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Author:Vaughn, Piper, O' Shea, M.J.Summary:“Daddy” is not a title Rue Murray wanted, but he never thought he’d have sex with a woman either. Now he’s the unwitting father of a newborn named Alice. Between bartending and cosmetology school, Rue doesn’t have time for babies, but...
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Author:Foster, NormSummary:David, a successful novelist with writer's block, has received some devastating news he's kept to himself. Lucy, his housekeeper of twenty-eight years, has her own secret that she's afraid to admit. As Lucy is getting ready to end her...
- Author:Strout, ElizabethSummary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout explores the mysteries of marriage and the secrets we keep, as a former couple reckons with where they've come from-and what they've left behind. "Elizabeth Strout is one...
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Author:Cahoon, LynnSummary:Ever since her business partner, Shauna, fell for a wealthy landowner in town, Cat has been working double time to keep her writers' retreat running. And with the January session almost underway, that spells trouble. As if scheduling...
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Author:Vaughn, Piper, O’Shea, M. J.Summary:Buch 1 der Mr. Right-Serie Rue Murray wollte niemals „Daddy“ genannt werden, aber er hatte ja auch nie vorgehabt, mit einer Frau zu schlafen. Jetzt ist er der unabsichtliche Vater eines Mädchens namens Alice. Mit seinem Job als...
- Author:Cabot, Meg.Summary:
Meg Cabot, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Princess Diaries, returns to Little Bridge Island with a new story about a children's book author with a case of writer's block and an arrogant novelist who have to set aside their...
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Jo Wright swore she'd never step foot anywhere her nemesis, bestselling author Will Price, is. But after accepting a lucrative speaking offer at a book festival, Jo runs into him, and he wants to make amends.
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Author:Bolaño, RobertoSummary:Comprising short biographies about imaginary writers, this novel is an entirely original mini-encyclopedia of nonexistent Nazi literature in our hemisphere.
- Author:Lippman, LauraSummary:
In this collection of new and previously published essays, author Laura Lippman shares her take on a woman's life across the decades. Covering her childhood and school years, her newspaper career, and her experiences as a novelist...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse when he...
- Author:Lehane, ConSummary:
Hard-boiled crime writer Will Ford might be critically acclaimed, but he's every bit as drunken and disreputable as the ne'er-do-well private eye in his novels. So when Ford offers Raymond Ambler--crime-fiction curator at New York City'...
- Author:Fletcher, JessicaSummary:
Jessica Fletcher's British cousin, Emma MacGill, will be traveling to Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, to perform with internationally famous star of stage, screen, and television Derek Braverman in an old-fashioned musical revue. Emma...
- Author:Godden, SalenaSummary:
Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her job and now she seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. Wolf Willeford, a troubled young writer, is well acquainted with death, but until now hadn't met...
- Author:Mootoo, ShaniSummary:
Jonathan Lewis-Adey was nine when his parents, who were raising him in Toronto, separated and his mother, Sid, vanished from his life. It was not until he was a grown man that Jonathan finally reconnected with his beloved parent, only...
- Author:Kappes, TonyaSummary:
Welcome to Normal, Kentucky, where nothing is normal! Mae West, owner of Happy Trails Campground, never thought she would become an actress like her namesake. Calling herself an actress might be a far stretch as she plays a minor role...
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