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In this series opener, Koko Dodo the cookie chef has a big problem. Today is the day of the royal cookie contest, and someone has stolen his top-secret fudge sauce! Luckily, a spy enters the scene just in time (or rather, crashes in on her roller skates): Didi Dodo! This might be Didi's first case ever, but she has a daring plan to help Koko. Koko would prefer a safe, simple, sure-to-work plan, but without another option, he and the amateur sleuth take off on a wacky caper full of high-speed chases and big belly laughs....

Alice Fleck's father is a culinary historian, and for as long as she can remember, she's been helping him recreate meals from the past—a hobby she prefers to keep secret from kids her age. But when her father's new girlfriend enters them into a cooking competition at a Victorian festival, Alice finds herself and her hobby thrust into the spotlight.

Hannah Malfa-Adler is Jew...ish. Not that she really thinks about it. She'd prefer to focus on her favorite pastime: baking delicious food! But when her best friend has a beyond-awesome bat mitzvah, Hannah starts to feel a little envious...and a little left out. Despite her parents firm no, Hannah knows that if she can learn enough about her own faith, she can convince her friends that the party is still in motion. As the secrets mount, a few are bound to explode.

Attempting suicide was the only solution after love left her for dead. On this side of life, Jasper Lloyd puts love on the back burner as she focuses on locating the mole that’s been planted to destroy her business. Balancing friends who live in chaos and a mother who disapproves of her career choice is impossible. Jasper is teetering on a slippery slope until she meets David Brooks, the heir who surrendered his family’s dynasty for the wrong girl.

>Starting with the Thanksgiving turkey that never quite finishes cooking, then moving to the polenta that unceremoniously goes runny and the guests who arrive a day early - there is no topic Tess Rafferty fails to encounter, or hilariously recount. Recipes for Disaster is as though Bridget Jones wrote a culinary narrative - the most pristine of intentions slowly disappear, as does the wine, along with any hope of a seamless and well-orchestrated dinner party.

A funny and warm-hearted tale of kitchen disasters, domestic calamities and love against all odds.Jake Goldman and Harry Hunter have been deadly rivals all through culinary school. Now at the top of their game, fate throws them back together again when they open their first restaurants in the small town of Easedale, just a few hundred metres from each other. Sharp knives and heavy pans at the ready, they start cooking up a storm to entice the locals their way

Franny K. Stein isn't a good baker. But when she sees that the fundraisers for the art and music departments at her school aren't making enough money, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Using her genius mind and kitchen, which is really just another type of laboratory, she sets out to create the most delicious muffin on earth! Sales, of course, go through the roof. But bad things can happen when people become exposed to the best thing they've ever tasted. They can become...overenthusiastic.

PREPPERS BEWARE! YOU MIGHT HAVE A CACHE THAT LASTS 3 MONTHS...BUT WHAT WILL YOU DO IF THE DISASTER LASTS 5 YEARS? Every survivor in the world knows that disaster is inevitable, and when others were taking their life for granted, we’ve been preparing. However, have you ever stopped to ask yourself: What if it’s not enough? What if the disaster outlasts your cache? That’s exactly why I have put my 30 years prepping and survival experience into “The Preppers Survival Food Bible”. By your side, all these questions and more won’t be able to phase you: you’ll be on the safe side no ...

The love Jasper and David carry for each other is deeply engraved. Their love has built an indestructible levee of security, hope, and peace, or so they thought.... Old flames, new names, unresolved issues, suspicion, stress, and diminishing trust are hitting them like a deluge of an uncharted tsunami weakening their resolve.

Sometimes one phone call is all it takes . . . Amber Reed is a newspaper admin assistant tasked with making up the horoscopes. Her imaginary predictions seem as close as she'll ever get to excitement - until a desperate phone call plunges her into the middle of a celebrity murder investigation.
Battling to convince the scarily handsome special agent assigned to solve the case that she can help him catch the killer, Amber's fighting something far more dangerous than she could ever have imagined.

One soap star death is a tragedy, but three all in the same week, that's a case for the CCIA - otherwise known as the Celebrity Crimes Investigation Agency. Amber Reed, the agency's newest support officer, is sleuthing again! This time she's sent to Vancouver, Canada's answer to Hollywood, where soap opera North Shores is filmed. She needs to track down who is targeting and killing the show's stars - and fast.

Stalkers, shootings, and sassy special agents. All part of being famous, right? Well, they are for Oscar-winning actress Amelia Kingston when she starts getting deeply disturbing and threatening notes left by a stalker. When her boyfriend Ty is shot, she calls in the Celebrity Crimes Investigation Agency (CCIA), the elite agency that specializes in solving crimes for the rich and famous. The CCIA send new recruit Amber Reed and her rather handsome special agent partner Charlie undercover to Amelia's luxury mountain chalet to investigate.

A murdered pop star. A mysterious island. A life changing secret about to be uncovered. Who would want to murder pop star Flynn Garrison? That's exactly what Amber Reed needs to find out. As the lowly support officer and newest recruit at the Celebrity Crimes Investigation Agency's (CCIA), she has a lot to prove. She's desperate to get to grips with her first assignment and show that she's up to the job with the elite agency that specializes in solving crimes for the rich and famous, but there's a lot at stake... and it's not only her new career that's on the line.

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In print, the unnamed freelance food writer of Nancy Spiller’s sardonic debut novel, Entertaining Disasters, lives high on the food chain in the heady realm of L.A.’s culinary journalism scene. But in reality, she's been inventing the dinner parties she writes about because social paralysis sets in at the very thought of a real guest in her hillside home. Enter the glossy food magazine editor, new in town, who wants an invitation to one of her bashes, and the panic-stricken journey from fantasy hostess to reality bites is on.

Are you a “prepper”? Are you concerned about stockpiling food to prepare for a disaster? Most disasters that disrupt the food supply chain are more common than you might think. These disasters may be local such as floods, fires, hurricanes, and tornadoes, but they may also be on a more global scale, as is the case with pandemics, war, and widespread famine.

Leilani is a young classically trained chef and best friend to Art, a retired millionaire almost 20 years her senior. Together they travel the world and embark on businesses and memories that anyone would envy. His house manager Veronica, a valuable and instrumental component as well, holds an MBA in business management, completes this whirlwind trio in more ways than one. Relationships are not always what they seem - as they all discover mixing wealth and greed can be a recipe for disaster.

With health and sustainability at the forefront of our minds, more and more people are hitting the woodlands and foraging for edible goodies every day. But if you're new to the foraging game, you're probably a little nervous about how you can be sure you're finding the edible gold...and not the toxic imposters. Being able to identify mushrooms confidently and accurately is a crucial part of foraging—and it's only when you can do this that the real fun can begin.

Grip onto your love seat and get ready for the heart racing ride of your life. You’ll claim self love, and #knowyourworth as you hear about this new way of how we court and connect! Andi’s seventh book takes her back to where she started as a TV presenter and entertaining storyteller by playing the role of Cupid. This time she researched the wonderful world of dating and how we are now finding love on apps. Want to understand the world of the social media dating culture, and how to swipe right for more than one night?

As we all know, our everyday foods have their respective life spans. While some may last a little bit longer than others, there are also some that can last for more than a week, or at least for a couple of days. More often than not, we are not able to consume the food within its given shelf life. So we just wish we can prolong its freshness. If you face the same problem, here is good news: You no longer have to worry about wasting food because you can always can and preserve it!