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Olive Torres is used to being the unlucky twin: from inexplicable mishaps to a recent layoff, her life seems to be almost comically jinxed. By contrast, her sister Ami is an eternal champion...she even managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a slew of contests. Unfortunately for Olive, the only thing worse than constant bad luck is having to spend the wedding day with the best man (and her nemesis), Ethan Thomas. Olive braces herself for...
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When Iris decides to move to New York to restart her life, she realizes she underestimated how big the Big Apple really is--all the nostalgic movies set in New York she'd watched with her mom while eating their special secret-recipe gelato didn't quite do it justice. But Bobby, Iris's best friend, isn't about to let her hide away. He drags her to a famous autumn street fair in Little Italy, and as they walk through the food stalls, a little family-run...
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660L
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English
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"Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime"--
Zoe Washington isn't sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she's never met, hadn't heard from until his letter arrived on her twelfth birthday, and who's been in prison for a terrible crime? A crime he says he never committed. Could Marcus really be innocent? Zoe is determined to uncover the truth....
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2023.
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"About a Chinese American chef who, lured to a decadent, enigmatic colony of the superrich in a near future in which food is disappearing, discovers the meaning of pleasure and the ethics of who gets to enjoy it, altering her life and, indirectly, the world"--
A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing. A chef escapes her dying career in a dreary city to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world's troubles....
6) Pinkalicious
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AD 500L
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English
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A little girl who is obsessed with the color pink eats so many pink cupcakes that she herself turns pink.
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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From the bestselling Pete the Cat series, help Pete and his friends find the missing cupcakes!
Pete the Cat and his friends are busy as can be baking cupcakes for a party, and Pete can't wait to perform with his groovy band. But some of the cupcakes have gone missing! Who could have taken them?
In this picture book adventure by New York Times bestselling authors James and Kimberly Dean, Pete and the gang solve the mystery
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"When Lars Thorvald's wife, Cynthia, falls in love with wine--and a dashing sommelier--he's left to raise their baby, Eva, on his own. He's determined to pass on his love of food to his daughter--starting with puréed pork shoulder. As Eva grows, she finds her solace and salvation in the flavors of her native Minnesota. From Scandinavian lutefisk to hydroponic chocolate habaneros, each ingredient represents one part of Eva's journey as she becomes...
10) The book eaters
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2022.
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English
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"Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters is a contemporary fantasy debut. It's a story of motherhood, sacrifice, and hope; of queer identity and learning to accept who you are; of gilded lies and the danger of believing the narratives others create for you. Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet...
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AD 520L
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Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef tacos, great big tacos, and teeny tiny tacos. So if you want to lure a bunch of dragons to your party, you should definitely serve tacos. Buckets and buckets of tacos. Unfortunately, where there are tacos, there is also salsa. And if a dragon accidentally eats spicy salsa... oh, boy. You're in red-hot trouble.
13) Bear wants more
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AD 500L
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When spring comes, Bear wakes up after hibernating. He is very hungry and is treated to great food by his friends.
16) Hershey
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Kaleidocope Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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What a sweet treat! This title is packed with the history of The Hersey Company through narrative nonfiction, informative sidebars, Fun Facts, and more.
17) Bad kitty
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AD 390L
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English
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When a kitty discovers there is no cat food in the house, she decides to become very, very bad-- and does misdeeds in alphabetical order.
18) Fatally flaky
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Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz encounters bridezilla--and murder--when bridezilla's fiancé is killed because he was doing research at the Gold Gulch Spa--an allegation that's confirmed when the deceased's best friend (Goldy's godfather) is attacked.
19) Dark tort
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Pub. Date
2006
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English
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While searching for the killer of her friend Dusty, Goldy finds herself knee-deep in suspects; one of whom is very dangerous and liable to cook Goldy's goose.
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After a lifetime on the move, Ivy Snow is an expert in all things temporary. Now that she owns a successful taco truck in San Francisco and an apartment to call home, Ivy's reinvented life is on solid ground. And she's guarded against anything that can rock it. Kel, an Idaho sheriff and ranch owner, is on vacation, but Ivy's a spicy reason to give his short-term plans a second thought. Best of all, she's a tonic for his untrusting heart, burned once...