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1. Chocolat
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English
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When a single mother and her young daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some resistance from the rigidly moral community. But as soon as the townspeople discover their delicious products, their attitudes begin to change.
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English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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"No one cooks up a delectable, suspense-filled mystery quite like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke's dessert-baking, red-haired heroine whose gingersnaps are as tart as her comebacks, and whose penchant for solving crimes--one delicious clue at a time--has made her a bestselling favorite. And it all began on these pages, with a bakery, a murder, and some suddenly scandalous chocolate-chip crunchies. Featuring a bonus short story and brand new, mouthwatering...
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English
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4.5 stars
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A young widow opens a chocolate shop in a French village, transforming its normally austere inhabitants into unabashed sensualists. The event coincides with Lent, and the villagers' rejection of traditional self-denial angers the parish priest who declares war. A first novel.
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English
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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When The Cookie Jar becomes the setting of a star-studded TV special about movies filmed in Minnesota, Hannah hopes to shine the spotlight on her bakery - not the unsavory scandal swirling around her personal life. But that's practically impossible with a disturbing visit from the shifty character she once believed was her one and only love, a group of bodyguards following her every move, and a murder victim in her bedroom. Now, swapping the crime...
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Lucy Stone mystery volume 18
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English
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After the suspicious drowning of a local fisherman and the murder of a sultry chocolate-store manager, Lucy Stone must track down a killer, all while navigating the craziness of the Tinker's Cove Valentine's Day tourist promotion.
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PublicAffairs
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English
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In the early nineteenth century the major English chocolate firms-Fry, Rowntree, and Cadbury-were all Quaker family enterprises that aimed to do well by doing good. The English chocolatiers introduced the world's first chocolate bar and ever fancier chocolate temptations, while also writing groundbreaking papers on poverty, publishing authoritative studies of the Bible, and campaigning against human rights abuses. Chocolate was always a global business,...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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English
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"A fascinating account for teen readers that captures the history, science, and economic and cultural implications of the harvesting of cacao and creation of chocolate. Readers of Chew On This and The Omnivore's Dilemma will savor this rich exposé."--
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Publisher:
Artisan
Pub. Date:
2015
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English
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Dramatic, seductive, playful, infinite in its variety, otherworldly in its taste: It's chocolate, and here's all the impetus you need to indulge your passion for it every day of the year. The beloved Alice Medrich, renowned for impeccable recipes that produce stellar results, has written Chocolate Holidays especially for people who love to bake but don't have enough hours in the day. Without compromising on flavor, texture, or ingredients,...
13. Chocolate
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Children's Press
Pub. Date:
1998
Language:
English
Description:
Presents facts about the cocoa bean, including how it is grown, harvested, and marketed, and finally turned into a variety of chocolate products.
14. Chocolate
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Publisher:
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date:
2002
Language:
English
Description:
Traces the history of chocolate from a drink of the Olmec and Maya and later in Europe to its popularity around the world today.
16. Chocolate
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Publisher:
World Book Inc
Pub. Date:
©2020
Language:
English
Description:
"Presents chocolate history, facts, and recipes and features large illustrations and photographs."-Provided by publisher.
17. Chocolate
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Publisher:
Chelsea House
Pub. Date:
2003
Language:
English
Description:
Discusses the history of chocolate, how it is made by hand, and how it is made in a factory. Includes a recipe.
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Publisher:
Voracious/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date:
©2020
Language:
English
Description:
"Maida Heatter is one of the most trusted and beloved cookbook authors of all time. Her recipes, each a modern classic, have inspired extraordinary bakers such as Dorie Greenspan, Christina Tosi, and David Lebovitz, whose foreword introduces the joy of baking with Maida to a new generation. Throughout Maida's nearly 50-year career as a "genius" of baking (New York Times), one thing was constant: her passion for chocolate. She created hundreds of recipes...