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by Virginia Willis - Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction

Virginia Willis is not only an authority on Southern cooking, a French-trained chef and a veteran cookbook author; she is also a proud Southerner who adores eating and cooking for family and friends. So when she needed to drop a few pounds and generally lighten up her diet, the most important criterion for her new lifestyle was that all the food had to taste delicious. The result is LIGHTEN UP, Y’ALL, a soul-satisfying and deeply personal collection of Virginia’s new favorite recipes.

by Joanne Chang - Cookbooks, Nonfiction

The 60-plus recipes here are an eye-opener for anyone who loves to bake and wants to cut back on the sugar. Joanne warmly shares her secrets for playing up delicious ingredients and using natural sweeteners, such as honey, maple syrup, and fruit juice. In addition to entirely new go-to recipes, she's also revisited classics from FLOUR and her lines-out-the-door bakeries to use minimal refined sugar. More than 35 mouthwatering photographs beautifully illustrate these revolutionary recipes, making this a must-have book for bakers of all skill levels.

by Jamie Brickhouse - Memoir, Nonfiction

From the age of five, all Jamie Brickhouse wanted was to be at a party with a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other, and all Mama Jean wanted was to keep him at that age, her Jamie doll forever. A Texan Elizabeth Taylor with the split personality of Auntie Mame and Mama Rose, always camera-ready and flamboyantly outspoken, Mama Jean haunted him his whole life, no matter how far away he went or how deep in booze he swam.

by Steven Satterfield - Cookbooks, Nonfiction

 

ROOT TO LEAF is not a vegetarian cookbook, it’s a cookbook that celebrates vegetables. Everyone will find something here from the omnivore to the vegan. Organized by seasons, and with a decidedly Southern flair, Satterfield’s mouthwatering recipes make the most of available produce from local markets, foraging and the home garden. A must have for the home cook, this beautifully designed and photographed cookbook celebrates the bounty of the vegetable kingdom as never before.

by Sarah Britton - Cookbooks, Nonfiction

Every month, half a million readers --- vegetarians, vegans, paleo followers, and gluten-free gourmets alike --- flock to Sarah’s adaptable and accessible recipes that make powerfully healthy ingredients simply irresistible. MY NEW ROOTS is the ultimate guide to revitalizing one’s health and palate, one delicious recipe at a time: no fad diets or gimmicks here. Whether readers are newcomers to natural foods or are already devotees, they will discover how easy it is to eat healthfully and happily when whole foods and plants are at the center of every plate.

by Sara Forte - Cookbooks, Nonfiction

In this follow-up to her successful first book, THE SPROUTED KITCHEN, blogger and author Sara Forte turns her attention to bowl food, which combines vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins in one vessel to make a simple, complete, and nutritious meal.

by Kate White and Mystery Writers of America - Nonfiction
From Mary Higgins Clark’s Game Night Chili and Harlan Coben’s Crab Meat Dip to Scott Turow’s Innocent Frittata and Kathy Reich’s Shrimp Scampi, this cookbook offers one tasty treat after another. Complete with a glamorous art-deco design and intriguing sidebars on the surprising --- and sometimes deadly --- links between food and foul play, this is the ultimate cookbook for crime aficionados. MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA is the premier organization for mystery writers, professionals allied to the crime-writing field, aspiring crime writers, and those devoted to the genre.
by Brenda Novak - Fiction, Romance

Phoenix Fuller might have acted a bit obsessive when Riley Stinson broke up with her. But she did not run down the girl he started dating next. Unfortunately, there was no way to prove her innocence. Now, after serving her time in prison, Phoenix has been released. All she wants to do is return to Whiskey Creek and get to know her son, but Riley doesn’t trust her. He is, however, ready to find someone to love. And he wants a good mother for his son. He has no idea that he’s about to find both!

by Peter Nichols - Fiction

Set against dramatic Mediterranean Sea views and lush olive groves, THE ROCKS opens with a confrontation and a secret: What was the mysterious, catastrophic event that drove two honeymooners apart so suddenly and absolutely in 1948 that they never spoke again despite living on the same island for 60 more years? And how did their history shape the Romeo and Juliet–like romance of their (unrelated) children decades later?