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Amish candy shop mystery volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Harvest, Ohio, is a long way from New York City, where Bailey King left a coveted job as a head chocolatier to take over Swissmen Sweets, her Amish grandparents' candy shop. Now, while caring for her recently widowed grandmother, she plans to honor her grandfather's memory by entering the annual Amish Confectionery Competition. But between lavender blueberry fudge and chocolate cherry ganache truffles, Bailey may have bitten off more than she can...
Author
Series
Irish village mystery volume 9
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In Kilbane, opinions are plentiful and rarely in alignment. But there's one thing everyone does agree on the bakery in the old flour mill, just outside town, is the best in County Cork, well worth the short drive and the long lines. No wonder they're about to be featured on a reality baking show. All six contestants in the show are coming to Kilbane to participate, and the town is simmering with excitement. Aside from munching on free samples, the...
Author
Series
Candy Holliday murder mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
Everyone in town is working frantically for the annual Lobster Stew Cook-Off, the most important event of the year. Mr. Sedley had given elderly Wilma Mae the secret recipe for the award-winning lobster stew with the explicit instruction to hide it carefully. Wilma Mae swears she did exactly that, but now the recipe is missing! Candy, the unofficial town sleuth, decides she'll search for the recipe. But instead of finding a recipe for the stew, she...
Author
Series
Cook-off mystery volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A cooking contest participant must clear her name and find a killer after one of the judges dies just before announcing the contest winner.
5) Crime rib
Author
Series
Food lovers' village mystery volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Gourmet food market owner Erin Murphy is determined to get Jewel Bay, Montana's scrumptious local fare some national attention. But her scheme for culinary celebrity goes up in flames when the town's big break is interrupted my murder. --Publisher
Author
Series
Cherry Cola Book Club novel volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
To celebrate the town's new library, librarian Maura Beth McShay and the Cherry Cola Book Club organizes a cooking contest to crown the "Queen of the Cookbooks."
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Language
English
Description
Two years into World War II, Britain is feeling her losses; the Nazis have won battles, the Blitz has destroyed cities, and U-boats have cut off the supply of food. In an effort to help housewives with food rationing, a BBC radio program called The Kitchen Front is putting on a cooking contest--and the grand prize is a job as the program's first-ever female co-host. For four very different women, winning the contest presents a crucial chance to change...
Author
Series
Cookbook Nook mystery volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The expression "too many cooks" proves all too true when the eight-time champ is found murdered in the alley behind the cafe. Soon a local diner owner (and Jenna's "second mother) "is suspected of bumping off the competition, and Jenna has to douse the flames before the wrong person gets burned.
10) Bone appetit
Author
Series
Sarah Booth Delaney mystery volume 10
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"My cousin Trap was entering the Super Chef Contest, which determines the best cook on Mouse Island--and he was bringing me along as an assistant. Slimy Swiss cheese, I don't know the first thing about cooking fancy dishes--and I didn't think Trap did, either"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Cook-off mystery volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Sherry Frazzelle is back to being Sherry Oliveri, her divorce all but final and her new life in full swing. Her part-time job is helping her father with his hooked-rug business, and her full-time passion is competitive cooking. But murder is about to rock their little Connecticut town . . ."--Amazon.com.
13) On the line
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mateo Castillo is a rising star chef on the Manhattan culinary scene. But just as he's about to reap the rewards of his skill and hard work by being featured on a major TV cooking competition, Mateo collapses in his restaurant's kitchen and regains consciousness in a hospital emergency room. If it weren't for a security guard finding him in time, Mateo would have bled to death. The cause of his sudden illness is as mysterious as it is worrying, and...
Author
Series
Country cooking school mystery volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Betts and Gram agree to help their friend Jake at Broken Rope's Historical Society by accommodating some foodie tourists for the night and occupying them with cooking lessons. It couldn't be worse timing when the pair encounter the ax-wielding ghost of Sally Swarthmore, one of Broken Rope's legendary murderers, who pleads with Betts to help find her diary--a diary that could prove that Sally was really a victim, not a villain"--P. [4] of cover.
15) Fry another day
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Series
Biscuit Bowl food truck mystery volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Zoe Chase is a Southern food truck chef who serves justice on the side. With a few loyal friends in tow... Zoe drives the Biscuit Bowl to Charlotte, North Carolina, to enter a nationally televised food truck race. The contest features challenges across the Southeast, and with a fifty-thousand-dollar grand prize, competition isn't just fierce--it's killer. As everyone gears up for the first challenge, another food trucker from Zoe's hometown is found...
Author
Series
Chili cook-off mystery volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Romance is supposed to be the spice of life. But Maxie Pierce is so done with bad relationships--well, almost. She just has to get rid of the latest loser, Roberto. Besides, she has more important things to worry about. Her daddy, Texas Jack Pierce, king of the chili cook-off circuit, has been missing for nearly six weeks now. In his place, she must team up with her irritating half sister, Sylvia, to promote the family business at the Taos Chili Showdown,...
Author
Series
Country cooking school mystery volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
At Gram's Country Cooking School, Isabelle "Betts" Winston and her grandmother share their home-style culinary secrets. But what they keep to themselves are the secrets of Broken Rope, a quiet little Missouri town, that isn't nearly as quiet as it seems. A fresh school year begins as Gram and Betts anxiously await the arrival of their new crop of students. But their enthusiasm is thwarted when a stranger named Freddie O'Bannon arrives and claims to...
18) No parm no foul
Author
Series
Grilled cheese mystery volume 2
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
After a long hot summer in Balsam Dell, Carly Hale is ready for crisp Vermont weather and gourmet grilled cheeses at her Grilled Cheese Eatery. And the upcoming Halloween food competition is the perfect way to impress the locals. But Ferris Menard, the owner of Sub-a-Dub-Sub, is nursing a serious grudge against Carly. Two days before the competition, one of Carly's employees quit his part-time gig at Menard's sub shop, sending Menard into a serious...
Author
Series
Grilled cheese mystery volume 3
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Winter in Balsam Dell is a snowy affair, and to add in some cheer after the holidays Carly's former classmate Klarissa Taddeo is hosting her extravagant bridal shower at the historic Balsam Dell inn. But when a double-booking throws some mold in the cheese, Klarissa is left scrambling. Dawn, the maid of honor and wedding planner, saves the day by moving the shower to her family's mansion and books Carly to cater the party. It seems the group is going...
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