Novels
The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs : A Novel
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This story of two men locked in a war of wills that threatens their very existence is vintage Irvine Welsh. Troubled restaurant inspector Danny Skinner is on a quest to find the mysterious father his mother will not identify.
The WWW Club : A Novel of Sex and Bonbons
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In their quest for cellulite reduction and a sexy self-image, Ellie Simpson, a Dublin nanny, and her three best friends"”Maggie, a secretary; Pam, a divorced mother of two; and Toni, a nurse"”have tried them all: Atkins, Weight Watchers, South Beach, Cabbage Soup . . .
Esperanza's Box of Saints
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Esperanza's Box of Saints is a magical, humorous, and passion-filled odyssey about a beautiful young widow's search for her missing child -a mission that takes her from a humble Mexican village to the rowdy brothels of Tijuana and a rarely seen side of Los Angeles.
Cookie Cutter
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A gripping psychological thriller about a black serial killer who passes for white. If you see him you will not know him. If you greet him, it may be too late. For every image you have of a murderer"”he will defy it. And he will make you pay.
Extra Virgin
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So begins this remarkable story—part novel, part memoir"”of two painfully pale English sisters who find themselves reveling amongst the sun-drenched olive groves and earthy inhabitants of a small Italian village.
The Breadmaker's Carnival
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In the town of Bacheretto, remarkable forces of faith, sex and hunger are driving the inhabitants into uncontrolled frenzies of bizarre and unexplained behavior. The baker Bianni Terremoto begins to knead his rolls and sourdough breads in the form of his lover's breasts.
La Cucina: A Novel of Rapture
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This book combines the sensuous pleasures of love and food, simmering in the heat of a Sicilian kitchen. Rosa Fiore is a solitary middle-aged librarian who has resigned herself to a loveless life, and expresses her passionate nature through her delicious cooking.
Chocolat
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Greeted as an amazement of riches...few readers will be able to resist by The New York Times, Chocolat is an enchanting novel about a small French town turned upside down by the arrival of a bewitching chocolate confectioner, Vianne Rocher, and her spirited young daughter.
Debt to Pleasure
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This is not a conventional cookbook.... So begins John Lanchester's astonishing debut novel in which the impeccably correct Tarquin Winot relates the story of his life through that most basic and sublime of human passions: Food.