by Diane Mott Davidson (1992)
Catering a for the funeral of your son's favorite teacher who died of an apparent suicide is never the most exciting event. That is, until someone tries to poison your abusive ex-husband's father during the reception, causing your new catering buisness to get shut down by the heath department. With help from local police investigator Tom Schultz, Goldy Bear the Caterer finds all sorts of skeletons in her "ex-family's" closet while trying to solve the mystery as to why a friendly, happy, and beloved teacher would want to kill herself. With buisness shut down until further notice, Goldy uses her free time to figure out who wanted her ex- father in-law dead so she can clear her name, for buisness' sake. This is the first Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery. Takes place in the small cold town of Aspen Meadows, Colorado during the weeks before Halloween. A good read.
Lynne Hinton
Novice pastor Charlotte Stewart, no-nonsense Margaret Peele, maverick Louise Fisher, steadfast Jessie Jenkins, and busy-body Beatrice Newgarden, five women from the Hope Springs Community Church come together to share recipes and their lives when they form a committee to create a cookbook.
Denia Hester
Grandma Lena grows a turnip so big that it takes her entire family pull it up and half of the town to eat it. Includes a note about cooking "soul food."
Joanne Stepaniak
Increasing numbers of people--including actress Drew Barrymore, pop star Moby, and actor Alec Baldwin--are embracing veganism, a lifestyle that entails avoiding all animal-based products and behaving ethically and conscientiously within our surroundings. In The Vegan Sourcebook, long-time activist Joanne Stepaniak further explores and illuminates the principles and practical aspects of compassionate living.
Susan Herrmann Loomis
Renowned cookbook author Susan Herrmann Loomis has traveled extensively to collect recipes that incorporate every kind of nut—from almonds to Brazil nuts, and everything in between. In these delectable recipes, you'll see nuts as much more than a tempting snack. Loomis shows how they complement, and can be the centerpiece of, every single meal of the day.Included in this imaginative collection are more than 100 easy-to-make recipes for small plates, salads, main courses, side dishes, and desserts. Start with breakfast and serve Waffles with Walnut Whipped Cream or Apricot and Pine Nut Compote. Share an evening with friends by serving Anise- and Fennel-Spiced Walnuts or Brazil Pesto with Pasta; next, move on to a main course of Gingered Fish on Spiced Macadamia Butter; and finish with refreshing Lemon Poppy Seed Ice Cream or Coconut Sticky Rice with Peanuts. Loomis provides an invaluable collection of The Basics—including recipes for Almond Milk, Lemony Hazelnut Butter, Poppy Seed Dressing, and Macadamia and Coconut Sprinkle—for stocking every pantry and adding a new dimension to daily meals.Along with the wonderfully diverse recipes in this book, you'll find nutritional information, menu ideas, and different kinds of food—simple, exciting, flavorful, unusual, easy, and good for you, too.Nuts in the Kitchen is the ultimate culinary guide for using these wonderful, healthful ingredients in inventive, sophisticated, and astonishing ways. Whether you are a vegetarian, a vegan, or a meat eater, you'll find yourself turning to this book over and over as you prepare meals large or small.