Tag: Cookbooks

  • Book of the Day: Dinner: The Playbook: A 30-Day Plan

    Dinner: The Playbook: A 30-Day Plan for Mastering the Art of the Family MealDinner: The Playbook: A 30-Day Plan for Mastering the Art of the Family Meal by Jenny Rosenstrach

    When Jenny Rosenstrach’s kids were little, her dinner rotation looked like this: Pasta, Pizza, Pasta, Burgers, Pasta. It made her crazy – not only because of the mind-numbing repetition, but because she loved to cook and missed her pre-kid, ketchup-free dinners.

    Her solution? A family adventure: She and her husband, Andy, would cook thirty new dishes in a single month – and her kids would try them all. Was it nuts for two working parents to take on this challenge? Yes. But did it transform family dinner from stressful grind to happy ritual? Completely.

    Here, Rosenstrach – creator of the beloved blog and book Dinner: A Love Story – shares her story, offering weekly meal plans, tons of organizing tips, and eighty-plus super-simple, kid-vetted recipes.

    Stuck in a rut? Ready to reboot dinner? Whether you’ve never turned on a stove or you’re just starved for inspiration, this book is your secret weapon.

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  • Friday’s Free & Bargain Kindle Book Deals

    Wow, did you know it’s Friday already? Lately the days have been flying by faster than normal with what feels like little time to read. We must fix this! To Do: Read More Books.

    We found some excellent books on sale for you today so take a good look! There’s Mystery, Fantasy, Romance, some Non-Fiction… which ever way you go you can’t go wrong today!

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    Crunch Time No one cooks up a tastier stew of murder, mystery, and mayhem than New York Times bestselling author Diana Mott Davidson. Entertainment Weekly calls her “today’s foremost practitioner of the culinary whodunit.” And now it’s Crunch Time, as Davidson’s delightful series protagonist, caterer and amateur sleuth-extraordinaire Goldy Schulz, digs into a deadly smorgasbord that includes a heaping helping of murder, a double dose of arson… and nine adorable beagle puppies!

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    Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out – without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.

    Incredibly funny and poignant, this twenty-first-century coming-of-age, coming out story – wrapped in a geek romance – is a knockout of a debut novel by Becky Albertalli.

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    Crazy Love Tynan Cates’s military days are over. He’s home among family, friends, and his three-legged rescue dog in Climax, North Carolina – but his new employee is stirring up feelings he thought he’d left behind.

    Pint-size Lulubelle Swan is not Ty’s – or anyone’s – idea of a construction worker. But she’s so eager to join his crew for the Climax library renovation that he gives her a shot… and she totally lives down to his expectations. Aside from her fear of ladders, she’s a hazard every time she picks up a hammer.

    Lu’s trying her hardest, but she’s no handywoman. She’s sought out Ty because he served in Afghanistan with the man she loved – and nearly three years after losing Joe, she still can’t move on. Hiding her true intentions, she spends hours with Ty, trying to get him to talk about the past – and in the process, learn how to face the future on her own. But when her quest for closure gets complicated, she may have to open her heart in unexpected ways…

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    Pale Queen Rising (Pale Queen Series Book 1) As the royal assassin, Claire is used to moving between the mortal world and the Winter Kingdom. When the queen commands her to kill, Claire does the job and doesn’t ask questions.

    Her deadly skills and loyalty are soon tested when Claire is sent to the Immortal Circus, one of the many places where “Dream” is harvested from the imaginings of mortals. There she must find the culprit who is causing Dream to mysteriously disappear before the Winter Kingdom’s supply is depleted enough to threaten its very survival. But when she meets Roxie, a beautiful mortal singer with a strange link to the Dream thieves, Claire quickly recognizes an odd and unexplained connection that may cloud her judgment…

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    Delilah's Daughters: A Novel An inspirational story about the allure of fame and the faith that binds a family forever…

    Delilah Monroe has done everything in her power to keep her three daughters strong since the death of her husband. And a big part of that connection is their singing group, Delilah’s Daughters. Veronica, Roxanne, and Alisha each have their own unique sense of self, but they all share the dream of Delilah’s Daughters hitting the Billboard charts.

    Now, just as they enter the final round of a national talent show, a record producer approaches Veronica with the promise of fame… if she goes solo. Then the man Delilah has always leaned on wants more from her than just friendship, and someone from her past comes calling with a shocking secret. Will Delilah be able to hold her family together?

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    The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan The New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women chronicles the powerful and spellbinding true story of a brutal race-based killing in 1981 and subsequent trials that undid one of the most pernicious organizations in American history – the Ku Klux Klan.

    On a Friday night in March 1981 Henry Hays and James Knowles scoured the streets of Mobile in their car, hunting for a black man. The young men were members of Klavern 900 of the United Klans of America. They were seeking to retaliate after a largely black jury could not reach a verdict in a trial involving a black man accused of the murder of a white man. The two Klansmen found nineteen-year-old Michael Donald walking home alone…

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    Vintage At Hourglass Vintage in Madison, Wisconsin, every item in the boutique has a story to tell… and so do the women who are drawn there.

    Violet Turner has always dreamed of owning a shop like Hourglass Vintage. When she is faced with the possibility of losing it, she realizes that, as much as she wants to, she cannot save it alone.

    Eighteen-year-old April Morgan is nearly five months along in an unplanned pregnancy when her hasty engagement is broken. When she returns the perfect 1950s wedding dress, she discovers unexpected possibilities and friends who won’t let her give up on her dreams.

    Betrayed by her husband, Amithi Singh begins selling off her old clothes, remnants of her past life. After decades of housekeeping and parenting a daughter who rejects her traditional ways, she fears she has nothing more ahead for her.

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    Under Siege: A Jake Grafton Novel A fighter pilot races to stop a terrorist plot in Washington, DC…

    When the psychotic Colombian drug lord Chano Aldana is extradited to the United States for trial, he brings his army of vicious mercenaries with him. And as Aldana’s hit men target the President of the United States, the capital is plunged into chaos that only veteran fighter pilot Jake Grafton can stop.

    With the help of an investigative journalist and an undercover agent, Grafton must find the deadly assassins before they can strike again. But time is running out, and the future of the country hangs in the balance.

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    The Dude Diet: Clean(ish) Food for People Who Like to Eat Dirty 125 outrageously delicious yet deceptively healthy recipes for dudes (and the people who love them), accompanied by beautiful full-color photography.

    Dudes. So well intentioned when it comes to healthy eating, even as they fail epically in execution – inhaling a “salad” topped with fried chicken fingers or ordering their Italian hero on a whole wheat wrap (that makes it healthy, right?).

    The Dude Diet demystifies the basics of nutrition, empowering men to make better decisions whether they’re eating out or cooking at home. Better still, each recipe is 100% idiot-proof and requires only easily accessible ingredients and tools. With categories like Game Day Eats, On the Grill, and Take Out Favorites, The Dude Diet will arm dudes and those who love them with the knowledge they need to lead healthier, happier lives.

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    The Widow's Son Based on the real life loss of the author’s father, Bruce Steinberg brings his passionate tale home as told through the eyes of his oldest brother – a child on the cusp of manhood who does not easily take to wearing the crown of New Man of the House.

    The moment 12-year-old Jeremy Rosenberg witnesses his father’s death, Jeremy loses the world he assumed would last forever. With a young brother expecting their father to yet come home, a sister blaming herself, and a mother falling toward isolation, Jeremy is sent fatherless into the world just as he enters adolescence.

    Beautifully and memorably set in mid-1960s Chicago suburbia, The Widow’s Son is launched on a devastating moment. But this tale of misguided efforts and accidental triumphs of children forced into adult emotions creates a humorous, poignant novel. The reader’s laughter and tears are sure to flow together to the last page as Jeremy battles to make his family into a family once again.

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    A Terminal Agenda When the only form of justice that counts is your own.

    Why would an archaeological researcher just back from India be gunned down on a London street? That’s the question facing DCI Nick Severance as he investigates his latest murder case. When the answers threaten to destroy everything he cares about, he makes a choice that will change his life forever. But is there life after terror?

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  • Sunday’s Free & Bargain Kindle Book Deals

    Even in sweltering June, there’s plenty of work for Trade Ellis on her Arizona ranch, but right now her part-time P.I. practice is as dry as the desert. Over in the Citadel bestselling author Kate Mosse shares a mesmerizing World War II story of daring and courage.

    Along with the fictional worlds for escape, you can also prepare for your week with some great slow cooker recipes from Fix-It and Forget-It!

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    Rode Hard, Put Away Dead Dying to earn her spurs…

    Even in sweltering June, there’s plenty of work for Trade Ellis on her Arizona ranch, but right now her part-time P.I. practice is as dry as the desert – until bull rider J. B. Calendar marries a candy heiress who’s crazy to turn cowgirl.

    Abigail Van Thiessen, nipped and tucked into great shape, has thirty-two years – and a few hundred million dollars – on her husband. So when she meets her untimely death on a romantic horseback trip with her newlywed stud, the cops suspect foul play…

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    Citadel #1 bestselling author Kate Mosse’s eagerly awaited Citadel is a mesmerizing World War II story of daring and courage, in which a group of determined women fighting for the French Resistance risk their lives to save their homeland… and protect astonishing secrets buried in time.

    France, 1942. In Carcassonne, a colorful historic village nestled deep in the Pyrenees, a group of courageous women are engaged in a lethal battle. Like their ancestors who fought to protect their land from Northern invaders seven hundred years before, these members of the resistance—codenamed Citadel—fight to liberate their home from the Nazis…

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    Fix-It and Forget-It Slow Cooker Magic: 550 Amazing Everyday Recipes The beloved Fix-It and Forget-It series has sold nearly 11 million copies, giving home cooks around the world exactly what they crave recipes for delicious, satisfying meals that anyone can make with simple ingredients and minimal preparation time. Who doesn’t love being able to serve their family a wholesome dinner (and dessert!) without spending hours in the kitchen or a fortune on groceries?

    Featuring 550 new, mouthwatering recipes, cooks will be amazed at the “magic” their slow cookers can perform. In addition to delicious soups, stews, and chilis, cooks will also find pizza, cheesecake, bar cookies, quick breads, and dozens of other surprising treats!

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    Doc: A Novel Born to the life of a Southern gentleman, Doc Holliday arrives on the Texas frontier hoping that the dry air and sunshine of the West will restore him to health.

    Soon, Doc Holliday is gambling professionally with his partner, Mária, a high-strung, classically educated Hungarian whore. In search of high-stakes poker, the couple hits the saloons of Dodge City. And that is where the unlikely friendship of Doc Holliday and a fearless lawman named Wyatt Earp begins – before the gunfight at the O.K. Corral links their names forever in American frontier mythology – when neither man wanted fame or deserved notoriety.

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    Critical Conditions: An Alan Gregory Thriller (Dr. Alan Gregory Novels Book 6) From New York Times bestselling author Stephen White.

    Summoned to the hospital to learn the motives behind a teenage girl’s suicide attempt, Alan discovers that the girl’s young stepsister lies near death in another hospital with a heart disease. Denied an experimental new treatment that could save her life by her parent’s managed-care provider, the stepsister has become a symbol of a health care system more concerned with costs than with the lives of its patients.

    And when a wealthy executive of the family’s HMO is found dead, Alan and Denver detective Sam Purdy uncover the truth…

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    The Ghost House (The Annie Graham crime series, Book 1) There’s not much that scares Annie Graham. Not even the horrors she has witnessed during her years on the police force.

    When she agrees to look after her brother’s farmhouse, she finds herself drawn to the crumbling old mansion in the woods nearby. But an innocent exploration of the empty ruin and the discovery of the diary of former resident Alice leaves her more than a little spooked. She knows it holds the secrets to a dark past, and she has to find out more.

    What was the terrible truth that Alice uncovered? And how could what happened to her over 100 years ago help solve the murders of young women in the town?

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    The Zen Path Through Depression (Plus) A Compassionate and Spiritual Approach to Rediscovering Joy.

    Using easy-to-follow techniques and practical advice, Philip Martin shows you how to ease depression through the spiritual practice of Zen. His lessons, full of gentle guidance and sensitivity, are a product of his experiences in using Zen practices and wisdom to alleviate his own depression.

    Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of depression and recommends a meditation or reflection. With these tools, coping with depression becomes a way to mend the spirit while enriching the soul.

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    Swan Song McCammon’s epic bestselling novel about a girl psychic struggling to survive in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust.

    Something flashes in nine-year-old Swan’s brain, telling her that trouble is coming. Maybe it’s her mother, fed up with her current boyfriend and ready to abandon their dismal trailer park and seek a new home. But something far worse is on the horizon. Death falls from the sky – nuclear bombs which annihilate American civilization. Though Swan survives the blast, this young psychic’s war is just beginning.

    As the survivors try to make new lives in the wasteland, an evil army forms, intent on murdering all those tainted with the diseases brought by fallout. When Swan finds a mysterious amulet that could hold the key to humankind’s salvation, she draws the attention of a man more dangerous than any nuclear bomb…

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    Twilight at Blueberry Barrens (A Sunset Cove Novel Book 3) “I need you to keep these girls safe…”

    Kate Mason has devoted herself to caring for her family’s blueberry barrens. But after her fields stop producing fruit, she’s forced to come up with alternative ways to make a living.

    Renting out the small cottage on her property seems an obvious choice, but it won’t be enough. When entrepreneur Drake Newham shows up looking not only for a place to rent but also for a nanny for his two nieces, it’s almost too good to be true. And maybe it is – because Drake brings with him dangerous questions about who might be out to kill his family…

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    Escape, A New Life After saving a drowning man during a savage storm, Abby wakes up in a tropical paradise in a fight for her life. She has no idea how she got there, and notices changes in herself that she cannot explain. Haunted by unsettling dreams of her past, she sets out to escape, joined by Eric, who finds himself in the same predicament.

    Standing in their way is a madman, and his band of willing followers, with a mind set on murdering their unwelcome visitors. An eccentric hermit who has been living there for years offers them refuge, but they must deny his generosity. Escape is their only option. Yet, they discover this deceptive paradise is harder to leave than they had ever imagined…

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    Derailed in Chancey (Chancey Books Book 3) Carolina knew moving teenagers from the Atlanta suburbs to a small Georgia town was a horrible idea. She knew opening a B&B for railfans was an even worse plan. What she didn’t know, was that her marriage might not survive what was beginning to feel like an honest to goodness train wreck.

    Oncoming headlights aren’t only aimed at her family, the town of Chancey is being set up for a collision that could change everything. And as that unfolds, Carolina’s husband Jackson is smack dab in the middle of it all, his hand on the throttle, going full steam ahead.

    Drama unfolds on the high school stage, but it can’t match the drama happening right in Chancey when everything is suddenly on the line.

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