Last Bite


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Casey Costello is an executive chef on a popular television cooking show. She has a very stressful job satisfying her boss, her family and all the guest chefs that appear on the show. Her boss, in the meantime, is thinking about leaving the show altogether, which would be disasterous for Casey. When Danny O'Shea, a handsome New York chef appears on the show, the sparks fly between he and Casey. Will a shoot in Italy change Casey's life forever?




Love At Last Bite


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The Last Bite


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A comprehensive guide to modern desserts that teaches you how to cook, create, structure, and season sweet dishes—and ultimately how to really understand dessert making. “First and foremost, make it delicious. Your goal is to make even those who ‘don’t do desserts’ lick their plate clean. It has to be delicious from first to last bite.” In this revolutionary book, award-winning pastry chef Anna Higham encourages you to approach making a dessert as you would savory cooking: engaging your senses, tasting, seasoning, and letting your ingredients shine. Exploring ingredients season by season, Anna outlines a repertoire of ways to cook each one to magnify flavor and taste. She shows you how to work with fruit; construct a dessert; and examine seasoning, structure, and texture—helping you really understand the “how” and “why” of dessert cooking. Featuring over 150 recipes for cakes, jams, mousses, and more, as well as over 45 plated desserts, The Last Bite celebrates seasonal cooking and eating with irresistible, innovative recipes—from fig leaf ice cream in fall to elderflower vinegar meringue in spring. Let Anna blow away your preconceptions about what your desserts can be and taste like with this inspiring, groundbreaking book.




A History of the Vampire in Popular Culture


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An exploration of the continuing appeal of vampires in cultural and social history. Our enduring love of vampires—the bad boys (and girls) of paranormal fantasy—has persisted for centuries. Despite being bloodthirsty, heartless killers, vampire stories commonly carry erotic overtones that are missing from other paranormal or horror stories. Even when monstrous teeth are sinking into pale, helpless throats—especially then—vampires are sexy. But why? In A History Of The Vampire In Popular Culture, author Violet Fenn takes the reader through the history of vampires in “fact” and fiction, their origins in mythology and literature, and their enduring appeal on TV and film. We’ll delve into the sexuality--and sexism--of vampire lore, as well as how modern audiences still hunger for a pair of sharp fangs in the middle of the night.




Love at First Bite


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Until Death Do Us Part" by Sherrilyn Kenyon Over five hundred years ago, Esperetta's soul was bound to her husband's by dark magic, and when Velkan became a Dark-Hunter, to her horror, she became immortal as well. Now, they must come together to fight an old enemy...and the passion that threatens to consume them once more. "Ride the Night Wind" by L.A. Banks Dark dreams haunt Jose Ciponte, dreams of a woman so beautiful he aches for her-and a deadly enemy who stalks them in the night. And now those dreams have become a reality... "The Gift" by Susan Squires All Major Davis Ware wants to do is propose to the beautiful Emma Fairchild. Instead, he is called back into battle, and a desperate fate. And Emma will venture into hell itself to save him. "The Forgotten One" by Ronda Thompson Lady Anne Baldwin longs to break free from her proper bonds. When she meets the mysterious Merrick, whose eyes glow like a wolf's, she may have found more than she bargained for.




First Bite


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We are not born knowing what to eat; as omnivores it is something we each have to figure out for ourselves. From childhood onward, we learn how big a "portion" is and how sweet is too sweet. We learn to enjoy green vegetables -- or not. But how does this education happen? What are the origins of taste? In First Bite, award-winning food writer Bee Wilson draws on the latest research from food psychologists, neuroscientists, and nutritionists to reveal that our food habits are shaped by a whole host of factors: family and culture, memory and gender, hunger and love. Taking the reader on a journey across the globe, Wilson introduces us to people who can only eat foods of a certain color; prisoners of war whose deepest yearning is for Mom's apple pie; a nine year old anosmia sufferer who has no memory of the flavor of her mother's cooking; toddlers who will eat nothing but hotdogs and grilled cheese sandwiches; and researchers and doctors who have pioneered new and effective ways to persuade children to try new vegetables. Wilson examines why the Japanese eat so healthily, whereas the vast majority of teenage boys in Kuwait have a weight problem -- and what these facts can tell Americans about how to eat better. The way we learn to eat holds the key to why food has gone so disastrously wrong for so many people. But Wilson also shows that both adults and children have immense potential for learning new, healthy eating habits. An exploration of the extraordinary and surprising origins of our tastes and eating habits, First Bite also shows us how we can change our palates to lead healthier, happier lives.




First Bite


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Geneva "Neva" Ross never wanted to be a werewolf. Now that she's been turned against her will, she thinks suicide is her only choice. She can't risk hurting the people she loves when she takes on her monstrous new form. After witnessing Neva's leap from a high ledge, Travis Williamson -- a Changeling with a dark past -- uses his powers to save her life. Days later, Neva wakes up in the hospital as Travis speeds out of town. But he risks everything to turn back and kidnap her, knowing the approaching full moon will put everyone in jeopardy. Soon Travis and Neva go on the run together, desperate to escape the police...and far darker forces. Neva's sinister sire, Meredith de la Ronde, vows to find her pack's runaway. And when she does, Neva will join their murderous ranks...or die.




Bite Me


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“Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word.” —Carl Hiaasen The undead rise again in Bite Me, the third book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore’s wonderfully twisted vampire saga. Joining his farcical gems Bloodsucking Fiends and You Suck, Moore’s latest in continuing story of young, urban, nosferatu style love, is no Twilight—but rather a tsunami of the irresistible outrageousness that has earned him the appellation, “Stephen King with a whoopee cushion and a double-espresso imagination” from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and inspired Denver’s Rocky Mountain News to declare him, “the 21st century’s best satirist.”




Vampire Diaries: The First Bite 4-Book Collection


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Sink your teeth into the Vampire Diaries! This collection includes the first four can't-miss volumes from L. J. Smith. The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening: A deadly love triangle: Elena: beautiful and popular, the girl who can have any guy she wants Stefan: brooding and mysterious, desperately trying to resist his desire for Elena . . . for her own good. Damon: sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him Elena finds herself drawn to both brothers . . . who will she choose? The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle: Torn between two vampire brothers: Damon: determined to make Elena his, he'd kill his own brother to possess her Stefan: desperate for the power to destroy Damon, and protect Elena, he gives in to his thirst for human blood Elena: the girl who can have anyone finds herself in the middle of a love triangle . . . one that might turn deadly The Vampire Diaries: The Fury: Love can kill: Elena: with Damon at her side, and wild with her craving for blood, the changed Elena struggles to control her desires Damon: his hunger for the golden girl wars with his hunger for revenge against Stefan Stefan: tormented after losing Elena, he will do anything to get her back. Even if it means becoming what he once despised. . . . Getting what they want may come at a deadly cost. The Vampire Diaries: Dark Reunion: The Final Conflict...The Last Deadly Kiss: Elena: now she rises from the dead to recreate the powerful vampire trio Stefan: summoned by Elena, he keeps a promise to her and fights the most terrifying evil he's ever faced Damon: joining the brother he once called enemy, Damon battles this new horror with strength, cunning, and deadly charm.




Honor at Stake


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