Blue Plate Special

Author : Kate Christensen
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307951106

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Blue Plate Special by Kate Christensen Pdf

A delectable memoir about the transformative power of food, Blue Plate Special is a deeply personal narrative in which food becomes the vehicle for exploring a life. Here, novelist Kate Christensen tells her own story, from her unorthodox childhood in 1960s Berkeley as the daughter of a legal activist who ruled the house with his fists to her extraordinary success as a PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author. Hungry not just for food, but for love and a sense of belonging, Christensen writes honestly about her struggle to find the contentment she has always yearned for. A beautifully written account of a knockabout life, full of sorrows, pleasures—and, of course, food—Blue Plate Special is a delicious reading experience.

Author : Jane Stern,Michael Stern
Publisher : Lebhar-Friedman
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0867308400

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Blue Plate Specials & Blue Ribbon Chefs by Jane Stern,Michael Stern Pdf

An amazing gastronomic journey across America's heartland, this guide stops at the coziest, friendliest, and busiest diners, cafes and roadside stands in the country. Includes recipes and 75 photos.

Author : Damon Runyon
Publisher : Amereon Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN : 0891904417

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The Damon Runyon Omnibus by Damon Runyon Pdf

Author : Susan Page Davis
Publisher : Christian Series Level III (24)
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1638081107

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Blue Plate Special by Susan Page Davis Pdf

Can Campbell McBride find her father before it's too late? Campbell McBride drives to her father's house in Murray, Kentucky, dreading telling him she's lost her job as an English professor. Private Investigator Bill McBride isn't home or at his office in town. His brash young employee, Nick Emerson, hasn't heard from Bill since the night before when he learned Bill was working on a new case.

Author : Abigail Padgett
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780446562522

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The Last Blue Plate Special by Abigail Padgett Pdf

It seems impossible that two healthy female politicians could have both died from a cerebral hemorrhage within days of each other. The police hire Blue McCarron and Roxie Bouchie as consultants. The two women, who are involved professionally and personally, work with evangelical preachers, former convicts, and paintball playing plastic surgeons in order to find this unorthodox killer.

Author : Andy Andrews
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780785226574

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Just Jones by Andy Andrews Pdf

From New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews comes the return of one of our favorite characters: Jones, the Noticer, whose wise stories have comforted and guided millions of readers. In this third volume of The Noticer series, navigate the hope that the impossible can come true. At 3:29 a.m. on May 22, a telephone rings in Orange Beach, Alabama. Breaking the sleepy silence, a hastily whispered message heralds the news that readers have been waiting on for seven years: Jones is back in town. Apparently, however, he is also in jail. The old man is tight-lipped about the circumstances surrounding his brief incarceration. After arriving to bail him out, Andy is shocked to discover that his trusted friend has already opened an unusual business in one of the resort town’s most high-profile shopping districts. As the town moves from spring to summer, a practical joker is becoming bolder and more inventive with every prank that is pulled. Could Jones be behind some of it? Why? What’s the truth about that four-hundred-pound table in his store? And why does it look as if every person Jones meets has a secret they will reveal only to him? Based on a remarkable true story, Just Jones beautifully blends fiction, allegory, and inspiration. With rare insight, Andy and Jones take us on a journey that proves the importance of perspective, the power of connection, and the ability we all have to make the impossible come true. Standalone fictional novel based on true events Follows the character of Jones, a mysterious elderly man with endless wisdom who appears precisely when needed most Part of the bestselling Noticer series Book 1: The Noticer Book 2: The Noticer Returns Book 3: Just Jones

Author : Michael Karl Witzel
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Diners (Restaurants)
ISBN : 9780760324349

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The American Diner by Michael Karl Witzel Pdf

The rise of the American diner is the most savory of phenomenons, where classic architecture, a friendly face behind the counter, and some mean pie all combined to make these little roadside stops a treasured part of history. From the early days when Walter Scott brought his horse-drawn lunch wagons through the streets to the heyday of mass-produced chrome and neon diners in the 1950s, The American Diner offers a full blue-plate special of nostalgia for all those who loved the counter culture of these great eateries. More than 250 historical and bright colorful photographs help remind us of life before fast food, and generous helpings of classic advertisements, cool collectibles, and architectural highlights also highlight the era. Diners from coast to coast are featured, giving readers a trip to some of the best stainless-steel and neon diners that still dot the American roadways.

Author : Michelle D. Kwasney
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780811867801

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Blue Plate Special by Michelle D. Kwasney Pdf

In alternating chapters, the lives of three teenage girls from three different generations are woven together as each girl learns about forgiveness, empathy, and self-respect.

Author : Elizabeth McKeon,Linda Everett
Publisher : Cumberland House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Cooking, American
ISBN : 1888952016

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Blue Plate Special by Elizabeth McKeon,Linda Everett Pdf

This collection of more than 450 recipes from America's diners will make it possible to reproduce the comfort food provided in diners for more than 100 years. Interviews with diner employees and owners, articles about more than twenty diners, and more than 100 photographs.

Author : Michelle D. Kwasney
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781452104119

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Blue Plate Special by Michelle D. Kwasney Pdf

Doomed loves, failed families, nixed dreamssomeone else's leftovers are heaped on our plates the day we come into this world. Big Macs and pop tunes mask the emptiness as Madeline watches her mom drink away their welfare checks. Until the day Tad, a quirky McDonald's counter boy, asks Madeline out for a date, and she gets her first taste of normal. But with a life thats anything but, how long can normal really last? Hanging with Jeremy, avoiding Mam, sticking Do Not Disturb Post-its on her heart, Desiree's mission is simple: party hard, graduate (well, maybe), get out of town. But after Desiree accepts half a meatball grinder, a cold drink, and a ride from her mother's boyfriend one rainy afternoon, nothing is ever simple again. Too many AP classes. Workaholic mom. Dad in prison. Still, Ariel's sultry new boyfriend, Shane, manages to make even the worst days delicious. But when an unexpected phone call forces a trip to visit a sick grandmother she's never met, revealing her family's dark past, Ariel struggles to find the courage to make the right choice for her own future. As three girls from three different decades lives converge, they discover they are connected ways they could never imagine. Each of them finds strength that brings her closer to healing a painful past, and faith that there is a happier future.

Author : Layla Reyne
Publisher : Layla Reyne
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798986922911

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Blue Plate Special by Layla Reyne Pdf

When Ezra discovers his son’s former best friend all grown up and cheffing at a small town diner, sparks fly as they reconnect over their shared love of food and their desires in the bedroom. Is their attraction a recipe for disaster or lasting love? Giving orders in the kitchen is chef Noah Becker’s specialty. He’s made a name for himself dishing up seasonal, farm-to-table comfort food at the local diner. A name that isn’t really his. The last person Ezra Rosin expects to find while he’s on sabbatical in a small town is his son’s best friend. The one he helped disappear thirteen years ago. The one who’s grown into a hauntingly beautiful man. Noah and Ezra grow closer, reconnecting over their shared love of food and wine until their friendship smolders into more. They agree to explore the unexpected dynamic, to enjoy each other while Ezra finishes the semester, but when past and present collide, Noah and Ezra must decide if their chemistry across the table and between the sheets is enough to cook up a delicious future together. Blue Plate Special is the second novella in the Table for Two LGBTQIA+ foodie romance series, although all books in the Table for Two world can be read as standalones. For fans of Felice Stevens, Reese Morrison, or Annabeth Albert, this is an emotional MM romance featuring an age-gap romance between mature characters, family finding their way back to each other, and lots of noshing.

Author : Abigail Padgett
Publisher : Bywater Books
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612942124

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The Last Blue Plate Special by Abigail Padgett Pdf

Agatha Award-winning author, Abigail Padget returns with Book No.2 of the Blue McCarron Mystery series. When two prominent female politicians die in San Diego of cerebral hemorrhages within days of each other, social psychologist Blue McCarron knows that their deaths are a statistical impossibility—they simply cannot be from natural causes. Within hours, a female evangelist almost dies, and threats from a religious fanatic, illustrated with blue willow plates, tie the three victims together. Blue and her lover, Roxanne, a criminal psychiatrist, are hired by the police as consultants and trace the three women to a posh plastic surgery clinic. As Blue and Rox investigate the clinic, the killer turns his attention on Blue, a strong, nontraditional woman who offends his ultraconservative religious beliefs. When Blue finds a blue willow plate on the doorstep of her isolated desert home, she knows the hunt has become a deadly game and that the unknown killer has every advantage.

Author : Marc Hamer
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781771644808

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How to Catch a Mole by Marc Hamer Pdf

In this evocative and heart-wrenching memoir, a hard-working Welsh molecatcher reveals his double life as a poet and a dreamer • “A wonderful memoir … hands down the most charming book I read last year.”—Margaret Renkl, The New York Times “How to Catch a Mole is a small book of many things. In quiet, crystalline prose, it blends memoir, keen observations of nature, and ruminations about life, aging and death.”—Wall Street Journal Kneeling in a muddy field in the Welsh countryside, clutching a creature that is soft and blue-black, Marc Hamer vows he will stop trapping moles—forever. In this earnest, understated, and sublime work of literary memoir, the molecatcher shares what led him to this strange career and what caused him to stop: from sleeping among hedges as a homeless teen, to toiling on the railway, to weeding windswept gardens in Wales and witnessing the beauty of every living thing. Hamer infuses his wanderings with radiant poetry and stark, simple observations on nature’s oft-ignored details. He also reveals how to catch a mole—a craft long kept secret by its masters—and burrows into the unusual lives of his muses. Moles, we learn, are colorblind. Their blood holds unusual amounts of carbon dioxide. Their vast tunnel networks are intricate and deceptive. And, like Hamer, they work alone. Beautifully written, life-affirming, and highly original, How to Catch a Mole offers a gorgeous portrait of one man's deep, unbreakable bond with his natural surroundings, and offers hope and inspiration for anyone looking to improve their relationship with the natural world.

Author : Tamasin Noyes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Cooking, American
ISBN : 0980013119

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American Vegan Kitchen by Tamasin Noyes Pdf

Contains more than two hundred vegan recipes for a range of dishes often served in American diners, cafes, and bistros, including beer-battered onion rings, yankee cornbread, southern-fried seitan, apple pie, and more.

Author : Dan Barber
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780698163751

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The Third Plate by Dan Barber Pdf

“Not since Michael Pollan has such a powerful storyteller emerged to reform American food.” —The Washington Post Today’s optimistic farm-to-table food culture has a dark secret: the local food movement has failed to change how we eat. It has also offered a false promise for the future of food. In his visionary New York Times–bestselling book, chef Dan Barber, recently showcased on Netflix’s Chef’s Table, offers a radical new way of thinking about food that will heal the land and taste good, too. Looking to the detrimental cooking of our past, and the misguided dining of our present, Barber points to a future “third plate”: a new form of American eating where good farming and good food intersect. Barber’s The Third Plate charts a bright path forward for eaters and chefs alike, daring everyone to imagine a future for our national cuisine that is as sustainable as it is delicious.