LibraryAware November 2024- Adult

Fiction Books for Adults

Lessons in chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus

In the early 1960s, chemist and single mother Elizabeth Zott, the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show due to her revolutionary skills in the kitchen, uses this opportunity to dare women to change the status quo.

When in rome : a novel
by Sarah Adams

Tired of maintaining her“princess of pop” image, Amelia Rose, after her car breaks down in Rome, Kentucky, gets some help from the notoriously grumpy owner of the local pie shop, who shows her all the charming small-town experiences she's been missing, while she helps him open his heart to more. Original.

An Amish kitchen
by Kelly Long

Three Amish stories—A Recipe for Hope, A Spoonful of Love and A Taste of Grace—celebrate love, family and faith in a tight-knit community where the kitchen truly is the heart of the home. (story collections)

Best served hot
by Amanda Elliot

A social media restaurant reviewer with a large following butts heads with a smarmy, social-media-averse society boy who snagged her dream job when video of her confronting him for his outdated opinions goes viral. Original. 45,000 first printing.

The cafe at beach end / : A Summer Beach Read
by RaeAnne Thayne

One of the most hated women in the country, Meredith Collins Rowland, whose late husband was convicted of embezzlement and fraud, escapes Cape Sanctuary to help run her late grandmother's Last Hope Café and meets and falls in love with a man who is not what he seems. Original.

The kitchen front : a novel
by Jennifer Ryan

"From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir comes a new World War II-set story of four women on the home front competing for a spot hosting a BBC wartime cookery program and a chance to better their lives. Two years into World War II, Britain is feeling her losses; the Nazis have won battles, the Blitz has destroyed cities, and U-boats have cut off the supply of food. In an effort to help housewives with food rationing, a BBC radio program called The Kitchen Front is putting on a cooking contest--and the grand prize is a job as the program's first-ever female co-host. For four very different women, winning the contest presents a crucial chance to change their lives. For a young widow, it's a chance to pay off her husband's debts and keep aroof over her children's heads. For a kitchen maid, it's a chance to leave servitude and find freedom. For the lady of the manor, it's a chance to escape her wealthy husband's increasingly hostile behavior. And for a trained chef, it's a chance to challenge the men at the top of her profession. These four women are giving the competition their all--even if that sometimes means bending the rules. But with so much at stake, will the contest that aims to bring the community together serve only to break it apart?"

Much ado about a latte
by Kathleen Fuller

"A coffee war is brewing in Maple Falls, where Anita and Tanner are serving up plenty of steam to keep the town buzzing"

The holiday swap
by Maggie Knox

When they switch places, chef Charlie Goodwin, a cooking show judge, and Cass, a bakery owner, they discover that temporarily trading lives proves more complicated than they imagined especially when new romances are added into the mix. Original.

Savor it : a novel
by Tarah DeWitt

Sent to Spunes, Oregon, for the summer to consult on a restaurant opening, former hotshot chef in NYC who lost his Michelin star along with his love of cooking, Fisher Lange, with the townspeople up in arms, strikes a deal with his beautiful new neighbor to turn things around. Original.

Sugar and salt : a novel
by Susan Wiggs

Arriving in San Francisco to get a fresh start, Margot Salton, a barbecue master from Texas, shares a kitchen with baker Jerome“Sugar” Barnes—the perfect set-up that leads to love until Margot's past comes back to haunt her. 200,000 first printing.