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Stirring the Plot
Recipes for Great Reading

Series

  • Susan Wittig Albert’s mystery series featuring herbalist China Bayles.
  • Claudia Bishop’s “Hemlock Falls” mystery series featuring the Quilliam sisters.
  • JoAnna Carl’s “Chocoholic” mystery series featuring Lee McKinney Woodyard.
  • Isis Crawford’s mystery series featuring caterers – and sisters – Bernie and Libby.
  • Diane Mott Davidson’s mystery series featuring caterer/chef Goldy Schulz.
  • Joanne Fluke’s mystery series about bakery owner Hannah Swensen.
  • Julie A. Hyzy’s “White House Chef” Olivia Paras mystery series.
  • Amy Myers’ “Victorian Whodunit” series featuring chef Auguste Didier.
  • Tamar Myers’ “Pennsylvania Dutch” mystery series featuring innkeeper Magdalena Yoder.
  • Katherine Hall Page’s mystery series featuring caterer Faith Fairchild.
  • J. B. Stanley’s “Supper Club” mysteries.

 

Individual Titles

Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
All My Tomorrows by Rochelle Alers
In the Kitchen by Monica Ali
Secrets of the Tsil Café: A Novel with Recipes by Thomas Fox Averill
Last Bite by Nancy Verde Barr
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
Simply from Scratch by Alicia Bessette
Toast Mortem* by Claudia Bishop
Dying for Dinner by Miranda Bliss
The Wedding Officer by Anthony Capella
A Slice of Murder* by Chris Cavender
Cook the Books* by Jessica Conant-Park
Diva Takes the Cake* by Krista Davis
Chez Moi by Agnes Desarthe
On the Steamy Side by Louisa Edwards
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes,
Romances and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel
Mangoes and Quince by Carol Field
A Meal to Die For: A Culinary Novel of Crime by Joseph Gannascoli
Dinner with Anna Karenina by Gloria Goldreich
Friendship Cake by J. Lynne Hinton
The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
Cooking for Harry: A Low-Carbohydrate Novel by Kay-Marie James
Tongue by Kyung Ran Jo
Roux Morgue by Claire M. Johnson
American Cookery by Lara Kalpakian
The Gourmet Dectective by Peter King
Hungry Woman in Paris  by Josefina López
Rosewater and Soda Bread by Marsha Mehran
The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O’Neal
The Hindi-Bindi Club by Monica Pradhan
Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts
Keeping House: A Novel in Recipes by Clara Sereni
The Secret’s in the Sauce* by Linda E. Shepherd
Chef by Jaspreet Singh
The Crossroads Café by Deborah Smith
World of Pies by Karen Stolz
Bitter in the Mouth by Monique T. D. Truong
The Summer Kitchen by Karen Weinreb
Death Takes the Cake by Melinda Wells
On the Right Side of a Dream by Sheila Williams

*part of a series

Nonfiction

From Hardtack to Home Fries: An Uncommon History of
American Cooks and Meals by Barbara Haber
394.12 HAB

Love in the Time of Cholesterol: A Memoir with Recipes by Cecily Ross
613.284 ROS

Backstage with Julia: My Years with Julia Child by Nancy Verde Barr
641.5 BAR

Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food
and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
641.5 BOU

My Life in France by Julia Child
641.5 CHI

Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in 14 Recipes by Mark Crick
641.5 CRI

Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell
641.5 POW

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl
641.5 REI

A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg
641.5 WIZ

Southern Homecoming Traditions: Recipes and Remembrances by Carolyn Quick Tillery 641.59296073 TIL

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta Maker,
and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford
641.59455 POW

Seasoning: A Poet's Year: With Seasonal Recipes by David Young
811.54 YOU

Daughter of Heaven: A Memoir with Earthly Recipes by Leslie Li
813.54 LI

The Summer of My Greek Taverna: A Memoir by Tom Stone
914.9587 STO

 

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