Download or read book Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe written by Jenny Colgan and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] heartwarming story a la Bridget Jones' Diary with a twist...Colgan folds in a colorful cast of characters and whips up an easy, sweet read."—USA Today A smart, quirky contemporary confection of comedy, recipes, romance, and friendship, Meet Me at the Cupcake Café proves that life might not always taste like you expect, but there's always room for dessert! Issy Randall can bake. No, Issy can create stunning, mouthwateringly divine cakes. As a child she took every opportunity to learn in her Grandpa Joe's bakery. Now, with her desk job and her office romance crumbling, Issy seizes the chance to reinvent herself. Or...she will as soon as the drama-induced sugar coma wears off. With help from new friends, and a disheveled-yet-appetizing bank manager, Issy starts to make the adorable café of her dreams into a reality. But she soon learns that her piece-of-cake recipe for a fresh start might be a little more complicated than throwing some sugar and butter together. This book serves up a light-hearted rom-com, sprinkled with delicious recipes, perfect for fans of British chick-lit authors like Sophie Kinsella, Jill Mansell, and Abbi Waxman. Also by Jenny Colgan: The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris Sweetshop of Dreams Praise for Meet Me At The Cupcake Café: "A hilarious, fast-paced fantasy about starting over, perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella. Absolutely adorable."—Booklist "A funny novel about friendship, food and love... "—Kirkus "A delightful story... warm, funny and well-written."—Fresh Fiction "Absolutely adorable... charming... an endearing, delightful read"—Silver's Reviews

Download or read book Sticky Fingers Sweets written by Doron Petersan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Food Network Cupcake Wars winner shares her scrumptious recipes in a new cookbook that has vegans and omnivores alike clamoring for more. When Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats opened in 2002, it instantly became one of the most popular bakeries in D.C.-a bakery that just happens to be vegan. Soon, Sticky Fingers was voted D.C.'s best bakery by The Washington City Paper, and chef Doron Petersan found herself beating out traditional bakers on the Food Network's Cupcake Wars. Sticky Fingers' Sweets is packed with one hundred of her beloved recipes- from indulgent snacks like Fudgetastic Brownies and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies to breakfast treats like Pecan Spice Coffee Cake and Cranberry Ginger Scones, and from celebratory desserts like Chocolate Seltzer Cake and Red Velvet Cupcakes to Sticky Fingers' most popular sweets- Little Devils, Cowvins, and Sticky Buns. Petersan also includes "love bite" nutritional tips and valuable tricks-of-the- trade techniques that every home baker will appreciate. The number of people embracing a vegan lifestyle continues to grow. Like Erin McKenna's BabyCakes and Isa Chandra Moskowitz's bestselling cookbooks, Sticky Fingers' Sweets and Petersan's delectable-and secretly healthy-recipes will be greeted enthusiastically by anyone and everyone who loves to bake.

Download or read book Cupcakes and Cashmere at Home written by Emily Schuman and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a bestselling author and lifestyle blogger, a DIY guide to home decorating and party planning. In Cupcakes and Cashmere at Home, Emily Schuman expands on the personal lifestyle advice that her fans loved in her first book and on her popular blog, with a focus on interior design and entertaining at home. The book features never-before-seen content and explores Emily’s accessible design philosophy for decorating and creating a fashionable personal space. In addition, the book includes DIY design projects and party planning ideas. Emily shows readers not only how to create space that is inviting, but also how to welcome guests and entertain in their homes with ease.

Download or read book A Gift of Cookies written by Mary DiSomma and published by . This book was released on 2020-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary's DiSomma's debut cookbook delights the reader with 130 cookie recipes, plus engaging stories of heritage, family life, travel, and a taste of cookie folklore. Mary's baking guide and recipes include: easy-to-make bars and drop cookies; Italian heritage cookies; holiday favorites; vegan and gluten-free options; specialty cookies (including in-depth instructions for making macarons); along with many tips and tricks for baking success.This 304-page hardcover book features gorgeous original photography and artwork throughout, plus an inviting decorative cover with gold foil and spot UV.

Download or read book Sitting in Bars with Cake written by Audrey Shulman and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “sweet indulgence for your mind, heart, and tastebuds”—now a major motion picture starring Yara Shahidi, Odessa A’zion, and Bette Midler (Molly Tarlov, MTV’s Awkward). Meeting Mr. Right is never easy. And in a big city like Los Angeles, it’s even harder. So, after years of fruitless efforts at finding a soul mate, Audrey Shulman decided to take a different route to a man’s heart—through his sweet tooth. Whipping up a variety of sinfully delicious cakes, Audrey invaded the savage singles scene fully armed with butter, sugar, and frosting. Sitting in Bars with Cake recounts Audrey’s year spent baking, bar-hopping, and offering slices of cake to men in the hope of finding a boyfriend (or, at the very least, a date). With 35 inventive recipes, this charming book pairs each cake with a short essay and tongue-in-cheek lesson about picking up boys in bars. “This delectable mix of encouragement, anecdote and cream-filling is more than enough reason to start baking and flirting.” —Winnie Holzman, creator of My So-Called Life “This is a delightfully humble and enthralling tale about cake and bars and boys, but it’s really about life, and what it takes to get up every day and be the person you have always wanted to be.” —Tracy Moore, Jezebel

Download or read book Governing States and Localities written by Kevin B. Smith and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An easy-to-navigate, comparative book on state and local government. Very student-friendly and well-organized." —Jane Bryant, John A. Logan College The trusted and proven Governing States and Localities guides students through the contentious environment of state and local politics and focuses on the role that economic and budget pressures play in issues facing state and local governments. With their engaging journalistic writing and crisp storytelling, Kevin B. Smith and Alan Greenblatt employ a comparative approach to explain how and why states and localities are both similar and different. The Seventh Edition is thoroughly updated to account for such major developments as state versus federal conflicts over immigration reform, school shootings, and gun control; the impact of the Donald Trump presidency on intergovernmental relations and issues of central interest to states and localities; and the lingering effects of the Great Recession. A Complete Teaching and Learning Package SAGE coursepacks FREE! Easily import our quality instructor and student resource content into your school’s learning management system (LMS) and save time. Learn more. SAGE edge FREE online resources for students that make learning easier. See how your students benefit.

Download or read book You Are Not So Smart written by David McRaney and published by Avery. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how self-delusion is part of a person's psychological defense system, identifying common misconceptions people have on topics such as caffeine withdrawal, hindsight, and brand loyalty.

Download or read book Hungry Girl 200 Under 200 written by Lisa Lillien and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2009-04-14 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times–bestselling phenomenon serves up an easy-to-use cookbook containing 200 yum-tastic recipes all under 200 calories. Dive into the Hungry Girl philosophy, which is more of a lifestyle than anything else. There’s no magic bullet or weight-loss secret that will make you lose and maintain weight. It’s about finding a fun and satisfying way of eating you can live with forever. Eating a lot of mini meals and snacks throughout the day can help you feel satiated, get that metabolism going, and keep you from ever becoming too ravenous. This collection of 200 recipes under 200 calories will show you the way. Recipes include: H-O-T Hot Boneless Buffalo Wings Sassy Southwestern Roll-Ups Cheesy-Good Cornbread Muffins Holy Moly Guacamole HG’s So Low Mein w/Chicken Cheeseburger Lettuce Cups Chocolate Chip Cookie Crisp Puddin’ Shake Swirls Gone Wild Cheesecake Brownies Personal Pretzel-Bottomed Ice Cream Pie And many more! Told with Lisa’s signature wit and sassy style, these recipes are as fun to read as they are to make! “One of the best and most practical cookbooks out there is Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200.” —The Sun Chronicle “These aren’t the typical bland and boring diet-food ingredients.” —New York Daily News

Download or read book How to Walk in High Heels written by Camilla Morton and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2006-08-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling U.K. sensation, hailed as "the most fabulous instruction manual the world has ever seen" by Vogue.com Can you make yourself up in five minutes flat? Make the first move without breaking a sweat Hang a picture without becoming unhinged Get out of a car -- or an unpleasant situation -- gracefully in a short skirt Load an iPod as effortlessly as a dishwasher If not, international style and fashion journalist Camilla Morton can help you navigate these and more than two hundred other hazards of modern living with grace and aplomb. Much more than just a style manual or crash course in social skills, How to Walk in High Heels also illuminates the finer points of achieving better homes and gardens, tackling technophobia, climbing the career ladder, and joining the jet set. From the practical, such as what to do when a heel breaks and how to catch a mouse, to the imaginative, such as how to enjoy karaoke and swim in sunglasses, How to Walk in High Heels overflows with useful nuggets of advice delivered in the author's inimitable witty style, accompanied by a foreword from Dior's John Galliano and a Louis Vuitton trunkful of insight from experts including: -Manolo Blahnik on How to Pick a Shoe -Dolce & Gabbana on How to Get Ready in Five Minutes -Gisele Bundchen on How to Look Good in a Photo -Jade Jagger on How to Compile Your Own Soundtrack This comprehensive do-everything-better bible takes the guesswork out of flaunting your fabulousness so that you can stop teetering and start striding confidently through the obstacle course of life.

Download or read book The New Sugar Spice written by Samantha Seneviratne and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2016 James Beard Award nominee featuring more than eighty recipes from New York-based food writer and author of the popular dessert blog Love, Cake. Raise your desserts to a whole new level of flavor with The New Sugar & Spice, a collection of more than eighty unique, unexpected, and uniformly delicious recipes for spice-centric sweets. Veteran baker Samantha Seneviratne’s recipes will open your eyes to a world of baking possibilities: Her spicy, pepper-flecked Chile-Chocolate Truffles prove that heat and sweet really do go hand-in-hand, and a fresh batch of aromatic, cinnamon-laced Maple Sticky Buns will have the whole family racing into the kitchen. Discover new recipes from around the globe, such as Sri Lankan Love Cake or Swedish-inspired Saffron Currant Braid. Or, give your classic standbys a bold upgrade, such as making Raspberry Shortcakes with zingy Double Ginger Biscuits. Filled with fascinating histories, origin stories, and innovative uses for the world’s most enticing spices—including vanilla, cinnamon, peppercorns, and cardamom—The New Sugar & Spice guarantees that dessert will be the most talked-about part of your meal.

Download or read book Take Your Selfie Seriously written by Sorelle Amore and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to improve your social-media profile? Learn how to express yourself through beautiful, artistic self-portraits with Take Your Selfie Seriously: The Advanced Selfie and Self-Portrait Handbook. Existing in today's world without photos of yourself is hardly possible, existing without great photos of yourself can be crippling. Take Your Selfie Seriously walks you through the fundamentals of taking the perfect selfie - the gear, pose, facial expression, outfit choice, story, composition, lighting and more. Posting your selfie is an opportunity for you to declare visually who you are and what you aspire to be. Take it seriously and you'll unleash a whole new world of opportunity and potential in the process. From Sorelle Amore, the well-known photographer, filmmaker, influencer and savvy business person whose #Blessed Instagram and Advanced Selfie University programmes have inspired her millions followers across the globe to up their selfie game and improve their online presence!

Download or read book 500 Cupcakes written by Fergal Connolly and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether it’s their individual size, their pretty frosting, or just their ability to bring back fond memories of childhood — cupcakes really do have ultimate treat-appeal. Every generation loves them, and even the most curmudgeonly among us find it hard not to smile when presented with a plateful of cupcakes. Cupcakes come in many shapes and guises, but the one thing they all have in common is their small, individual size and the fact that they are baked in a muffin pan or cup-shaped moulds, which are often lined with a crimped foil or paper case. Almost any cake batter can be baked in a cup-shaped mould to make cupcakes. Classic yellow cake or pound cake mixtures are particularly popular, but gingerbread, carrot cakes, fruit cakes, yeasted cakes and brownies can all be transformed into cupcakes. Whether it’s a smear of cream cheese frosting or an intricately decorated cake topped with fondant decorations — it’s the topping that often provokes the greatest delight. Children and adults alike will love helping to decorate the cakes, and it can make a fun afternoon activity before you even get round to sitting down with a glass of milk to enjoy them. Once you get started on the recipes in this book, you’ll realize just how fun baking and decorating cupcakes can be — and you might just find yourself with a new hobby!

Download or read book Hello My Name Is Awesome written by Alexandra Watkins and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Naming a business or product has always been challenging--and sometimes costly--for entrepreneurs and inventors, but it's one of the most important decisions they have to make. Alexandra Watkins presents a foolproof model that anyone can use to create and evaluate brand names like a pro"--

Download or read book Broken Stronger written by Elena Rodriguez Zehr and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the confidence and tools you need to start your own business and live life like a boss! In Broken Stronger, award-winning entrepreneur Elena Rodriguez Zehr shows women that they already have what it takes to break free, start the business of their dreams, and become their own boss. With her process, The MARIPOSA Effect, you’ll learn: The truth about why you feel stuck at your job—and what to do to get moving again How to trust yourself and know that the decisions you make, for yourself and your business, are the right ones The number one cause of dreaded “failure” (and how to guarantee you won’t become its victim . . . ever again!) How to silence the doubts playing tug of war in your head and show them once and for all who’s in charge How to surround yourself with the right people to help accelerate your success (and make the haters go away)

Download or read book A New Beginning written by Andrea Reid and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-12-29 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the story of my childhood and what I had to endure growing up in a foreign country. It is about all the trials and tribulations a small child had to suffer and never once complained about. It contains a great deal of graphic details of things that were done to me and of the thoughts and emotions I had to go through. It contains my life story of when we reached the shores of Australia to the time I was 21 and was married. It will bring you to tears at times but I must tell you it left an indelible image in my psyche which I had to work through for years. It is all true to the best of my abilities as I remember these things happening to me. I have changed names and left last names out or just used initials as I didn't want to offend anyone who is still alive today. Please read it with and open mind and heart and allow me to show you what a child of society should never endure while they are innocent and growing up. Goulburn Post Newspaper Article.. A LOT of people are told they should write the story of their life, but Goulburn woman Andrea Reid has taken this advice seriously and done it. The book is called A New Beginning and it is about her experiences growing up in the Blue Mountains in the 1960s as the child of Dutch migrants. Mrs. Reid's family came to Australia in 1959, answering the Australian Government's call for skilled migrants. "Lots of them went to the Snowy Mountains Scheme but my father preferred the Blue Mountains and got a on the railways as an electrical engineer," she said. The book cover her life from ages 3 to 21 and contains many detailed references to a time passed in Australia's (for better and worse), including many snippets of life and times in the Blue Mountains in that era. But her childhood was a journey of pain and suffering. Mrs. Reid said she suffered abuse within her own family and bullying at school because she was different. "It seems like we were the only migrants at Lawson Public School," she said. "I was bullied and it was totally ignored back then and often the teachers would single you out and blame you for starting things as well." She said times were extremely tough at home as both of her parents became alcoholics and her mother suffered from undiagnosed schizophrenia for many years. As a child herself she was left to raise her brother and sister due to her parent's neglect. "I remember starving for most of my childhood," she said. "There was never enough food and I used to love going to friend's houses because I would often get fed there." She left home as soon as she could to escape the abuse, and trained to be a nurse, but was raped and then fired from work. So began her life as a single mother until she met her husband. Mrs Reid's predominant message throughout the book is that children should not have to endure suffering like she did as a child. "Children are sensitive beings. We have a responsibility to them. We are ushers of life," Mrs Reid said. "My life was one of twists and turns that no child should ever have experienced." She said writing the book was cathartic and necessary. "This book cleaned a lot of mental anguish from my childhood," she said. "Writing the book gave me a purpose when my children left home and allowed me to clear all that stuff out." Mrs Reid was a nurse for 25 years, until a back injury prevented her from working. She originally came to Goulburn in 1986. She plans to write another book and travel to Holland and visit her relatives at some point.

Download or read book Dying for Devil s Food written by Jenn McKinlay and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the New York Times bestselling series continues, it's going to take every recipe the Fairy Tale Cupcake crew has to whip up a quick defense for Mel Cooper when her high school reunion goes from a cake walk to a car wreck... Melanie Cooper has zero interest in catering her fifteen-year high school reunion, but Angie insists it's only right that they bask in the success of Fairy Tale Cupcakes--and Mel's engagement to the delicious Joe DeLaura is the cherry on top! Everything is going better than expected until Cassidy Havers, resident mean girl and Mel's high school nemesis, picks a fight. No longer willing to put up with Cassidy's bullying, Mel is ready to tell the former homecoming queen to shut her piehole and call it a night. But as Mel and Joe prepare to depart, Cassidy is found dead in the girl's bathroom, next to a note written in lipstick that points right to Mel--making her the prime suspect. Now, Mel must follow the clues to find the real killer and keep her reputation from being frosted for a crime she didn't commit.

Download or read book The Kiss Keeper written by Krista Sandor and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natalie Callahan is cursed. Out of luck. The family screw-up.All thanks to a botched first kiss. Sacked from her job and dumped by her boyfriend on the way to a week-long family celebration, she's desperate to prove she's not a train wreck. Only now, she needs someone to pose as her adoring significant other. All seems lost until her path crosses with a sexy, stone-faced businessman who agrees to go along with her con. Jake Teller is all about the deal. Dollars and cents beat love and commitment any day. When his boss entices him with a proposition that could set him up for life, he jumps at the opportunity. Even if it means he has to play the part of Natalie's boyfriend for a week. But Jake's got a con of his own going-a con that could cost Natalie everything. Can a heart change in a week? That all depends on the Kiss Keeper.