Read the charming story aloud. Write special fortunes for family and friends. Bake fortune cookies. Make tree ornaments. This book includes the story and historical facts, an easy fortune cookie recipe, and fortune strips.
Haley can't face Christmas. Her super-critical family hate her presents and her life. It's her turn to prepare the holiday diner, but her apartment kitchen is too small for anything but toast. Which is the only think she knows how to cook. When her cookie fortune turns out to be an ad--Madam Zelda, Fortune Teller—she makes a desperate decision. Zach is the mastermind behind the ad. He and Zelda show Haley that a fortune cookie can be full of surprises, solutions, and love.
A Short story of family hope, perseverance, and holiday magic! Kids will make homemade fortune cookies...filled with colorful fortunes. Edible tree ornaments make an excellent New Tradition! (Recipe, cookie pattern, and 'fortunes' included.)
Sal’s endless string of Clueless Boyfriends provides material for her standup comedy routines. Her food blog features a made-up recipe about each Mr. Wrong, and her fans eat it up. Jason’s been her best friend since fifth grade, and he samples every joke and food creation, some good, some…not. But when he breaks a promise to Sal, it could be a recipe for disaster—or love.
In this sequel to "The Year of the Book" and "The Year of the Baby, " 11-year-old Anna takes a trip to China and learns more about herself and her Chinese heritage. Illustrations.
Everyone loves cookies. Cookie: A Love Story: Fun Facts, Delicious Stories, Fascinating History, Tasty Recipes, and More About Our Most Beloved Treat is a glorious celebration of America’s favorite treat, a gleeful look at its history, impact, meaning, and deliciousness, filled with mouth-watering anecdotes and stories that will satisfy in a way no other book can. Special recipes, anecdotes, and everything you ever wanted to know about cookies are in its pages. Learn about the most popular cookie, the woman who invented the chocolate chip cookie, why we eat cookies at Christmas, when cookies were invented, how cookies impact elections, why Girl Scouts sell cookies and more. This romp through the cookie’s past and its place in our lives today is a delicious sampler of the delights the cookie has given us.
What would the holiday season be without tins upon tins of delicious Christmas cookies? Baking during the holidays fills your home with an irresistible fragrance that moves from the oven and through every room, welcoming friends and family inside and filling you with Christmas spirit. Christmas Cookies makes it easier than ever to embrace the cheeriness of yuletide baking during the busy holiday season, with simple yet scrumptious recipes for bakers of all levels. There is even a section on baking with children, perfect for when your kids are home on break or if you have little relatives coming to visit! Cooking up Holiday cheer is a great way for grandparents and grandchildren, new and old family members, and siblings to be a part of the Christmas spirit. Learn how to bake festive treats such as: • Cinnamon Vanilla Stars • Coconut Balls • Chocolate and Cassis-Filled Pastries • And many more! Full color photographs by a renowned food stylist and pastry chef make this book a feast for the eyes as well as the taste buds. Whether you’re looking for the perfect holiday host gift, a recipe for your annual Christmas cookie swap or bake sale, or simply want to spend a festive evening in the kitchen, Christmas Cookies will bring you delicious cheer! Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Police Chief Julia Dunnigan tries to crack the toughest case of her career—and the closed heart of Lieutenant Phil Riley, who has resented that she walked in from another state and took the job he wanted.
Clay Blackstone, avowed bachelor, is an ambitious computer design engineer at a prestigious firm. When an accident puts his dad on crutches, he returns home to help with his family's Christmas tree farm, never expecting to find romantic entanglement with an alluring woman he remembers as a tomboy in braids. As a single mother launching a bakery business, Shelby Turner has experience with measuring cups and watercolor paints, but not handsome, intriguing men—especially one who is her secret schoolgirl crush. Between her sweet treats, his tech savvy, and their combined chemistry, will they risk their hearts and discover the code to their happily ever after?
"Funny, tender, and occasionally wacky, this trio of short romantic comedies gets the holidays off to a lively start as three heroines find love in unexpected ways. Plumley's lighthearted sense of fun, sassy dialog, and likable characters make for an appealing holiday collection." --Library Journal This Christmas, chill out and cuddle up with these enchanting holiday stories... Mistletoe and Holly Accountant Holly Aldridge scrupulously plans everything in her life—until her boyfriend gets spontaneous by dumping her right before Thanksgiving. Still, Holly's sure he'll reconsider, given a little time...and a reason to be jealous. That reason, all six-feet-plus of him, is her new roommate, Sam McKenzie. If Sam has his way, Holly will have a sizzling new romance by Christmastime... Christmas Honeymoon Some women would consider it the perfect Christmas gift: an all-expenses-paid Vegas honeymoon. But Stacy Ames isn't some women. Actually, she's supposed to be posing as her cousin Janie. Too bad Stacy's faux hubby turns out to be her infuriatingly sexy ex, Dylan. Fortunately, mistletoe and free champagne have a way of turning "too bad" into very, very good... A Baby for Christmas Kahlúa, coffee, and sympathy—it's amazing the trouble they can get a girl into. Chloe Carmichal was only trying to help her best pal (and secret crush), Nick, drown his sorrows. She never expected they'd end up having a hot-and-heavy tryst that Nick's hangover would make him forget, but that Chloe will always remember...since she'll have his baby as a Christmas memento...