Insider Secrets

Insider Secrets

Author: Editors of Reader's Digest

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-07-04

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1621453499

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"Previously published as 13 things they won't tell you"--Copyright page.


Barista Secrets

Barista Secrets

Author: Ryan Soeder

Publisher: Firefly Books

Published: 2017-09-01

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781770859142

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"Two professional baristas show how to make artistic specialty coffee using foam and milk to create designs in the top of the cup. Features a photo gallery of latte art, including coloured foam sculptures, by the award-winner authors. Designs are cross-referenced to techniques and instructions in the book. Includes 5 design stencils to use with powdered flavours."--


The Home Barista

The Home Barista

Author: Simone Egger

Publisher: The Experiment + ORM

Published: 2016-06-14

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 161519293X

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For coffee enthusiasts everywhere, a charming handbook to becoming your own favorite barista More than 100 million Americans start each day with a cup of coffee (many at no small price)! It’s a fact : We love coffee. Now, in The Home Barista, two professionals reveal the secrets to brewing coffee worthy of the priciest cafés right in your own kitchen. Connoisseurs Simone Egger and Ruby Ashby Orr enlighten readers with insights and advice from crop to cup and beyond. Savvy, smart, and charmingly designed, The Home Barista guides you through the essentials—from understanding your bean’s origins and establishing your palate to perfecting your technique. It’s the essential coffee-lover’s guide to turning a simple bean into a sensational beverage: ·Roast your own beans. (Is it worth it? How not to burn them!) ·Learn all the lingo you need to talk coffee like a pro. ·Master the elusive espresso (by refining tamp, time, and temperature). ·Create barista-worthy milk texture and foam designs. ·Try seven different ways to brew—from the French press to the Turkish ibrik.


Merciful Secrets

Merciful Secrets

Author: Shawn McGuire

Publisher: Shawn McGuire

Published: 2019-09-30

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1963255119

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Celebrate the season in Whispering Pines with snow, mistletoe, and murder. Preparations for the Yuletide festival are in full swing, and so is the gossip about a blackmailing villager. Sheriff Jayne O’Shea doesn’t have time or patience for small-town rumors. After two long years overseas, her father is coming for a visit and everything has to be perfect. Then, just as things start falling into place, the blackmailer is found dead. As if that wasn't enough, strange packages start showing up on doorsteps around the village, each containing a clue as to how the receiver will die. Now, Jayne has to decide what’s more important. Focusing on a murder that’s already happened or trying to prevent six more.


Coffee For Dummies

Coffee For Dummies

Author: Major Cohen

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2021-02-03

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1119679052

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Get the skinny on your morning joe Do you swear by your morning jolt of caffeine but are hard-pressed to tell a siphon from a slow dripper? No problem: just order a fresh copy of Coffee For Dummies for a smooth blend of fun facts and practical advice to give an extra shot of flavor to your appreciation of the second-most valuable commodity on planet Earth—and filter out all that excess grind in your knowledge. This warm and welcoming serving from passionate coffee guru Major Cohen—a Specialty Coffee Association certified instructor, and now retired highly respected former Starbucks coffee educator and program manager—takes you on a rocket-fueled journey from the origins of the liquid bean’s popularity to best ways to prepare and enjoy coffee in your own home. You'll learn how to evaluate the advantages of different coffee styles and makers, and how even the smallest detail—varietal, roast type, texture—can influence how good that cupped lightning tastes on your tongue. Evaluate different roasts or brews Navigate menus for the best deals Learn how to speak “coffee” and order your half-cap-low-fat-no-sugar-add-whip with confidence Save money with the best store apps Meet some of the unknown pioneers of coffee that have made our coffee world of today See how you might think bigger about your coffee spend changing the world The average American spends over $1000 on their daily brain juice every year: why not hire Coffee For Dummies as your personal barista and get more for your money—and from each invigorating sip.


Hidden Secrets

Hidden Secrets

Author: Shawn McGuire

Publisher: Brown Bag Books

Published: 2018-07-14

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1963255070

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In the village where “all are welcome and those in need may stay,” long-buried secrets keep rising to the surface. With renovations on the house finally complete, Jayne and Tripp are ready to open their B&B. Villagers and tourists gather for their grand opening barbecue. Close friends check in as their first guests. Aside from a minor glitch or two, everything is going to plan … and then someone turns up dead on the side of the road. Unsure if she’s looking for a murderer or a hit-and-run driver, Jayne jumps headlong into figuring out what happened. Her confidence is shaken, though, when some of the locals point out that the rash of murders started when she arrived in the village, insinuating that she brought the darkness hovering over Whispering Pines. Now, in the middle of a possible murder investigation, Jayne must clear her own name as well.


Family Secrets

Family Secrets

Author: Shawn McGuire

Publisher: Brown Bag Books

Published: 2017-06-15

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1963255046

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Welcome to Whispering Pines, Wisconsin. A place for those who don’t belong. Sixteen years after a family feud drove her from the cozy Northwoods village of Whispering Pines, Wisconsin, former detective Jayne O'Shea returns to prepare her grandparents' lake house for sale. Once there, not only does she find that the house has been trashed, her dog discovers a dead body in the backyard. Jayne intends to stay out of it, but when it becomes obvious the sheriff isn't interested in investigating the death, Jayne can't stop herself. Her list of suspects grows faster than the plants in the commons' pentacle garden. Could it be the local Wiccan green witch with her stash of deadly plants? The shopkeeper who slips into trances and foretells death? The visitor determined to practice black magic? What Jayne knows for sure is that the closer she gets to solving this crime, the more the sheriff wants her to back off. And when a local fortune teller provides a crucial clue, Jayne knows it's up to her to solve this murder.


Burning Little Secrets

Burning Little Secrets

Author: Vivian Mae

Publisher: Midtown Publishing LLC

Published: 2021-04-07

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1736796518

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A secret romance filled with devious secrets, angsty lure and breath hitching steam. Burning Little Secrets divulges the forbidden journey of an engaged woman’s encounter with a sexy small town hero. **A secret steamy standalone romance** (Recommended for readers 18+) Romance Tropes: Forbidden/Secret Romance, Small Town, Widow, Instalove Julia When my best friend Eve invited me to visit her and my dad back home in North Carolina, I hesitated. My wedding with Robbie was only a week away, and our rocky relationship was already on edge. Even though it was a bad time to go back, I couldn’t resist the chance to visit my best friend—both to sort out my own feelings and escape from Robbie’s increasingly controlling behavior. Never could I have imagined how this quick trip and an innocent night of freedom could have spiraled out of control. Meeting Nathan wasn’t supposed to happen, and I definitely wasn’t supposed to kiss him. But he was so kind and sexy, and it was so nice to feel wanted for once. But, as soon as I came to my senses and ran from our kiss, I bumped into the one person I never expected. My trip away is now a harbor of secrets, created by those close to me, and my new found taste for freedom. Nathan When I saw Julia watching me at the bar, I felt something I hadn’t felt in years. When I kissed her, I knew she was meant to be mine. But this Robbie guy she was with, he seemed to have some pull over her, something I couldn’t understand. I hated how he treated her, and I knew she deserved better. So, when she offered me the time she had left, I decided to take it, showing her the side of freedom she only dreamed of. Our connection, our chemistry—it was undeniable. I wanted her to leave Robbie; I wanted her to be with me. But, when it came down to it, what I really wanted was for her to be happy. But could I keep her close while keeping my demons at bay? The things I’ve done, the person I once was, and all my little secrets. I’ll fight to keep her home, to make her mine, even if it takes a little naughty convincing.


Secrets Café, The Appetizer

Secrets Café, The Appetizer

Author: Gina G.

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc

Published: 2023-01-09

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1509246150

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Georgia Charles is on the brink of menopause when she mistakenly falls for a young temptress. After an up and down one-sided relationship she breaks things off and decides to write out her revenge. Sipping coffee at her favorite bar, Secrets Cafe, she picks out four people to base her characters on, not knowing that in reality they will all be entangled with the same secret.