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October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romanceβ€”discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.


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Supernatural sparks fly
between a bookseller
& her hard-boiled ghost.


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If Her Highness thinks I’ll let another man claim her and my child, she’s lost her royal mind. Sophaya’s mine.


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She found a body. Then she started asking the wrong questions.


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He ghosted her ten years ago. Now she’s stuck with him for Christmas.


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She’s the lady everyone overlooks. He’s the prince who can’t look away.

The Soul Of A Chef by Michael Ruhlman

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Also by Michael Ruhlman:

Grocery, May 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
Egg, April 2014
Hardcover
The Book Of Schmaltz, August 2013
Hardcover
Ruhlman's Twenty, October 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
Michael Symon's Live To Cook, November 2009
Hardcover
The Making Of A Chef, April 2009
Paperback
Ratio, April 2009
Hardcover
The Soul Of A Chef, August 2001
Paperback / e-Book

THE SOUL OF A CHEF
By: Michael Ruhlman

The Journey Toward Perfection

Penguin
August 2001
On Sale: August 1, 2001
370 pages
ISBN: 0141001895
EAN: 9780141001890
Kindle: B004QGY41A
Paperback / e-Book
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Cookbooks | Non-Fiction Cooking / Food

Ruhlman's storytelling combines with his immense love of food to reveal the people whose goal is to serve perfect food. Through talking with the most talented young chefs in the business, Ruhlman takes readers on a journey toward the soul of a chef.

Media Buzz

The Chew - November 27, 2013