Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food
By: Ann Hood
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
From her Italian-American childhood, through raising and feeding a growing family and cooking with …
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3.82
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3.63
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3.75
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8. It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward
By: Elizabeth Passarella
3.98
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9. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
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3.71
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10. Create Anyway: The Joy of Pursuing Creativity in the Margins of Motherhood
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3.75
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4.39
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13. I've Tried Being Nice: Essays
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3.90
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3.82
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17. Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food
By: Ann Hood
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
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21. Mango and Peppercorns: A Memoir of Food, an Unlikely Family, and the American Dream
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