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• Hungry Hearts

  13 Tales of Food & Love

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  "Interconnected short stories explore the relationship between food and love."

• Delicious in Dungeon. 1

  Kui, Ryoko,

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  Adventurer Laios and his company are down on their luck with no money or food and a kidnapped member of their team. To ensure they don't starve on the way to rescue her, Laios has the unconventional idea of eating the monsters they encounter. Can…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Off Menu

  Gerlach, Oliver,

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  "The last thing on Soup's to-do list is to make waves at the restaurant she calls home, but when her boss's villainous behavior becomes toxic, she decides to dismantle his power by beating him at his own game-cooking! This graphic novel is an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Food Wars! 1, Endless Wilderness

  Shokugeki No Soma

  Tsukuda, Yuto, 1989-

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  "Soma Yukihira's old man runs a small family restaurant in the less savory end of town. Aiming to one day surpass his father's culinary prowess, Soma hones his skills day in and day out until one day, out of the blue, his father decides to enroll…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fatima Tate Takes the Cake

  VanBrakle, Khadijah

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  "Aspiring baker seventeen-year-old Fatima navigates the challenges of parental and communal expectations in her strict Muslim community while staying true to her dreams."

• Basil and Oregano

  Basil and Oregano

  Capriglione, Melissa,

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  Also available in print. "Basil Eyres and Arabella Oregano are both students of cooking with magic at Porta Bella Magiculinary Academy, and although the two are instantly smitten with each other, Arabella has a secret with the potential to throw…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dos and Donuts of Love

  Jaigirdar, Adiba,

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  Also available on Hoopla. "This pun-filled YA contemporary romance finds a teenage girl competing in a televised baking competition, with contestants including her ex-girlfriend and a potential new crush."

• Batter Royale

  Adams, Leisl,

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  Also available in print. "In this fun graphic novel, a talented young chef is selected to participate in a baking reality show and finds herself mixed up in spicy competition, bitter rivalry, and sweet romance."

• The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling

  Chim, Wai

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  Also available as an audiobook on Hoopla. Anna is overwhelmed with a list of responsibilities, including helping out at her father's restaurant. Meeting the new delivery boy gives Anna a sense of normalcy, but when her mentally ill mother gets out…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Café Con Lychee

  Lee, Emery

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  Also available on Hoopla. Long-time rivals due to their parents competing Asian American cafe and Puerto Rican bakery, Theo Mori and Gabriel Moreno have always been at odds. But the two are forced to team up for an underground baking operation…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love From Scratch

  Hill, Kaitlyn

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  Reese is spending her summer away from her Southern home to intern for a cooking program in Seattle. Benny is a fellow intern and her main competition for a fall position. A viral video pits them into an all-out food war, but is there real…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fake Dates and Mooncakes

  Lee, Sher,

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  Dylan is determined to win a teen mooncake competition at the Mid-Autumn Festival to put his aunt's Chinese takeout restaurant on the map. The last thing he needs is the distraction of fake-dating handsome Theo and dealing with the rich people…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• French Kissing in New York

  Jouhanneau, Anne-Sophie

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  "Margot, a seventeen-year-old aspiring chef, moves from France to New York to follow her dreams, but things become complicated when she meets Zach, a fellow chef, and is torn between chasing her dream or her dream boy."

• The Heartbreak Bakery

  Capetta, Amy Rose

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  "Teenage baker Syd sends ripples of heartbreak through Austin's queer community when a batch of post-being-dumped brownies turns out to be magical--and makes everyone who eats them break up."

• Rubi Ramos's Recipe for Success

  Parra, Jessica

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  "As seventeen-year-old Rubi secretly juggles participating in a baking competition, improving her grades for college admission, and a newfound romance, she soon realizes she must learn how to manage her family's expectations while finding her own…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Salt and Sugar

  Carvalho, Rebecca

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  Also available on Hoopla. "To save her family's bakery, Salt, which as been at war with the Molinas' bakery, Sugar, across the street, Lari Ramires does the unthinkable by teaming up with Pedro Molinas to save both their bakeries, falling in love…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH

  Acevedo, Elizabeth

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  Also available in print. "Ever since she got pregnant her freshman year of high school, Emoni Santiago has always put the needs of others before her - her daughter, her abuela, her best friends. She has always worked harder than anyone else, to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It's Kind of a Cheesy Love Story

  Morrill, Lauren

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  "Sixteen-year-old Beck rediscovers herself while working with a group of misfits at the local pizza parlor where she was born."

• Brave Chef Brianna

  Sykes, Sam, 1984-

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  "Brianna Jakobsson has big cooking dreams, and when her ailing restaurateur father poses a challenge to his only daughter and fifteen sons, she seizes the opportunity. She's going to have the best restaurant around and earn the family empire. Thing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Taste for Love

  Yen, Jennifer

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  "Both high school senior Liza Yang and her mother share a love and talent for baking but disagree on the subject of dating, especially when Mrs. Yang turns her annual baking contest into a matchmaking scheme."