Grand Central Publishing

When Pies Fly: Handmade Pastries from Strudels to Stromboli, Empanadas to Knishes

Following up on PIE SQUARED’s slab pies, food writer Cathy Barrow finds more ways to use pastry dough deliciously with crowd-pleasing (and easy to make) galettes and small tarts, as well as empanadas, strudels, knishes, and kolaches. Barrow digs into a world of doughs for turnovers, fried pies, poppers, and Texas-by-way-of-Krakow kolaches, all offered in sweet and savory …

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Two Peas & Their Pod Cookbook: Favorite Everyday Recipes from Our Family Kitchen

115 recipes–wholesome new creations and celebrated favorites from the blog–from the husband and wife team behind Two Peas & Their PodTWO PEAS & THEIR POD celebrates a family, friends, and community-oriented lifestyle that has huge and growing appeal. Maria the genuine, fun, relaxed mom next door who’s got the secret sauce: that special knack for effortlessly creating tantalizing …

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Hello, Cookie Dough: 110 Doughlicious Confections to Eat, Bake, and Share

Safe-to-eat cookie doughs and baked treats from the creator of the world’s first edible cookie dough shopFinally, you can eat cookie dough how you’ve always craved it: straight from the mixing bowl! In her rule-breaking first book, Kristen Tomlan, the Queen of Cookie Dough, spills her secrets about how to make cookie dough safe-to-eat and all of the …

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Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR In the summer of 2012, Steve Jenkins was contacted by an old friend about adopting a micro piglet. Though he knew his partner Derek wouldn’t be enthusiastic, he agreed to take the adorable little pig anyway, thinking he could care for her himself. Little did he know, …

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The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEO MAGAZINE BEST SUMMER BOOKTold by the man who lived it, The Cook Up is a riveting look inside the Baltimore drug trade as portrayed in the hit HBO series, The Wire. The smartest kid on his block in East Baltimore, D. was certain he would escape the life of …

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Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FARUnlikely pig owners Steve and Derek got a whole lot more than they bargained for when the designer micro piglet they adopted turned out to be a full-sized 600-pound sow! In the bestselling tradition of pet memoirs such as Oogy, Dewey, and Giant George, the story of ESTHER …

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Entertaining with the Sopranos

Fans of a certain multi-award-winning HBO® dramatic series and lovers of fine eating everywhere made The Sopranos Family Cookbook a runaway #1 bestseller, thanks to its intimate vignettes and delectable Old Country recipes. But that just got the party started. Now comes the ultimate guide to making every event the perfect occasion, served up by the Garden State’s …

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