“As a rule, she didnt like boys very much, but she had to admit, Charlie was actually pretty nice.”

“To my faithful readers, because a book is like a piethe only thing more satisfying than cooking up the story is knowing that somebody might be out there eating it up with a spoon.”

“Being a humble person, she gave her pie shop a humble namePIE.”

“Alice wondered if her mother was aware that she wasnt the only one in town whod come down with a bad case of Blueberry Fever.”

“Lardo was getting on in years, and his big belly tended to slow him down a bit.”

“As a rule, she didn’t like boys very much, but she had to admit, Charlie was actually pretty nice.”

“He wanted to wrap his arms around her and kiss away her uncertainty. But if he did that she would bolt. So he brushed stray hairs that had fallen out of her ponytail off her face instead. Ignored h...”

“He sauntered across the kitchen, six feet of male hotness and charm, heading in her direction like a drone missile locked on a target.”

“She wore a simple purple long-sleeved turtleneck, but streaks of white across her chest - flour perhaps? - distracted him, made him want to volunteer for cleanup duty.”

“Mom has the Touch. She knows what flowers go with what occasions, what hors d'oeuvres work with what people. She believes passionately in the power of food to heal, restore, and stimulate relations...”

“Whether you're a bride or a birthday boy, your options are much the same. Cake comes in chocolate, yellow, or white. Frosting comes in chocolate or vanilla buttercream, or you can opt for whipped c...”

“Yeah, this place needs a better-quality blueberry muffin." I raised a pointed finger. "And I could provide it.""You sound pretty sure of yourself," Jim said, placing a pat of butter on his baked po...”

“Whenever a state or an individual cited 'insufficient funds' as an excuse for neglecting this important thing or that, it was indicative of the extent to which reality had been distorted by the abs...”

“Once she'd graduated from Ever After High, she'd open her own chain of bakeries. She'd publish cookbooks and create an entire line of gourmet treats under her label, Ginger's Goodies. By sharing he...”

“In the kitchen, her family nibbled Helens lemon squares. Melanie urged brownies on the nurses. Take these, she told Lorraine. We cant eat them all, but Helen wont stop baking.Sweetheart, Lorraine s...”