Best Short Stories About Food - April 2024

What Child Is This (Kindle Single)

Christmas during World War II is a time for small miracles in this bittersweet short story by the New York Times bestselling author of The Tuscan Child and In Farleigh Field.Jack and Maggie Harris are adrift on ravaged streets during the London Blitz. Their home is gone. They have nowhere to go and nothing left to lose. With only the memories of their greatest loss—the death of their child during a Christmas years before—Jack and Maggie settle in a seemingly deserted mansion for the night.Inside they find shelter, warmth, and a bit of cheer. They also discover a surprise. Now, in the darke... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07HM1CS89
• ASIN: B07HM1CS89
• Manufacturer: Amazon Original Stories

Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be

Popsicles, potato chips, Silly Putty, Velcro, and many other familiar things have fascinating stories behind them. In fact, dozens of products and everyday items had surprisingly haphazard beginnings. Mistakes That Worked offers forty of these unusual tales, along with hilarious cartoons and weird and amazing facts. Readers will be surprised and inspired!

• ASIN: 0385320434
• ASIN: 0385320434
• ISBN: 9780385320436
• Brand: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

• ASIN: 0399226907
• ASIN: 0399226907
• ISBN: 0399226907
• Brand: Penguin
• Manufacturer: Philomel Books

438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

Declared “the best survival book in a decade” by Outside Magazine, 438 Days is the true story of the man who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean.On November 17, 2012, two men left the coast of Mexico for a weekend fishing trip in the open Pacific. That night, a violent storm ambushed them as they were fishing eighty miles offshore. As gale force winds and ten-foot waves pummeled their small, open boat from all sides and nearly capsized them, captain Salvador Alvarenga and his crewmate cut away a two-mile-long fishing line and bega... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501116304
• ASIN: 1501116304
• ISBN: 1501116304
• Brand: Atria Books
• Manufacturer: Atria Books

Hands Are Not for Hitting (Board Book) (Best Behavior Series)

It’s never too soon for children to learn that violence is never okay, hands can do many good things, and everyone is capable of positive, loving actions.In this bright, inviting, durable board book, simple words and full-color illustrations teach these important concepts in ways even very young children can understand.Created in response to requests from parents, preschool teachers, and childcare providers, this book belongs everywhere young children are. Includes tips for parents and caregivers.

• ASIN: 157542200X
• ASIN: 157542200X
• ISBN: 157542200X
• Brand: Free Spirit Publishing
• Manufacturer: Free Spirit Publishing

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

• ASIN: B00ICN066A
• ASIN: B00ICN066A
• Manufacturer: Harper

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

The New York Times bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a children's book packed with 100 bedtime stories about the life of 100 extraordinary women from the past and the present, illustrated by 60 female artists from all over the world. The New York Times bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is a children's book packed with 100 BEDTIME STORIES about the life of 100 EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN from the past and the present, illustrated by 60 FEMALE ARTISTS from all over the world. Each woman's story is written in the style of a fairy tale. Each story has a full-page, full-color p... [Read More]

• ASIN: 014198600X
• UPC: 642688063955
• ASIN: 014198600X
• ISBN: 9780141986005
• Brand: PENGUIN GROUP
• Manufacturer: Rebel Girls

Imogen's Baby: A short story about the magic of motherhood from the number 1 bestseller (No Greater Love)

An unforgettable short story, from the million-copy bestseller Amanda Prowse. Amanda Prowse is the author of The Coordinates Of Loss and the no.1 bestsellers Perfect Daughter, My Husband's Wife and What Have I Done? Can Imogen overcome life's challengesand have the baby she longs for? It's hard enough having a baby on your own. But for Imogen, 24 years old and blind since birth, it will be harder than most. Her journey will take her from heartache to hope and back again. But Imogen has never let blindness rule her life, and she isn't going to start now... This is a moving and gripping read ins... [Read More]

• ASIN: B017UE0CJ2
• ASIN: B017UE0CJ2
• Manufacturer: Head of Zeus

INSPIRATIONAL STORIES : Collection of Inspiring and Motivational Stories (Inspiring Stories, Inspirational Stories, Inspiring Short Stories, Motivational Stories, Short Moral Stories)

Read and be inspired and motivated with our collection of Inspiring and Motivational StoriesReading has been known to give us a lot of benefits, such as mental stimulation, reduces stress, you gain more knowledge and most of the times, the book that we read are free. In our fast-paced world, there is hardly time to do what must be done—let alone read books. No wonder fewer people are reading books, and far fewer still are reading motivational books. Despite the glowing promises on the cover, many believe that it is a false assurance. It is a pity that motivational books have a poor reputatio... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01HW2J3JC
• ASIN: B01HW2J3JC

Dreams About Food: Stories by Ben Ingram

On a ragingly hot Mississippi summer day in 2017, my twin brother Ben committed suicide.This collection, of his hilariously dark short stories, is my effort to preserve his legacy and honor his memory. While I wish Ben could be here to see his dream of being a fiction writer become a reality, my sincere hope is that Dreams About Food can provide some comfort, commiseration, and laughter to the (often absurd, according to him) world my brother has left behind.For these same reasons, all proceeds from the sales of Dreams About Food will go toward the endowment of the Benson Reed Ingram Scholarsh... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0578417286
• ASIN: 0578417286
• ISBN: 0578417286
• Manufacturer: Dreams About Food

DIRTY, LAZY, KETO: Getting Started: How I Lost 140 Pounds

#1 New Release, #1 Best Seller. Stephanie Laska lost 140 pounds, roughly half of her body weight, by following a ketogenic inspired diet. She figured out the secret to losing weight without the crazy restrictions of a traditional keto diet by following a "dirty" and "lazy" version of keto. Stephanie spent most of her adult life in the Morbidly Obese Class III BMI category. Hovering close to 300 pounds, she avoided booths at restaurants and feared not fitting into amusement park rides. “I once hid my jacket over my lap so the flight attendant wouldn’t see that my seatbelt wouldn’t close,�... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07H3F4VLS
• ASIN: B07H3F4VLS

Kitchen Komforts: Fabulous Comfort Food Recipes and Inspiring Short Stories to Nourish the Soul

For more than thirty years LuLu Roman has entertained us. She made us laugh for years on television s longest-running syndicated show, Hee Haw, as one of the Culhane family, the wise-cracking truck-stop waitress, or one of the wash maids who weren't "ones to go around spreadin' rumors." An award-winning singer and recording artist, LuLu now shares her favorite recipes collected through the years of her amazing life. Kitchen Komforts is filled with dishes that are down-home and down-right good food that bring warmth to your heart and a smile to your face. Each recipe has been personally tested ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1581823827
• ASIN: 1581823827
• ISBN: 1581823827
• Brand: Brand: Cumberland House Publishing
• Manufacturer: Cumberland House Publishing

Goodnight Moon

• ASIN: 0694003611
• UPC: 038332606522
• ASIN: 0694003611
• ISBN: 0694003611
• Brand: Harper Festival
• Manufacturer: HarperFestival

The Three Questions [Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy]

• ASIN: 0439199964
• ASIN: 0439199964
• ISBN: 0439199964
• Brand: Scholastic Press
• Manufacturer: Scholastic Press

The Deadly Dinner Party: and Other Medical Detective Stories

ER and House meet Sherlock Holmes in these riveting and true stories of medical detective work. Picking up where Berton Roueché’s The Medical Detectives left off, The Deadly Dinner Party presents fifteen edge-of-your-seat, real-life medical detective stories written by a practicing physician. Award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, M.D., shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers.In these stories a notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman r... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0300171269
• ASIN: 0300171269
• ISBN: 0300171269
• Manufacturer: Yale University Press

7 best short stories: Food - eBook

Eating is more than just feeding the body. The time for a meal is the time to unite the community around a table and share. The taste of food can evoke feelings and memories such

• UPC: 499978770

Best Jokes about Love, Sex & Relationships: (collection of Jokes, Short Stories and Celebrity Quotes) (Paperback)

Surprise your significant other this Valentine's Day with this cute little book full of classy jokes, hilarious short stories, and funny quotes from famous actors and comedians! Before you marry a person you should first

• UPC: 612376429