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Okay, but absinthe in a cupcake? Skeptical.

Battle Royal by Lucy Parker

August 16, 2021 by J 3 Comments

On a fictional British baking show with three judges, Sylvie Fairchild works her magic with cake and frosting. At least, until the week one of her fanciful cakes assaults one of the judges, Dominic De Vere, and the two fall madly in love. Sort of. There’s a little bit of story between the beginning and the end. Sylvie and Dominic are not quite enemies. Though their rival bake shops are across the street from one another, they aren’t competing for the same customers. Dominic is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: food fiction, Lucy Parker, NetGalley

J's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: food fiction, Lucy Parker, NetGalley ·
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Normal Animated Food Stories

What Did You Eat yesterday? vol. 13 by Fumi Yoshinaga

November 30, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I find things like Yakitate!! Japan (I’ve only read the manga) and Food Wars! (both the manga and anime) entertaining up to a point, but the over-exaggerated reactions to tasting various foods gets old after a while. If you like graphic novels and food, but want something a little more down-to-earth, then you should check out What Did You Eat Yesterday? It’s a pretty niche series, in that it follows Kenji and Shiro, a gay couple in current day Japan, through their daily lives, but […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: food fiction, fumi yoshinaga, Japanese cooking, manga, recipes, what did you eat yesterday?

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:85 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: food fiction, fumi yoshinaga, Japanese cooking, manga, recipes, what did you eat yesterday? ·
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