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The School of Essential Ingredients

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by Erica Bauermeister (Goodreads Author)

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I loved this book. Read it twice, back to back. Wanted to savor the language and the people and the relationships. Why did you read the book?
Laura Carroll I love books about relationships and food!
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Does this book have any profanity, sexual content, or violence? I'm wanting to read this book with a fairly conservative book club?
Julie Suzanne PERFECT for a conservative book club!
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Does this book have an ending or has to read the squeal (The Lost Art of Mixing) for an ending? Or those can be read as two separate stories?
Mary Ellen Wagner I have not read the sequel and this book had a satisfactory ending. I want to read the sequel, but only because I enjoyed this one.
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Alison Vandermay I had the same question, and was hoping to find an answer here as well! I felt like she already knew his story when she called him to sit with Isabell…moreI had the same question, and was hoping to find an answer here as well! I felt like she already knew his story when she called him to sit with Isabelle (right, the old lady with the memory issues) at the restaurant that night. Why else would she have paired this random guy with her unless she knew they were both hurting from their past? It confused me so much.(less)
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Does this book have any profanity, sexual content, or violence? I'm a high school teacher wanting to add some books to my library before reading them myself. Thank you in advance for your response.
Dawn Definitely no violence and I don't recall any profanity, though there *might* have been literally one instance, but I returned the book to the library…moreDefinitely no violence and I don't recall any profanity, though there *might* have been literally one instance, but I returned the book to the library already so I cannot verify. There is a little bit of mild sexual content. It is handled tastefully and is not explicit, but you'd have to decide if it crosses whatever line you consider unacceptable. (POSSIBLE MILD SPOILER: See the sections for Helen and Tom if you would want to read through to check.)(less)
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