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Eat a peach : a memoir / by Chang, David,1977-author.; Ulla, Gabe,author.;
"The chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix's Ugly Delicious gets uncomfortably real in his debut memoir"--"In 2004, Momofuku Noodle Bar opened in a tiny, stark space in Manhattan's East Village. Its young chef-owner, David Chang, worked the line, serving ramen and pork buns to a mix of fellow restaurant cooks and confused diners whose idea of ramen was instant noodles in Styrofoam cups. It would have been impossible to know it at the time-and certainly Chang would have bet against himself-but he, who had failed at almost every endeavor in his life, was about to become one of the most influential chefs of his generation, driven by the question, "What if the underground could become the mainstream?" Chang grew up the youngest son of a deeply religious Korean American family in Virginia. Graduating college aimless and depressed, he fled the States for Japan, hoping to find some sense of belonging. While teaching English in a backwater town, he experienced the highs of his first full-blown manic episode, and began to think that the cooking and sharing of food could give him both purpose and agency in his life. Full of grace, candor, grit, and humor, Eat a Peach chronicles Chang's switchback path. He lays bare his mistakes and wonders about his extraordinary luck as he recounts the improbable series of events that led him to the top of his profession. He wrestles with his lifelong feelings of otherness and inadequacy, explores the mental illness that almost killed him, and finds hope in the shared value of deliciousness. Along the way, Chang gives us a penetrating look at restaurant life, in which he balances his deep love for the kitchen with unflinching honesty about the industry's history of brutishness and its uncertain future."--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Chang, David, 1977-; Celebrity chefs; Cooks; Cooking.;
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No vacancy / by Cohen, Tziporah,1967-;
Miriam Brockman's family buys and moves into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York. It takes a lot of hard work to run a motel, but it's also an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door. The two friends decide to create their own miracle to save the Jewel from bankruptcy.LSC
Subjects: Friendship; Jewish girls; Jewish families; Motels; Moving, Household; Antisemitism;
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Battlecreek [videorecording] / by Boom, Claire van der,actor.; Eastwood, Alison,1972-film director.; Lindo, Delroy,1952-actor.; Malcomson, Paula,1970-actor.; Skarsgård, Bill,actor.; Hannover House (Firm),distributor.; Medallion Releasing,publisher.;
Bill Skarsgård, Paula Malcomson, Claire Van der Boom, Delroy Lindo.Henry is a loner, living with his overprotective mother in a small Southern town called Battlecreek. Henry has a rare skin disease and must avoid sunlight. He lives his life at night hanging out at the diner, working the night shift at the gas station and swimming in the creek under the moonlight. In the solace of his bedroom, he paints landscapes of faraway places he longs to visit. Henry is trapped by his own self-doubt, until he meets Alison.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language, some sexual references, brief nudity and a scene of violence.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Romance films.; Man-woman relationships; Parental overprotection; Skin;
For private home use only.
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Duck on a bike & Duck on a tractor [yoto card] : Yoto card / by Shannon, David,1959-;
Read by Walter Mayes.For use with a Yoto Player, the Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.Everyone in the barnyard has something to say about Duck’s zany ideas! A duck on a bike? From Sheep to Horse to Chicken to Goat...everyone in the barnyard has something to say about Duck's zany idea. But what are they really thinking? And what will happen next? Find out what happens when Duck drives the big red tractor through town and past the popular diner where all the locals are having lunch.Ages 4 to 8.System requirements: 1 Yoto Player smart speaker or Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Sound recordings.; Ducks; Bicycles; Tractors; Preloaded audiobook.; Yoto audio card.;
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Life and nothing more [videorecording] / by Bleechington, Andrew,actor.; Méndez Esparza, Antonio,film director.; Williams, Regina,actor.; Williams, Robert,actor.; Grasshopper Film (Firm),publisher.;
Andrew Bleechington, Regina Williams, Robert Williams.Spanish-born filmmaker Antonio Mňdez Esparza follows-up his debut drama Aqu y̕ all ẁith another sensitive portrait of a struggling family. Stressed by her job in a diner, single mother Regina is raising her two children in northern Florida. When her fourteen-year-old son Andrew has another brush with the law, she worries he will wind up in prison like his father. Mendez Esparza employs documentary-style realism in this snapshot of race, class and the bonds of family in contemporary America.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; African American families; Juvenile delinquents; Mothers and sons; Single mothers;
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Quicksilver / by Koontz, Dean R.(Dean Ray),1945-author.;
"Quinn Quicksilver was born a mystery--abandoned at three days old on a desert highway in Arizona. Raised in an orphanage, never knowing his parents, Quinn had a happy if unexceptional life. Until the day of "strange magnetism." It compelled him to drive out to the middle of nowhere. It helped him find a coin worth a lot of money. And it practically saved his life when two government agents showed up in the diner in pursuit of him. Now Quinn is on the run from those agents and who knows what else, fleeing for his life."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Extrasensory perception; Orphans;
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Chu's day collection [yoto card] : Yoto card / by Gaiman, Neil.;
Read by Neil Gaiman.For use with a Yoto Player, the Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.A baby panda’s mighty sneeze produces disastrous and hilarious results, by beloved storyteller Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Adam Rex. Chu is a little panda with a big sneeze. When Chu sneezes, bad things happen. But as Chu and his parents visit the library, the diner, and the circus, will anyone hear Chu when he starts to feel a familiar tickle in his nose? Chu's Day is a story that reflects upon how young children aren't always listened to…sometimes to calamitous effect.Ages 3 to 8.System requirements: 1 Yoto Player smart speaker or Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Sound recordings.; Pandas; Sneezing; Preloaded audiobook.; Yoto audio card.;
© 2021., Yoto Inc.
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Everything in its place : a story of books and belonging / by David-Sax, Pauline,author.; Pinkney Barlow, Charnelle,illustrator.; Container of (expression):David-Sax, Pauline.Everything in its place.Spoken word (Parks); Parks, Imani,narrator.;
Read by Imani Parks."Nicky is a shy girl who feels most at home in the safe space of her school library, but the library closes for a week and Nicky is forced to face her social anxiety. When she meets a group of unique, diverse, inspiring women at her mother's diner--members of a women's motorcycle club--Nicky realizes that being different doesn't have to mean being alone, and that there's a place for everyone. Book lovers of all ages will find inspiration in this beautiful love letter to reading--and how words help us find empathy and connections with the world around us."Ages 4-8.P-3.
Subjects: Picture books.; Fiction.; Children's audiobooks.; Book plus audio.; Dyslexia-friendly books.; Bashfulness; Books and reading; Bashfulness; Books and reading; VOX books.;
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Confessions of the dead / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Barker, J. D.(Jonathan Dylan),1971-author.;
Hollows Bend, New Hampshire, is a picture-perfect New England town where weekend tourists flock to see fall leaves and eat breakfast at the Stairway Diner. The crime rate--zero--is a point of pride for Sheriff Ellie Pritchett. The day the stranger shows up is when the trouble starts. The sheriff and her deputy investigate the mysterious teenage girl. None of the locals can place her. She can't--or won't-answer any questions. She won't even tell them her name. While the girl is in protective custody, the officers are called to multiple crime scenes leading them closer and closer to a lake outside of town that doesn't appear on any map.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Lakes; Policewomen; Secrecy; Sheriffs; Small cities; Teenage girls;
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Duck on a Tractor. by Trexler, David,film director.; R. Ellard, Melissa,film director.; R. Gagne, Paul,film director.; Mayes, Walter,actor.; Weston Woods (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Walter MayesOriginally produced by Weston Woods in 2017.Flushed with the success of his trailblazing bike ride around the farm, Duck decides he's ready to drive the tractor. As in the bestselling "Duck on a Bike," all the barnyard animals share their humorous comments as they watch Duck do the unthinkable. Then, one by one, they join him on the tractor for a ride! But what happens when Duck drives the big red tractor through town, past the popular diner where all the locals are having lunch? What will those folks really think when they see Duck and all the other animals riding around on Farmer O'Dell's tractor? Filled with entertaining detail and sly jokes, readers will pore over each picture again and again.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Education films.; Children's stories.; Animals.;
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