SCHMALTZ (Yiddish): 1) melted chicken fat. 2) Excessive sentimentality; overly emotional behavior. From one of Toronto's most magnetic chefs and restaurateurs comes a long-awaited cookbook that has just the right amount of schmaltz.Whether you know him as Toronto's King of Comfort Food, the Don of Dupont, or the Sultan of Smoked Meat, a conversation about the food and restaurant scene in Toronto isn't complete without mention of Anthony Rose. From his famous Fat Pa...

Once brewed throughout Asia, sake has come to be inextricably linked with Japanese culture, tradition and society. In Sake and the wines of Japan, Anthony Rose argues that, after decades in the doldrums, sake is well on its way to becoming the next big thing. Neither a wine nor a spirit, sake’s purity, centuries-old brewing methods and umami taste have gained it fans among the sort of younger drinkers who sparked the revolution in craft beers and artisan spirits. A return to quality, plus ...

Severyn Blanche survived the Serpent Academy, but what waits beyond those walls might be worse.Now exiled to Malvoria—a guard institute built to break the strongest wielders, Severyn must keep her power buried. Magic is stripped from the body. Loyalty is earned in pain. And trust? That gets you killed.If anyone discovers the truth, she won't just lose her power. She'll lose everything.But the power inside of her is only part of the problem. Her home...

She was supposed to be passing through.Instead, she became the center of everything.When eighteen-year-old Tate is left behind in the French countryside with her mother’s new husband and his son, she expects distance, discomfort… maybe even indifference.What she doesn’t expect is the way the silence starts to change.Jerome is steady, controlled—the kind of man who doesn’t lose control. Until he does.Leon is volatile, sharp-edged—the kind of man who p...

When Amalia's cat brought home a strange flying lizard during a terrible storm, she had no idea that it was a Dragon. Or that he would save her from burning at the stake, only to imprison her in his lair when she saw his human face.Now she is stuck in this cave with a moody, hot-tempered, and arrogant warrior—one who has killed her kind by the dozens. She expected to feel trapped, but he somehow makes her feel unbelievably... safe.Rurik's only goal is to ki...

Sparkling wine has delighted humanity for nearly five-hundred years. It has become essential at celebratory meals, a toast to new marriages, new babies, new jobs, and is even used to launch ships, but there’s more to it than the fizzy and festive. In Fizz!, Anthony Rose takes an in-depth look at sparkling wines around the world, exploring how and where they are made, and why they are such a joy to drink. The first part of Fizz! delves into the history of sparkling wine, including early acc...

Step into a world of elite students, where six realms vie to claim their rightful title as heirs.Amidst the competition, trials, and rivalries, some students seek to steal those legacies, aiming to be the first in their bloodline to rule.Twenty-one-year-old Severyn Blanche is the last sibling of five to keep her family among the powerful list of rulers in Verdonia when she's invited to the Serpent Academy to claim her title as her father's heir, amidst his ...

Ten years ago, I ran from my home. Today, I'm running back.The difference this time is that my son is coming with me.We're going back to the place I swore I'd never return to. Back to the lies and the heartbreaks and the site of the day that changed my life forever.There is one other difference, actually. This time, someone is following me.Konstantin Aminoff isn't the kind of man who lets go. He ruined my life ten years ago, then he came bac...

Aurora Whitlock hit rock bottom.Broke, single, and mourning her career going up in smoke, she decides to kick-start her new life by renovating the bones of an old beach house hidden along the Carolina coast.What a cliché—inheriting a fixer-upper from a deceased relative. That kind of thing only happens in books.But beggars can’t be choosers. The Old Whitlock Place, and all its secrets, is home sweet home for the summer.Jack Wharton didn’t expect to find a su...

Ten years ago, a one-night stand got me pregnant and disappeared.Now, he's standing on my doorstep. And he's not leaving until I let him in.But even if I wanted to, I can't. And even if I could, I wouldn't.Because Konstantin Aminoff is a world of danger, and my life has plenty of that as it is.I've got a possessive addict for an ex and a creepy lurker for a landlord. I've got an agent who's sick of me and a former boss who's trying to ruin m...

In A Time to Speak Out, a collection of strong Jewish voices come together to explore some of the most challenging issues facing diaspora Jews. With articles on such topics as international law, the Holocaust, varieties of Zionism, self-hatred, the multiplicity of Jewish identities, and human rights, these essays provide powerful evidence of the vitality of independent Jewish opinion as well as demonstrating that criticism of Israel has a crucial role to play in the continuing his...

Hungry Ghosts is cooked up by the best selling author and veteran chef, Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential, Emmy-Award winning TV star of Parts Unknown) and acclaimed novelist Joel Rose (Kill, Kill, Faster, Faster) back again from their New York Times #1 best seller, Get Jiro!. Featuring real recipes cooked up by Bourdain himself, this horror anthology is sure to please--and scare!On a dark, haunted night, a...