Wintertime Candyland

"Recipes for everything from spritz cookies to bûche de Noël . . . shatters the assumption that if you can't eat wheat, you can't eat well during the holidays." —San Jose Mercury News
The holidays are a time to celebrate and indulge in baked goods warm from the oven. Unfortunately for the gluten-sensitive, seasonal pleasures such as sugar cookies and mincemeat tarts have been off-limits. Not anymore!
Jeanne Sauvage, author...

A poor woodcutter's children, lost in the forest, come upon a house made of bread, cakes, and candy, occupied by a wicked witch who likes to have children for dinner.

Introduces Hannukkah and provides information about and recipes for holiday-themed foods, including latkes, fudgy gelt, and a cupcake menorah.

When she stumbles upon the dead body of a hardworking baker's assistant during the Great New York Cookie Swap, coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi and her boyfriend, NYPD detective Mike Quinn, spend their holiday poring over the clues to catch a killer.

The holidays are the icing on the cake for bakery owner Hannah Swensen. Surrounded by her loved ones, she has all the ingredients for a perfect Christmas—until murder is added to the mix. . . When it comes to holidays, Minnesotans rise to the occasion—and the little town of Lake Eden is baking up a storm with Hannah leading the way. The annual Christmas Buffet is the final test of the recipes Hannah has collected for the Lake Eden Holiday...

With the help of a little girl, a mysterious stranger tells the story of the candy cane to the people of a small prairie town during Christmas time at the turn of the century.

"With Harlem in the grips of an unprecedented heat wave, the people look to their hero -- the unbreakable man, Luke Cage! But the heat wave turns out to be the least of Harlem's worries. Someone has their sights set on the city's 1%, and the rich and powerful are dropping dead from mysterious illnesses. It's up to Luke Cage to stop the Everyman killer -- even though he's just received a grim diagnosis of his own ... By the time Luke discovers the...

Bessey and her mother bake cookies for Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah, and after cleaning up the kitchen, they distribute the treats to their neighbors.

"Candy Christmas has met many people in need under the Jefferson Street Bridge in her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, over the past six years ... A friend took Candy to that inner city bridge where homeless people abound. And she began to feed them. The ministry grew quickly--and it hasn't stopped since. On the other side tells stories from under the bridge."--Back cover.