by Joanne Pence
Pour the mixture over the bread pieces in the baking dish. Be sure to saturate all the bread with liquid. Drop dollops of cream cheese throughout the bread. Sprinkle the top with pecans and cinnamon. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
Serve the pudding warm, topped with whipped cream or nondairy topping. Serves 6 to 8.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many people generously gave their time, knowledge, and insight to help me pull together the elements of this book. First of all, thanks to everyone on Clues-N-News, particularly Jan Daugherty, a font of understandable medical knowledge, and to Amy Sikes Haskins (and her mother, Monti, who got us together), Joe Fernandez, Liz Jennings, Erika Lockhart, and Barbara Truax. Extra special thanks go to my agent, Sue Yuen, for her help, patience, and wonderful suggestions; to my editors, Carolyn Marino for believing in Angie and Paavo, and Jeffery McGraw for his infectious enthusiasm; and of course, to my husband, David, who’s always there to help me get “unstuck.”
Writing this book deepened my appreciation and admiration for those in my family who, as young people alone or with family members, crossed troubled seas searching for a better life in the United States. This book is dedicated to the memories of those adventurous voyagers: Francisco Lopez, Esperanza (Ida) Moldes, Guiseppe Addiego, and Michelina (Madeline) Lucchese.
About the Author
JOANNE PENCE was born and raised in San Francisco. A graduate of U.C. Berkeley with a master’s degree in journalism, Joanne has taught school in Japan, written for magazines, and worked for the federal government. She now lives in Idaho with her family, which includes a multitude of pets.
For information about Joanne, her books, and some great recipes, visit Joanne’s website at www.joannepence.com. She would love to hear from you via e-mail at [email protected], or by writing to PO Box 64, Eagle, ID 83616-0064.
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Praise for JOANNE PENCE’s
ANGIE AMALFI MYSTERIES
“Joanne Pence provides laughter, love, and cold chills.”
Carolyn Hart
“If you love books by Diane Mott Davidson
or Denise Dietz, you will love this series.
It’s as refreshing as lemon sherbet
and just as delicious.”
Under the Covers
“A winner…
Angie is a character unlike any
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Santa Rosa Press Democrat
“Tasty and tempting reading.”
Romantic Times
“Joanne Pence is a master chef.”
Mystery Scene
“A rollicking good time…
murder, mayhem, food, and fashion…
Joanne Pence serves it all up.”
Butler County Post
Other Angie Amalfi Mysteries by Joanne Pence
Red Hot Murder
Courting Disaster
Two Cooks A-Killing
If Cooks Could Kill
Bell, Cook, and Candle
A Cook in Time
Cooks Overboard
Cook’s Night Out
Cooking Most Deadly
Cooking Up Trouble
Too Many Cooks
Something’s Cooking
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
TO CATCH A COOK. Copyright © 2000 by Joanne Pence. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Library of Congress data available upon request.
EPub Edition JANUARY 2012 ISBN: 9780062191120
Print Edition ISBN: 9780061030857
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