title: Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in Chocolate
author:  Alice Medrich 
description: In <i>Bittersweet</i>, Alice Medrich continues her mouthwatering crusade to educate chocoholics everywhere about her passion. With 30 years experience, first at her famous Berkeley bakery, Cocolat, and then as an award-winning cookbook author, there is little Medrich doesn't know about chocolate. And what sets this book apart from all others is her willingness to share what's she's learned.
zlib_text: The House of
  Hope &  Chocolate
  by
  Ava Miles
  A Friends & Neighbors Novel
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  From the time she was a little girl with a chocolate stand instead
  of lemonade, Alice Bailey dreamt of opening a chocolate shop. After
  all, chocolate heals everything, from heartache to woes.
   
  If Alice has learned anything recently, it' s that life is precious. It’s
  now or never—carpe diem time. She' s ready to put down roots and
  live her dreams.
   
  Only opening up a chocolate shop in this close-knit community
  proves harder than she imagined, especially when other
  neighborhood businesses are experiencing hard times. She' s not
  only an outsider, but resentment over her circumstances breeds
  distrust among some of the other business owners.
   
  But Alice believes in one absolute: chocolate can heal anything
  and it’s a great way to make new friends. And as she struggles to
  heal and rebuild, she 