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2016 selection · Nonfiction
American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread To Classic Layer, The Stories And Recipes Behind More Than 125 Of Our Best-Loved Cakes by Anne Byrn appears in NPR’s 2016 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around cookbooks & food, for history lovers, the states we’re in, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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