Whether you're slaving away in a cubicle dreaming of turning your mother's secret jam recipe into the next 'it' food or wish you could turn your flare for flan into a moneymaking venture that doesn't conflict with your stay-at-home parenting responsibilities, it's possible to start and run a successful part-time food business.

Written for anyone who wants to start a small part-time or full-time food business on a limited budget, this comprehensive book provides the roadmap to help you realize your dream. Each chapter takes you step-by-step through everything you'll need to get your small...

Food trucks are hitting the streets from Miami to Maui but greasy reheated tacos and soggy burgers are a thing of the past. Today's mobile eateries have foodies flocking for gourmet bacon jam burgers, delicious Parisian-style crepes, and decadent handcrafted organic ice cream cones just to name a few. A less expensive alternative to opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant, food trucks, food trailers, food carts, and even food bicycles can be started by anyone whether you're a trained chef or an amateur baker. If you've ever dreamed of jumping on the food truck bandwagon this book will provide...

REAL-LIFE RECIPES FOR SMALL FOOD BUSINESS SUCCESS

It takes more than just good ingredients to start and build a successful artisan food business. In addition to doing the actual cooking or baking, food entrepreneurs are responsible for hundreds of decisions that impact the future of their business. From which marketing tools are best to how to increase operational capacity to dealing with government regulations and oversight to trying to make everything work within a limited budget, the sheer number of decisions can seem daunting at times.

"HANDMADE" is like the advisory council food...

A Bad Boy is Good to FindWhen New York heiress Lizzie Hathaway finds out the man of her dreams is only after her money-which her father just lost in a publicized scandal-she knocks him unconscious with a champagne bottle, and runs off.
Conroy Beale may be a little wayward, but he's not heartless. When his quiet, studious Lizzie goes on a dangerous partying binge, he tracks her down, kidnaps her, and forces her to dry out. Lizzie wants revenge on everyone, including Con, and he reluctantly agrees to go along with her scheme to exploit her unwelcome notoriety for money.
Her plan...

A fortune teller predicted Joe Figueroa would meet the love of his life that very night, so he took fate by the horns and chose his wife. Now his marriage and his naval career are in ruins and he's got a bone to pick with that psychic. When he tracks her down the haunting gypsy beauty doesn't look a day older, just more entrancing than ever. Did Joe choose the wrong woman to marry that night? Susana Cigan barely recognizes the man whose fate she'd once seen linked with hers. Yet Joe awakens something inside her that stirs her body and threatens her psychic gift. She's tired of her gypsy...

Many small food business owners dream of seeing their products on store shelves, but how to get onto those shelves is a mystery. Focused specifically on specialty food businesses that don't have millions of marketing dollars at their disposal, this book unravels that mystery for food entrepreneurs, offering tactical tips, insight, and short stories of entrepreneurs who have been in your place and succeeded.
Topics include:
Understanding the wholesale industry and the roles that brokers and distributors play
Pricing products appropriately so that you can grow and make money
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DESERT KINGS SERIES Three brothers return to claim their thrones in remote and beautiful Ubar after their estranged father dies and divides his kingdom between them. STRANDED WITH THE SHEIKH Shy architect Veronica Baxter finds herself on a jet with dangerously charming Zadir Al Kilanjar, heir to the throne of Ubar. When their plane crashes in the deserted Empty Quarter, they search for a way to escape-and discover each other.

Royal heir Zadir Al Kilanjar is determined to woo renowned architect Veronica Baxter to his homeland of Ubar to design his palace-and become his wife. Ronnie first met Zadir when their plane crashed in the Empty Quarter (Desert Kings - Veronica - Stranded with the Sheikh) and she hasn't been able to get the seductive sheikh out of her mind. With her career in high gear and her heart surrounded by more stone walls than her projects, she's resolved to resist Zadir's advances-but he's just as determined to win her.