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For everyone who loved The Bear! An utterly winning, crowd-pleaser of a novel about a disgraced celebrity chef, her striving protege, and their path through the kitchen to redemption.

Regina Benuzzi is Queenie B-a culinary goddess with Michelin Star restaurants, a bestselling cookbook empire, and multimillion-dollar TV deals. It doesn't…

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1 author picked Didn't You Use to Be Queenie B? as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Regrets. Doesn’t everyone have at least one huge one? Maybe a series of smaller ones? Terri-Lynne DeFino is a master at breaking down troubled people with enormous regrets and putting them back together one ingredient at a time. That may take decades—skillfully handled through time hops with each chapter. Didn’t You Used to be Queenie B? plays upon the parallels of financial insecurity and the dangers of wealth. Either one can play a role in a person’s mental health disintegrating.

Gale’s descents are ones that Regina recognizes all too well. To truly be his mentor—a role she never envisioned for…

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