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Crystal Esquivel

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Crystal Esquivel has written and photographed for her blog, poco-cocoa.com, for years, has been featured in the Austin-American Statesman, Austin Monthly, and the Austin Chronicle, and has written for the Eat/Drink section of the A.V. Club Austin. She is the author of The Food Lover's Guide to Austin and the Austin Chef's Table. She lives and eats in Austin. ...more

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	Food Lovers' Guide to® Austin: Best Local Specialties, Markets, Recipes, Restaurants & Events (Food Lovers' Series) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Austin Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes From The Texas Capital by Crystal Esquivel (Goodreads Author), Aimee Wenske (Photographer) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Food Lovers' Guide to Austin: Best Local Specialties, Markets, Recipes, Restaurants & Events (Food Lovers' Series) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Rules of Civility

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It’s Within You: A Detailed Road Map to Igniting, Deeper Self-Worth, Richer Relationships, and Greater Personal Freedom

by Rabbi Aryeh Weinstein

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The Little Book of Jeong: The Korean Art of Building Deep Connections - and How It Changed My Life

by Charlotte Cho

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Crystal rated a book really liked it Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves—and How to Find Our Way Back by Ingrid Clayton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I listened to this on audiobook and finished it really quickly. The client stories really makes it seem juicy and sort of gossip-y? So it was easy to speed through. There are parts that feel a little woo-woo, but most of it was a really good follow u ...more
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A little judgy at times, but still a lot of thought-provoking questions to ponder.
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This was fascinating and discouraging and maybe a bit too long, but still an interesting read.
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I feel like my therapist wrote this about me. I highlighted so many things - so relevant to much of the internal work I’m doing right now.
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