by Nan and Ivan Lyons (Author)
In a novel of wit and haute cuisine, take one beautiful chef, on her way to cook for the Queen of England, add one rich eccentric "gourmand" and one love sick fast food addict in search of locales for his H. Dumpty omelette chain. Mix together with some of the greatest chefs in Europe and serve, accompanied by chilled Champagne... "A Roman Banquet of Neronian violence, sybaritic feating and home cooked sex......." Trevanian "The most luscious gastronomic murders imaginable" --James Beard "Diabolically delicious" --Newsweek "A Splendid romp" --Cosmopolitan
Author Biography
Nan Lyons has been a food and travel writer for over twenty years, contributing to Bon Appétit, Travel + Leisure, More, Hamptons, L'official, New York Newsday, as well as creating the Fielding's Agenda series and the Access Walking guides. In collaboration with her husband Ivan, she wrote the first novel with a food background, "Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe" which was then made into a major motion picture. They went on to write four other novels as well as scores of articles on food and travel.