Roux the day : a gourmet detective mystery / Peter King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Peter (Christopher Peter), 1922-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gourmet Detective (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Gourmet Detective (Fictitious character).

Gourmets.

Cooking, Cajun.

Cooking, Creole.

New Orleans (La.)--Fiction.

New Orleans (La.).

Cooking, Creole--Fiction.

Cooking, Cajun--Fiction.

Gourmets--Fiction.

Cooking--Fiction.

Cooking.

Genre:

Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Physical Description:

231 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2002.

Summary:

Peter King cooks up his most tantalizing murder mystery yet, this time with heaping portions of crawfish, gumbo, beignets, and king cake, and set in the streets and bayous of America's most unique culinary city: New Orleans

The Gourmet Detective is "kidnapped" by a mysterious cadre of female chefs who want him to find a missing cookbook. Recovering it will have the sleuth staring down book forgers on an old-fashioned paddle boat, careening through the French Quarter in a mule-drawn carriage, and hunting down leads in the fishing shanties of Algiers.

While exploring the differences between Creole and Cajun cuisine, he samples some of the spiciest treats he's ever encountered: from blackened redfish coated in garlic, paprika, cayenne pepper, and an assortment of spices, then seared...to turtle soup seasoned with onion, oregano, and thyme...to pheasant casserole, gumbo, catfish, and crawfish. And that's just a taste!

ISBN:

0312283652

OCLC:

48579566