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Soul Kitchen

A Novel

Poppy Z. Brite

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English
Three Rivers Press
01 April 2006
A sharp commentary on race relations in pre-Katrina New Orleans and a fast ride through the dark side of haute cuisine.

Liquor has become

one of the hottest restaurants in town, thanks in part to chefs Rickey and G-man’s

wildly creative, booze-laced food. At the tail end of a busy Mardi Gras, Milford

Goodman walks into their kitchen—he’s spent the last ten years in Angola Prison for

murdering his boss, a wealthy New Orleans restaurateur, but has recently been exonerated

on new evidence and released. Rickey remembers him as an ingenious chef and hires

him on the spot.

When a pill-pushing doctor and a Carnival scion talk Rickey into

consulting at the restaurant they’re opening in one of the city’s “floating casinos,”

Rickey recommends Milford for the head chef position and stays on to supervise. But

soon Rickey finds himself medicating a kitchen injury with the doctor’s wares, and

G-man grows tired of holding down the fort at Liquor alone. As the new restaurant

moves toward its opening, Rickey learns that Milford’s past is inextricably linked

with one of the project’s backers, a man whose intentions begin to seem more and

more sinister.

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Imprint:   Three Rivers Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 133mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   268g
ISBN:   9780307237651
ISBN 10:   0307237656
Series:   Rickey and G-Man Series
Pages:   276
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Soul Kitchen: A Novel

-A high-end restaurant is--for any competent novelist--a gift that keeps on giving. The heat, the bickerings and intrigue, the pursuit of perfection, the dodgy money keeping it all afloat: the setting spawns plots . . . Can the [Liquor] franchise sustain itself? The answer is yes.- --New York TimesPraise for Liquor and Prime -Steeped in spicy dialogue and [New Orleans] flavor . . . a behind-the-swinging-door peek into the world of chefs.- --Entertainment Weekly A high-end restaurant is--for any competent novelist--a gift that keeps on giving. The heat, the bickerings and intrigue, the pursuit of perfection, the dodgy money keeping it all afloat: the setting spawns plots . . . Can the [Liquor] franchise sustain itself? The answer is yes. --New York TimesPraise for Liquor and Prime Steeped in spicy dialogue and [New Orleans] flavor . . . a behind-the-swinging-door peek into the world of chefs. --Entertainment Weekly A high-end restaurant is for any competent novelist a gift that keeps on giving. The heat, the bickerings and intrigue, the pursuit of perfection, the dodgy money keeping it all afloat: the setting spawns plots . . . Can the [Liquor] franchise sustain itself? The answer is yes. New York TimesPraise for Liquor and Prime Steeped in spicy dialogue and [New Orleans] flavor . . . a behind-the-swinging-door peek into the world of chefs. Entertainment Weekly


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