French Toast
By Corinne LaBalme.
Melody Layne, an American ghost writer in Paris, has agreed to work on a glossy cookbook featuring recipes by Freddy Perrin, winner of the high profile televised “Cuisine Idol” competition.
He’s about to open a flashy new restaurant. But when early diners get sick, it seems someone is out to sabotage the venture.
And meanwhile, two men want into Melody’s heart: her friend’s cousin Michel seems nice, but has she really finished with Carlos, the man she first fell for in France?
Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus.
“Children, set the table; your mother needs a minute to herself.” It’s the early 1960s. Elizabeth Zott, the host of the afternoon TV cooking show Supper at Six, is a brilliant scientist, but male privilege has denied her a PhD or recognition for her subsequent research work. Yet Zott’s cooking show proves to be more than the lightweight fluff her program director expects.
Dial A for Aunties
by Jesse Q. Sutanto.
Meddy Chan accidentally kills her blind date, and calls on her mother and Chinese-Indonesian aunties to help her hide the body. But they are pressed for time—their wedding planning business has a big weekend ahead.