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dsrtao_Red Seas Under Red Skies_, Scott Lynch
_The Making of a Chef_, Michael Ruhlman
Red Seas.. is a successor to _The Lies of Locke Lamora_; apparently several others are planned. The new multilayered scams are set in a city a little more like Paris, or perhaps Monaco, than the fully-fleshed fantasy-Venice of the prior volume. We just get into the meat of the action when a sudden sea-voyage becomes unavoidable and the scene shifts to piracy around fantasy-Jamaica. While interesting, it really didn't involve me the way that the scam/counter-scam/hidden-scam plot did. Mostly, this feels like a competent middle volume of a trilogy.
Michael Ruhlman spent a year at the Culinary Institute of America and all he got was this book and a lot of insight into the profession of cooking. It seems that I like to read about people making food, even when it's not something I want to eat. Anyone have suggestions?
_The Making of a Chef_, Michael Ruhlman
Red Seas.. is a successor to _The Lies of Locke Lamora_; apparently several others are planned. The new multilayered scams are set in a city a little more like Paris, or perhaps Monaco, than the fully-fleshed fantasy-Venice of the prior volume. We just get into the meat of the action when a sudden sea-voyage becomes unavoidable and the scene shifts to piracy around fantasy-Jamaica. While interesting, it really didn't involve me the way that the scam/counter-scam/hidden-scam plot did. Mostly, this feels like a competent middle volume of a trilogy.
Michael Ruhlman spent a year at the Culinary Institute of America and all he got was this book and a lot of insight into the profession of cooking. It seems that I like to read about people making food, even when it's not something I want to eat. Anyone have suggestions?
