E-audiobook
The lost recipe for happiness
Record details
- ISBN: 9781415954492 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 1415954496 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: [New York] : Books on Tape, 2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 12:11:12. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Bernadette Dunne. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 175135 KB; MP3 file size: 343176 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject: | Women cooks -- Fiction |
| Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Audiobooks. Love stories. |
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- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2008 December #2
"Elena Alvarez was involved in a horrific car accident as a teenager outside of Santa Fe. The sole survivor, she threw herself into her work and is now a successful chef. She has just been fired from her job when Julian Linswood, horror movie director and restaurant owner, asks her to take over the restaurant he has just bought in Aspen. Bringing everything together for the grand opening is an uphill battle against the deposed chef, who tries to turn the kitchen staff against her, and Elena s own growing attraction to Julian, and his attraction to her. The ghosts, both literally and figuratively, of the accident also get in the way. Elena must bury the past and put her ghosts to rest to achieve success, happiness, and peace in the new restaurant and her own life. A predictable story with an easily guessed ending, but foodies will love Elena s lavish menu creations and the southwestern-themed recipes scattered throughout the book." Copyright 2008 Booklist Reviews. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2009 May #1
O'Neal's debut, with its cast of intriguing characters and touch of magical realism, is a cut above the typical "foodie novel." Gifted chef Elena Alvarez must contend with the ghosts of her tragic past in order to take advantage of the opportunity of a lifetime: building a world-class restaurant from the ground up in beautiful Aspen, CO. O'Neal, herself a food services veteran, surrounds Elena with a colorful group of characters, whom Audie Award nominee Bernadette Dunne (The House on Beartown Road) effortlessly brings to life. For fans of popular fiction (libraries may also want to purchase the Bantam paperback for a hard copy of the recipes). [Embeddable audio clip available through library.booksontape.com.âEd.]âBeth Farrell, Portage Cty. Dist. Lib., Garrettsville, OH
[Page 51]. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information. - PW Annex Reviews : Publishers Weekly Annex Reviews
Twenty years ago, Elena Alvarez, the chef heroine of O'Neal's bland kitchen romance, was the sole survivor of a car accident that left her badly scarred and haunted by the sister and boyfriend she lost in the crash. Attempting to escape the specter of the accident and buoyed by her love of cooking, Elena drifted to culinary school in Europe and eventually ends up at an upscale Vancouver restaurant, where her passion and skills capture the attention of celebrity restaurateur Julian Liswood, who hires her as the executive chef of a new restaurant he is opening in Aspen, Colo. Elena relishes the opportunity, even as she recognizes the potential disasters, both romantic and job-related, inherent in the feelings she has for her boss. As the new endeavor finds its footing in Aspen's restaurant scene, she, too, begins to find a home. Unfortunately, O'Neal doesn't bring anything new to an already busy subgenre: the plot is formulaic, the prose is tepid and her main character is too narrowly drawn to have much appeal. (Dec.) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
