Reviewed By: Carol Schwaderer Dickinson - RAM
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The Food Taster
Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Peter Elbling
Class/Genre: Fiction Mystery Historical Cozy
Plume/The Penguin Group, 2002, 271 pages
Ugo DiFonte, is food taster to the duke, who loves Ugo's daughter, who loves the dukes cook. This unusual piece is set in Renaissance Italy which is vividly portrayed by the author. Court life from the point of view of a food taster is richly painted throughout this book which refuses to be categorized. Its a suspenseful, humorous, romantic tale of love and hate, greed, gluttony, revenge, irony, terror, and joy. Its not quite a mystery, but should appeal to mystery lovers who prefer the cozy end of the genre, (It even has recipes), as well as folks who like historicals with or without a mystery.
Carol Schwaderer Dickinson - RAM
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