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Title: Too Many Cooks by Rex Stout, Tom Parker ISBN: 0-7861-0660-3 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Pub. Date: February, 1995 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 5 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The food books are the best!
Comment: The famous detective is also a famous gourmand. Anyone familiar with the series is aware that occasionally, the reader is given recipes straight out of the kitchen of Nero Wolfe. These recipes are a pretty accurate reflection of the times in which they originated - turtle soup (on the endangered list now), Steak Delmonico, etc...
This tale takes place at a meeting of chefs and the key to the solution is being able to detect ALL the ingredients in a particular dish. This is a clever, witty and very satisfying read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Loads of Fun! Bon Appetite!
Comment: In Rex Stout's fifth book in the series, Wolfe engages in two activites he detests: leaving the confines of his home and travel by any type of machinery (a train in this case). Wolfe and Archie travel to Kanawha Spa, West Virginia, where Wolfe has been invited to speak before a group of master chefs. Wolfe encounters more than just gourmet food when one of the chefs is murdered.
Stout really has a lot of fun with the story and characters as Wolfe's confrontational manner begins to emerge in the series. The characters are always colorful, but the supporting cast of chefs, wives, servants, and others is also enjoyable. Some of the most interesting books in the series are those in which Wolfe leaves the brownstone and is absent from his comforts: the plant rooms, his cook Fritz, his beer, his office. Still, it becomes evident early on that Wolfe is in complete control. Or is he? Find out the lengths that Wolfe will go to in the attempt to obtain the recipe for saucisse minuit.
Rating: 3
Summary: Slapstick Wolfe
Comment: This is a landmark Wolfe mystery for the true fan, but new readers may find it dated, with a thin plot. It is Stout's first real shot at playing Wolfe for laughs, and also marks Archie's emergence as a mature and witty observer- unlike the more naive Goodwin of previous books (eg The Rubber Band, The Red Box) for whom the heroine is out-of-reach. The setting is farcical but still has a nice 30s period feel.
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Title: Where There's a Will by REX STOUT ISBN: 0553763016 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Rubber Band by REX STOUT ISBN: 0553763091 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The League of Frightened Men by REX STOUT ISBN: 0553762982 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Before Midnight by Rex Stout ISBN: 0553763040 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Curtains for Three by Rex Stout ISBN: 055376294X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 January, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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