The Two-Plate Solution: A Novel of Culinary Mayhem in the Middle East - Hardcover

Oliver, Jeff

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1610882237 ISBN 13: 9781610882231

Publisher: Bancroft Press, 2018

Synopsis

A James Beard Award-winning chef stands atop a 50-foot-high diving platform having just plated a competition-winning culinary masterpiece. He looks down, faints from fear of heights, and careens into the water below. Worst of all? He knocks over his dish on the way down.

So begins The Two-Plate Solution, and it only gets better from there. Follow a diverse cast of young talented chefs as they compete in a high-stakes TV cooking competition set in Israel. Their culinary foes: fake “terrorists” brought in by the producers―that is, until some actual terrorists show up on set, and the producers must scramble to either integrate them into the show, or risk death.

Mysteries deepen, romances bloom, and chefs cook for their lives in this laugh-out-loud culinary adventure from Jeff Oliver, a major force in TV cooking shows the past fifteen years. His talented pen will have you caring about each character . . . and wondering how the many unforeseeable story twists will turn out.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeff Oliver is Vice President of Current Production at Bravo and aformer executive at the Food Network, where he developed the hit seriesCutthroat Kitchen, and worked on other such epic culinary hits as WorstCooks in America and The Culinary Adventures Of Baron Ambrosia. He is the author of the acclaimed debut novel Failure To Thrive. Jeff lives in Maplewood, New Jersey with his wife, Liz Blazer, and son.

Review:

“For those of you who like food and reality TV, this book will make your mouth water and smile simultaneously. Oliver has cooked up a fresh perspective on the possibility of a terrorist-turned-cheftestant, with a dash of humor and wit!” (ANDY COHEN, HOST AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF “WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE WITH ANDY COHEN”)

“The Two Plate Solution is an outrageous (and somehow eerily accurate) romp through the inner workings of reality TV, set against the most unlikely possible backdrop. It's deliciously absurd, definitely unorthodox, and undeniably hilarious! I devoured every word.” (GAIL SIMMONS, FOOD EXPERT, TV HOST, AND AUTHOR OF BRINGING IT HO)

“I have read two books in the last decade. One was The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and the other was The Two Plate Solution. I loved them both. Funny, compelling, and wholly unique, The Two Plate Solution by Jeff Oliver is something that can never be un-read." (―THE FAT JEWISH (10 million followers on Instagram))

“There is no finer guide to terrorism, gastronomy, and reality TV than Jeff Oliver’s hysterical The Two-Plate Solution. This madcap satire will you have you laughing―and cringing―about the current state of food and entertainment.” (JOSH FRIEDLAND, WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD AWARD FOR HUMOR, AUTHOR OF EATYMOLOGY: THE DICTIONARY OF MODERN GASTRONOMY, AND SATIRIST AND CREATOR OF THE TWITTER CHARACTER RUTH BOURDAIN)

"...Fully human characters help make this hilarious send-up a standout." (Publishers Weekly 2018-04-27)

About this edition

• Publisher: Bancroft Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1610882237
• ISBN 13: 9781610882231
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224