Title: The Chef and the Mob
Product review: Anthony Bourdain, by trade an executive chef in NYC, has written a behind the scenes look at restaurants, with a few members of the mob, the FBI, and other assorted law enforcement agencies thrown in the pot. Bourdain spices up this tale of a young chef caught up in a FBI sting operation targeted at organized crime in NYC with numerous scenes of mouth watering food preparation scenes. The mob characters sometimes behave too much like cartoon versions of the real thing, but the young protoganist, an aspiring chef who happens to be the nephew of mobster Sally Wig (an overweight loan shark, knee breaker, and sloppy eater) is written as a real character looking to escape from his "Family" roots. The frequenly humorous plot is mixed with occasional violence, several interesting supporting characters, and more than a few things you probably don't want to know about restaurants.
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