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Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | | | | | At twenty-six, Seattle-based chef Kate Linden still has the urge to dye her hair blue and learn to play electric bass. But when she's abruptly fired from the city's hottest restaurant, and her ex-boyfriend, Gaston, announces he's getting married to a woman he's only recently met, Kate feels life's opportunities slipping away. Suddenly she's convinced that Gaston may be her last chance at a happy walk down the aisle. So she cooks up a scheme so grand her ex will be eating out of her hands in no time...
It's the perfect recipe for happiness. Until some unexpected ingredients fall into the pot-including a man she'd rather be cooking for. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Susan Volland | | Mass Market Paperback: | 232 pages | | Publisher: | NAL Trade | | Publication Date: | August 02, 2005 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0451215249 | | Package Length: | 7.9 inches | | Package Width: | 5.2 inches | | Package Height: | 0.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.45 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 10 reviews |
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4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 A Laugh Out Loud! Sep 08, 2005
By Barlene
"Arlene"
I bought this book to read sitting at the pool while on vacation in Calistoga California. To my delight (and embarrassment because of all the funny looks I got) I found my self laughing out load at the many humorous situations and self realization the main character Kate experienced. I couldn't put the book down. A couple of reviewers commented on the fact the character Sam is the only nice guy. It's all in perspective isn't it? We live in a diverse world. Susan Volland has captured reality. It wouldn't be very entertaining if all the characters were the same. What I found even more exciting was all the wonderfully described food preparations. From top notch four star cuisines to yummy home cooked "simple" foods. I could practically see, taste and smell all the fabulous foods described in this book. How perfect to read about fabulous food, while vacationing in Calistoga with all its fabulous wine and foods. "Cooking for Mr. Right" is a great book, which can be enjoyed by everyone!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Recipe for Success! Sep 06, 2005
By Washington Reader
I really enjoyed this book! It blended all the proper ingredients for a well written, very entertaining and humorous story with amazing insight into the confusing traps we all lay for ourselves in the process of finding out who we want to be when we truly "grow up." I found Kate to be a very believable and complex woman going thru some uncomfortably familiar mis-steps. Been there, done some of that!
The points made about the value of friends, family and food (together) have stayed with me. Right On, Susan Volland!
I made and Love Pixie Shtixs!!! Thanks -- Keep writing!!
A Grandma
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
what great characters! Aug 12, 2005
By Becky LaGrandeur
There's nothing I love more than a book with a female character who is REAL! Who makes mistakes, has moments with her hand slapping her forehead, and who learns
learns the hard way AND IN THE END has grown by leaps and bounds into a deeper soul! This book takes us through moments of obsession, albeit bumbling at times (which is hysterical) with characters that stay with you long after you've stayed up all night to finish the book! Susan Volland has a sharp wit and a deep understanding of how life's path can be almost invisible at times and other times clearer than you wish it were. I cooked for two days after reading this and my family was thrilled! This is a great second book from a budding author who should keep us laughing at ourselves for a long time to come!
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
My favorite summertime read! Aug 15, 2005
By K. L. Latta
I admit, I'm biased...I so loved Ms. Volland's first book, "Love & Meatballs", that I opened "Cooking for Mr. Right" with great anticipation. I wasn't disappointed. The lead character, Kate, is quirky, determined, and lots of fun. The other characters are equally well-developed so that I felt like I really knew them personally. That's good writing!
While the book is humorous, witty and just a little wacky, Susan Volland's descriptions of food and the art of cooking add a beautiful note. I can tell she loves the culinary arts (she's a Cordon Bleu chef).
I can't wait for her next novel!
PS. Her recipe for Crunchy Duck Salad is fabulous!
6 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 well written but overcooked chick lit tale Aug 03, 2005
By Harriet Klausner
In Seattle, twenty-six years old sous chef Kate Linden feels like drowning in her toilet when her former lover and still friend Gaston informs her he is marrying an elementary school teacher Courtney Davis he just met. Though previously Kate decides that Gaston was too regimented for her, suddenly she feels obsessed that she should be the bride so she cooks up a plan to get Gaston back in her life as her lover.
To achieve her objective, Kate leaves Sounds Bistro to work full time on a recipe for success starting with obtaining work at his office and enlisting his mother as an ally. As her memory of her time with Gaston comes back into focus, she recalls why they were wrong for one another. Still she remains steadfast and obstinate staying the course even as her efforts leave her target, their mothers, his fiancée, and cute Sam who wants her cooking for him, bushed.
Though well written, this chick lit tale is difficult to swallow because Kate is obsessively nasty and willing to do any dirty trick regardless of who she hurts; Gaston is so superficial he belongs in Congress;, and Courtney is a bubbly dope. Only Sam seems nice amongst this generation in which even secondary characters like Chef Dierbocker are cruel, stupid or both. In spite of questionable antics that readers might find amusing (as long as it is someone else), Kate concocts quite a banquet, but shocking herself she remains unhappy even when her intended gourmand seems to desire her home cooking.
Harriet Klausner
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