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Book Culinary Criminality

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sandra Balzo
  • Publisher : NYLA
  • Release : 2019-12-11
  • ISBN : 1641971355
  • Pages : 696 pages

Download or read book Culinary Criminality written by Sandra Balzo and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UNCOMMON GROUNDS A 21st-century spin on the traditional cozy— Maggy Thorsen, a divorcée whose husband left her for a 24 year old, is eager to open a coffee shop, Uncommon Grounds, in the small Wisconsin town of Brookhills. In a world where Starbuck's and other chains are ubiquitous, Maggy is up for the challenge, which becomes even greater when Maggy discovers the body of one of her partners, Patricia Harper, on the floor of their coffee shop. Determined to find out who killed Patricia, Maggy delves into the mystery with a sense of humor that would make Miss Marple smile. FLAMINGO FATALE From the New York Times bestselling author of A Cat in the Stacks mystery series, a novel about a single mom, wits and grits, double shifts...and murder! When Wanda Nell Cullpepper’s returns home from a long day of waitressing at the Kountry Kitchen diner and a night shift at the Budget Mart, the last person she wants to see is her no-account ex-husband, Bobby Ray, talking big and flashing cash. Just when she thinks things can’t get worse, Wanda Nell wakes up to find Bobby Ray dead—killed with her favorite pink flamingo yard ornament! Now the sheriff is eyeing Wanda Nell as the primary suspect. Kountry Kitchen Southern cooking recipes included! TOO MANY CROOKS SPOIL THE BROTH Readers will delight in this laugh-out-loud cozy mystery debut - and relish the country cooking recipes included. This debut mystery introduces Magdalena Yoder, prim, proper, and persnickety proprietor of the PennDutch Inn, where guests enjoy the true “Amish experience.” When one of her more reclusive guests takes a tumble down the PennDutch's picturesquely steep staircase, the timing couldn't be worse. What at first seems to be a horrible accident turns out to be a more sinister event. Magdalena is certain there is a killer at her inn—and it's up to her to catch the culprit!

Book Food Crime

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  • Author : Matthew Robinson
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2023-08-11
  • ISBN : 1000927296
  • Pages : 390 pages

Download or read book Food Crime written by Matthew Robinson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-11 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the various forms of deviance and criminality found within the conventional food system. This system—made up of numerous producers, processors, distributors, and retailers of food—has significant, far-reaching consequences bearing upon the environment and society. Food Crime broadly outlines the processes and impacts of this food system most relevant for the academic discipline of criminology, with a focus on the negative health outcomes of the US diet (e.g., obesity and diabetes) and negative outcomes associated with the system itself (e.g., environmental degradation). The author introduces the concept of "food criminology," a new branch of criminology dedicated to the study of deviance in the food industry. Demonstrating the deviance and criminality involved in many parts of the conventional food system, this book is the first to provide exhaustive coverage of the major issues related to what can be considered food crime. Embedded in the context of state-corporate criminality, the concepts and practices exposed in this book bring attention to harms associated with the conventional food system and illustrate the degree of culpability of food companies and government agencies for these harms. This book is of interest to students, scholars, and practitioners seeking a more just and healthy food system and encourages further future research into food crimes in the disciplines of criminology, criminal justice, and sociology.

Book A Handbook of Food Crime

Download or read book A Handbook of Food Crime written by Gray, Allison and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food today is over-corporatized and under-regulated. It is involved in many immoral, harmful, and illegal practices along production, distribution, and consumption systems. These problematic conditions have significant consequences on public health and well-being, nonhuman animals, and the environment, often simultaneously. In this insightful book, Gray and Hinch explore the phenomenon of food crime. Through discussions of food safety, food fraud, food insecurity, agricultural labour, livestock welfare, genetically modified foods, food sustainability, food waste, food policy, and food democracy, they problematize current food systems and criticize their underlying ideologies. Bringing together the best contemporary research in this area, they argue for the importance of thinking criminologically about food and propose radical solutions to the realities of unjust food systems.

Book A Meal to Die For

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  • Author : Joseph R. Gannascoli
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2006-01-10
  • ISBN : 9780765314444
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book A Meal to Die For written by Joseph R. Gannascoli and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-01-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While preparing a ten-course meal for some of his old Mafia friends, Benny Lacoco, "the Food Fence," speculates about rumors that someone in their inner circle is preparing to turn state's evidence and enter the Witness Protection Program.

Book The History of a Crime Against the Food Law

Download or read book The History of a Crime Against the Food Law written by Harvey Washington Wiley and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of a Crime Against the Food Law

Download or read book A History of a Crime Against the Food Law written by Harvey W. Wiley and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Take Out

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  • Author : Rob Hart
  • Publisher : Polis Books
  • Release : 2019-01-15
  • ISBN : 1947993526
  • Pages : 245 pages

Download or read book Take Out written by Rob Hart and published by Polis Books. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rob Hart has firmly established himself as one of the best crime writers of his generation with his acclaimed Ash McKenna series, and in TAKE-OUT Hart has collected 16 stories of culinary crime and noir that will have you savoring every deadly bite. In the title story, a gambler falls into debt with the enigmatic owner of a Chinatown gambling parlor, and must run odd—and sometimes dangerous—deliveries to clear his ledger. In "How to Make the Perfect New York Bagel," the owner of one of New York City's last old-school bagel shops has to defend his storefront—in the past, from the mob, and in the present, from a bank. In "Creampuff," a bakery with the hottest pastry in town has to hire a bouncer to control the unruly line, with tragic results. In these stories and more, some never before published, Rob Hart explores the enticing and dangerous intersection where food and hospitality cross paths with crime and noir. Some stories are funny. Some of are dark. But each one will leaving you wanting another bite.

Book The Restaurateur

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  • Author : Gaston Frigault
  • Publisher : FriesenPress
  • Release : 2022-01-25
  • ISBN : 1039115829
  • Pages : 386 pages

Download or read book The Restaurateur written by Gaston Frigault and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the decades, Toronto restaurateur James DeMilo has built an empire. But when an incident--the apparent suicide of a staff member-- reveals a different kind of disturbing incident, his world quickly begins to unravel. With his hands-on style and deeply held belief in respect, loyalty, and trust, James takes matters into his own hands to catch the culprits threatening his livelihood and family legacy. The Restaurateur reads as a literal feast. The reader is treated to the delicious inner workings of the restaurant industry and a binge-worthy account of the underlying drug world complete with Colombian connections.

Book New Yorked

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rob Hart
  • Publisher : Polis Books
  • Release : 2015-06-09
  • ISBN : 1940610435
  • Pages : 283 pages

Download or read book New Yorked written by Rob Hart and published by Polis Books. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominated for the Anthony Award for Best First Novel Ash McKenna is a blunt instrument. Find someone, scare someone, carry something; point him at the job, he gets it done. He generally accepts money upon completion, though a bottle of whiskey works, too--he's comfortable working on a barter system. It's not the career he dreamed about (archeologist) but it keeps him comfortable in his ever-changing East Village neighborhood. That's until Chell, the woman he loves, leaves him a voicemail looking for help--a voicemail he gets two hours after her body is found. Ash hunts for her killer with the grace of a wrecking ball, running afoul of a drag queen crime lord and stumbling into a hard-boiled role playing game that might be connected to a hipster turf war. Along the way, he's forced to face the memories of his tumultuous relationship with Chell, his unresolved anger over his father’s death, and the consequences of his own violent tendencies. NEW YORKED takes you deep into the seedy underbelly of New York with an unforgettable literary voice steeped in the classic noir tradition, and a glimpse at a city disappearing right before our very eyes.

Book Murder Most Delectable

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  • Author : Martin Harry Greenberg
  • Publisher : Gramercy
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780517221648
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Murder Most Delectable written by Martin Harry Greenberg and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 18-course feast for crime fans, "Murder Most Delectable" brings together the tastiest tales of epicures most evil. Renowned writers like Joyce Carol Oates (exploring a relationship that "leaves a sour taste in one's mouth"), Rex Stout (and the redoubtable Nero Wolfe, in "Poison a la Carte"), and Ruth Rendell (The Case of Shaggy Caps") offer up stories that memorably combine a love of food with a talent for wickedness. As an added bonus, the editor has generously placed recipes throughout this savory collection--but be warned, any ill effects are the sole responsibility of the host....

Book Sorting the Beef from the Bull

Download or read book Sorting the Beef from the Bull written by Richard Evershed and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horsemeat in burgers was hard to swallow, but there are far more sinister culinary crimes afoot... Chicken eggs that haven't come from chickens, melamine in infants' milk in China, nut shells in spices – these are just some examples of the food fraud that has occurred in recent years. As our urban lifestyle takes us further and further away from our food sources, there are increasing opportunities for dishonesty, duplicity and profit-making short-cuts. Food adulteration, motivated by money, is an issue that has spanned the globe throughout human history. Whether it's a matter of making a good quality oil stretch a bit further by adding a little extra 'something' or labelling a food falsely to appeal to current consumer trends – it's all food fraud, and it costs the food industry billions of dollars each year. The price to consumers may be even higher, with some paying for these crimes with their health and, in some cases, their lives. Sorting the Beef from the Bull is a collection of food fraud tales from around the world. It explains the role of science in uncovering some of the century's biggest food scams, and explores the arms race between food forensics and fraudsters as new methods of detection spur more creative and sophisticated means of committing the crimes. This book equips us with the knowledge of what is possible in the world of food fraud and shines a light on the shady areas of our food supply system where these criminals lurk.

Book Hamburger Dreams

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christopher Carosa
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2018-11-30
  • ISBN : 9781938465062
  • Pages : 138 pages

Download or read book Hamburger Dreams written by Christopher Carosa and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Join award-winning academic researcher and journalist Christopher Carosa as he uses classic crime solving techiniques and other investigative tools to crack the mystery behind who sold the world's first hamburger"--Back cover.

Book Eco Crime and Genetically Modified Food

Download or read book Eco Crime and Genetically Modified Food written by Reece Walters and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The GM debate has been ongoing for over a decade, yet it has been contained in the scientific world and presented in technical terms. Eco Crime and Genetically Modified Food brings the debates about GM food into the social and criminological arena. This book highlights the criminal and harmful actions of state and corporate officials. It concludes that corporate and political corruption, uncertain science, bitter public opposition, growing farmer concern and bankruptcy, irreversible damage to biodervisty, corporate monopolies and exploitation, disregard for social and cultural practices, devastation of small scale and local agricultural economies, imminent threats to organics, weak regulation, and widespread political and biotech mistrust – do not provide the bases for advancing and progressing GM foods into the next decade. Yet, with the backing of the WTO, the US and UK Governments march on – but at what cost to future generations?

Book Death and a Pot of Chowder

Download or read book Death and a Pot of Chowder written by Cornelia Kidd and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maine’s Quarry Island has a tight-knit community that’s built on a rock-solid foundation of family, tradition and hard work. But even on this small island, where everyone knows their neighbors, there are secrets that no one would dare to whisper. Anna Winslow, her husband Burt and their teenage son have deep roots on Quarry Island. Burt and his brother, Carl, are lobstermen, just like their father and grandfather before them. And while some things on the island never seem to change, Anna’s life is about to take some drastically unexpected turns. First, Anna discovers that she has a younger sister, Izzie Jordan. Then, on the day she drives to Portland to meet Izzie for the first time, Carl’s lobster boat is found abandoned and adrift. Later that evening, his corpse is discovered—but he didn’t drown. Whether it was an accident or murder, Carl’s sudden death has plunged Anna’s existence into deadly waters. Despite barely knowing one another and coming from very different backgrounds, Anna and Izzie unite to find the killer. With their family in crisis, the sisters strive to uncover the secrets hidden in Quarry Island—and, perhaps, the ones buried within their own hearts. Sure to be an intoxicating read for fans of Sarah Graves and Leslie Meier, Death and a Pot of Chowder is the first Maine Murder mystery by Cornelia Kidd.

Book The Horse Who Came to Dinner

    Book Details:
  • Author : Glenn Taylor
  • Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Release : 2019-02-08
  • ISBN : 1788017129
  • Pages : 134 pages

Download or read book The Horse Who Came to Dinner written by Glenn Taylor and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food fraudsters be warned! Sophisticated science was at the centre of detecting and prosecuting this new crime of food fraud. The ground-breaking case, a first of its kind, needed new sentencing guidelines for judges, new working arrangements for prosecutors and police and an EU-wide agreement on techniques and standards used for prosecution, which were agreed on the hoof in response to a crime detected in over 40 countries. In 2013 thousands of consumers, retailers and food businesses were ripped-off by insiders - thieves who substituted and sold horse-meat in place of beef. They used a web of deception that involved unwitting suppliers passing off their fraudulent produce to some of Britain’s largest retailers and international food business. Following so-called Horsegate, the enforcement world had to change. There is now a team focussing on food fraud and a desire to put the perpetrators behind bars. Much tougher sanctions have been introduced with the aim of discouraging such crimes. This book is a timely look at the web of deception and how it can be stopped. Aimed at food enforcement professionals, lay readers with an interest in crime, students studying food fraud, criminology or forensics and anyone who eats food. Once again, life emulated art, this deception mirrors the story of the thief who came to dinner, gained inside knowledge and stole priceless artefacts from the host. So, who will come to dinner next time? This is the second book by the author, a scientist sharing his inside knowledge on this food crime.

Book Kitchen Confidential

Download or read book Kitchen Confidential written by Anthony Bourdain and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After twenty-five years of 'sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine', chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain has decided to tell all. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown; from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug dealers in the East Village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain's tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable, as shocking as they are funny.

Book The History of a Crime Against the Food Law

Download or read book The History of a Crime Against the Food Law written by Harvey Washington Wiley and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: