{"product_id":"chef-chronicle-james-d-ruch-9798994101841","title":"Chef Chronicle","description":"\u003cp\u003eLicio Gella is one of Rome's top private chefs, and he's disappeared. For more than fifteen years he's cooked for an elite group of businessmen and Vatican officials - but his clients never suspected that over the course of hundreds of meals their trusted chef had been recording their dinner conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat they discover is their worst nightmare: Licio has compiled an historical document of corruption and deceit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOperating a restaurant in central Missouri under an assumed name, Licio is suspicious when a freelance writer wants to conduct interviews with the restaurant's cooks on the pretext of researching a book on food. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChef Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e is the first of a trilogy. \u003cem\u003eYacht Prospect Due\u003c\/em\u003e, the second in the series, details the life of a yacht crew working in the Mediterranean on a boat with no budget, thanks to the events that unfold in \u003cem\u003eChef Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e. The final book, \u003cem\u003eThe Prospect Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e, tells the story of three brothers who come to St. Louis as master cabinetmakers and build the Prospect Theatre in 1926. That building later becomes the restaurant setting for \u003cem\u003eChef Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James D. Ruch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994101841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Guild Multimedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"James D. Ruch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852717699327,"sku":"9798994101841","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chef-chronicle-james-d-ruch-9798994101841","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}