Bøger af Ricky Ginsburg

Based in San Francisco and set in steakhouses and hotel rooms across the country, "When Life Gives You Beef, Make Burgers" is a cook's tour of struggles between a husband and wife who are trying to keep home and office separate and their love life on track. His out of control ego as CEO of the nation's largest steakhouse chain has brought their marriage to the crossroads of crisis but she's the one holding the maps.The insatiable ego belongs to Paul Bannister who, as a 350-pound high school senior, left New Jersey in 1987 in search of food, fortune, and love. Eating competitively across the country, he found all three...in excess. The story begins thirty years later when the wealth, the unlimited food, and marriage to a woman who is seeking to be his equal in all respects have opened the doors to discord and disenchantment. Despite having world-class culinary talents, his desire for domination has tainted Paul's ability to separate business and love, power and patience, and it now threatens to unhinge their perfect life and destroy his empire.

A sexy, romantic comedy that follows the culinary exploits of a 350-pound teen stepping much faster into manhood than he could have expected. From suburban New Jersey to free-form Denver and finally landing in the wilds of San Francisco, this sexually-fueled coming-of-age romp will have you rushing to the kitchen just to try the recipes and the bedroom to duplicate the joy.

According to the other cops, Rosie Epstein would have been a great detective if she'd only had balls. The thirty-two-year-old dealt with the obnoxious males of the Boston Police Department for ten years before a rich kid in a Lincoln ruined her knee and ended her career. Yet, just as she settles in for a life of painkillers and whiskey, the murder of a botanist and the kidnapping of his Chinese assistant forces her to shove a gun and a gold badge back into her purse.A Tasty Murder, set in Boston in 1975, is a mystery wrapped around a flavor-enhancing spray made from an orchid that has no fragrance, the murder of its discoverer, and the power to kill wielded by a conglomerate of wealthy cattle ranchers in Texas. Rosie's disdain for government and her "as good as any man" attitude have molded her into a cop, cold when she has to be, who doesn't hesitate to use her gun, but is constantly on the lookout for love.

Every time you take a seat on a modern jet airliner, you run the risk of having the temporary neighbor from hell. Even your best friend can turn a two-hour plane flight into an agony equal to root canal. Yet once every seventeen flights, and there is no other valid data than my own to bear out those numbers, your luck comes up aces and you get a traveling companion with a knack for telling a good tale.Well my friend, here's twenty-four of them to read over the next few hours or perhaps the next few days as the moment avails itself to you. These are not your typical 'Johnny loves Linda, but Linda loves Sally, whose dad has been abusing her twin sister and using Sally's name when he does' type stories. Nope. These are tales to challenge what you often mistake as reality. Trees that talk, plates that argue, men on the moon and travelers trying to watch them, there's a sprinkling of magic over the foundation of realism.The stories are grouped together in groups of three with some obvious, well maybe not always obvious, connection. You can usually read three of them in between the stewardess announcements, the pilot apologizing for the turbulence, and the overweight gentleman in the window seat's constant need to run to the lavatory.Take your time, though, don't rush; save a few stories for the return flight.