State of the Onion

A White House Chef Mystery, Book 1

De: Julie Hyzy

Narrado por: Eileen Stevens

Introducing White House Assistant Chef Olivia Paras, who is rising-and sleuthing-to the top. Includes recipes for a complete presidential menu! Never let them see you sweat-that's White House Assistant Chef Olivia Paras's motto, which is pretty hard to honor in the most important kitchen in the world. She's hell-bent on earning her dream job, Executive Chef. There's just one thing: Her nemesis is vying for it, too. Well, that and the fact that an elusive assassin wants to see her fry.

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Reseñas de la Crítica

"[A] compulsively readable whodunit full of juicy behind-the-Oval Office details, flavorful characters and a satisfying side dish of red herrings - not to mention 20 pages of easy-to-cook recipes fit for the leader of the free world." (Publishers Weekly)

This was fun.

If you can accept the premise and the, "Wait -- what?" moments when you KNOW that a particular event just would never happen in the White House, this is a fun read. Stow your skepticism in your back pocket and just relax.

Food Related

If you could sum up State of the Onion in three words, what would they be?

Fast pace, good food, interesting

Who was your favorite character and why?

I like Olivia, even though she does do some stupid things. Peter Sargent is a love to hate character as is Loral Ann

What about Eileen Stevens’s performance did you like?

I think she is great. All her characters are believable. She is really good and the men and women all sound different.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

My reaction was: how could you do that? I love food related mysteries but I don't like it when the author has the main character do obvious dumb moves.

So good I listened to it in one sitting!

I got this without knowing much about it during a recent Audible sale and am so glad I did! it kept me riveted and had a fascinating plot while keeping very clean language and without sex scenes. The story was well written and the characters drawn well too.

This book kept me listening from start to finish in one sitting and was a great buy!

Interesting read

When I first started this book I thought it was going to be a series about what goes on in the kitchen at the White House in real life. Boy, was I wrong this book kept you on your toes, clambering for more. I was sad when the series ended. I recommend this book.

An interesting idea

The basic idea of mysteries in the White House kitchen is good. Many of the characters are engaging. The main character is, however, almost schizophrenic in the way she swings from calm, organized professional to ditzy girl who can't string words into a coherent sentence. The ditz makes really stupid decisions that only serve to create false tensions in the plot. I'll give this author one more try and hope that her editor is tougher on her in the future.