Neil Flambé and the Crusader's Curse

Kevin Sylvester, Kevin Sylvester

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• eBook ISBN:
  9781442442979
• Year: 2012

In the third book in The Neil Flambé Capers, the sudden disappearance of Neil's skills in the kitchen is the real mystery. Could a curse to blame? World-class chef—and royal pain in the neck—Neil Flambé is used to serving his dishes to resounding applause and overwhelming approval. And Neil's super-sensitive nose does more than enable him to cook sophisticated meals and run his own restaurant; it also allows him to help local police solve mysteries in his spare time.Then things start going wrong. His plates are returned. A group of critics visit the restaurant and leave completely dissatisfied. Worse yet, Chez Flambé is closed by an order of the Department of Health!Suddenly, Neil finds himself amid the cook-off of his life—and his entire reputation is at stake. Then he discovers the root of all his problems: a dark curse that has plagued Flambé chefs for centuries. Has Neil finally met a mess he can't smell his way out of?

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Prologue: The Mediterranean, 1225
• Chapter One: Four and Twenty Thousand Black Birds
• Chapter Two: Carrion Laughing
• Chapter Three: Frosty Icing
• Chapter Four: Back in the Griddle
• Chapter Five: A Chili Reception
• Chapter Six: Something Smells
• Chapter Seven: Deep Blue Cheese
• Chapter Eight: Pigeons and Pine
• Chapter Nine: Explosive News
• Chapter Ten: Hot Buns Crossed
• Chapter Eleven: Swiss Cheesed
• Chapter Twelve: Gym Nauseam
• Chapter Thirteen: Just Fondue it
• Chapter Fourteen: Fuel and Engines
• Chapter Fifteen: Canada Goosed
• Chapter Sixteen: Not-So-Ancient History
• Chapter Seventeen: Pâté Cake, Pâté Cake, Baker Man
• Chapter Eighteen: Serving Notice
• Chapter Nineteen: A Rose by any other Price . . .
• Chapter Twenty: Neil Actually does some Homework
• Chapter Twenty-One: Knights Tempura
• Chapter Twenty-Two: A Sink Feeling
• Chapter Twenty-Three: On the Rack and on the Lamb
• Chapter Twenty-Four: Order Up
• Chapter Twenty-Five: Messy Situations
• Chapter Twenty-Six: Siege the Day
• Chapter Twenty-Seven: Duck, Duck, Duck . . . Goosed
• Chapter Twenty-Eight: Boom and Bust
• Chapter Twenty-Nine: Chili Weather
• Epilogue: Grand Reopening
• Acknowledgments
• Author Bio
• Copyright