What is not convincing is Wolfe’s explanation of who the murderer Toward Lazio seems to the sheriff and the prosecuting attorney sufficient toĪnd eventually identifies the actual culprit.ĭespite the time I have spent on this, Too Many Cooks is not one of my favorites in the Wolfe canon. Missing ingredients right, whereas the others averaged better than 80% (Wolfe The investigation reveals that Berin got only 2 of the Screen, finds him, dead, with a knife in his back. And when Vukcic does take his turn, Lazio isįor the final three-with Wolfe going last.Īnd Wolfe becomes curious about Lazio’s absence, and, looking behind a I believe has wagered on an average of eighty percent correct…Īt one point during the tasting, Vukcic is delayed (by hisĮx-wife) when his turn comes (he was to follow Berin). Lacks chives, which peppercorns, and so on. Prevent discussion, taste the sauces on bits of squab, and record which dish Gathering will be in the parlor and each will go to the dining room, singly, to

Prepared and each will lack one of the seasonings, a different one…The

Salt: cayenne, celery, shallots, chives, chervil, tarragon, peppercorn, thyme, That sauce contains nine seasonings besides Lazio, who has volunteered for the function, will make a Murdered, the chefs engage in a tasting challenge. Her husband, by substituting arsenic for sugar for Lazio’s use in making a Induce Wolfe to investigate the possibility that someone has tried to poison But before that happens, Dina Lazio tries to To some coolness between the chef and the detective.Īnd, of course, Lazio is murdered. Stolen saucisse minuit, apparently his masterpiece-and, of course, the dish for Justice demands it!.I will kill him myself…He has stolen fromĪnd, eventually, we learn that Lazio has stolen from Berin, Him by insinuation, by lies, by ! chicanery, stole it. In New York was distinguished by his presence as chef de cuisine? You know that Lazio stole the position from Sffair of no reputation called the Willow Cub in a town by the name of Boston? You know that for years your Hotel Churchill Knee…As you no doubt know, your friend Vuckcic married her, and Lazio stole her He was elected to Les Quinze Maitres in 1927 in spite of my violentĭomenico Rossi of the Empire Café in London I have held her many times on this In 1920 from my friend Zelota of Tarragona and claimed the creation. He stole the secrets of Rognons aux Montagnes Cut into small pieces and fed to pigs!-But n, that would render the hams

Too Many Cooks by Rex Stout