Sous chef Tommy just wants to perfect his sea food chowder. But his kitchen is being used for more than food preparation - with his mobster relatives finding imaginative applications for a meat clever you won"t find in a cookery book. In a novel that deliciously blends The Sopranos and Kitchen Confidential, Bourdain tosses in a chef with a smack habit, a restaurant owner being set up by the FBI and a cast of colourful Mafiosi. It"s a concoction that makes for a succulent and satisfying read.