Book details

  • Genre:humor
  • Sub-genre:Form / Anecdotes & Quotations
  • Language:English
  • Pages:196
  • Paperback ISBN:9781631928956

Dishings At FIASCO'S

By B. B. Irvine

Overview

Diversions and events experienced at FIASCO’S, winner of the Least Awful Gourmet Award for its “signature Italian-type food,” whatever that is. Meet odd owner Adolfo MacDuff, lovely maitre’d Carmina Burana, injury-prone chef Falcon Roost, and all others present as they seek answers to questions like whether a vampire polar bear can become a bat, and whether or not the "Under Nude Management" sign is a typo or statement of fact.

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Description

Diversions and events experienced at FIASCO’S, winner of the Least Awful Gourmet Award for its “signature Italian-type food,” whatever that is. Meet odd owner Adolfo MacDuff, lovely maitre’d Carmina Burana, injury-prone chef Falcon Roost, and all others present as they seek answers to questions like whether a vampire polar bear can become a bat. See "THE SOUND AND FURRY"! Learn about the possibility of lobster ESP! Is the "Under Nude Management" sign a typo or stating a fact? Will the narrator's epic film KONG FU finally be optioned? And will anyone ever order Adolfo's "Signature Side Dish: Blackened Cream Spinach"? All this and other fine DISHINGS AT FIASCO'S await.

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About The Author

B. B. Irvine was born in New York City in 1959. He graduated from the High School of Music and Art, NYC (1976, music), New York State University at Stony Brook (1980, B.A. liberal arts), and received a Physician Assistant certificate in 1982 from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 1994 he earned a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do from Grandmaster Richard Chun. He has worked in settings including emergency medicine, AIDS research, and addiction treatment services in New York City, where he lives. His novels and screenplays evidence his knowledge of people and frequently weave romance, history, medicine, science, and martial arts into the action. He entered the Smashwords universe in 2012, stepped into print in 2014, and Print On Demand in 2015+

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