"A high-end restaurant is – for any competent novelist – a gift that keeps on giving. The heat, the bickerings and intrigue, the pursuit of perfection, the dodgy money keeping it all afloat: the setting spawns plots … Can the [Liquor] franchise sustain itself? The answer is yes." —New York Times
“Brite’s restless imagination leads her in a new, strikingly different direction, one that may surprise—and should delight—her longtime readers.” —Washington Post Book World
“Steeped in spicy dialogue and N’awlins flavor . . . a behind-the-swinging-door peek into the world of chefs.” —Entertainment Weekly
