Maya, a high school senior bound for Stanford University, goes against her better judgement when she and a popular but somewhat disreputable boy start a profitable school-wide cheating ring in order to save her family's Thai restaurant, which she fears will be shut down due to her irresponsible actions.
The sudden disappearance of fifteen-year-old Neil Flamb?'s skills as a world-class chef leads to the closing of his restaurant, a cook-off to save his reputation, and the discovery of a dark curse that has plagued Flamb? cooks for centuries.
A group of bugs ride their bicycles to the new restaurant in town, "Two Nice Mice," and try the special of the day. Includes simple facts about restaurants, a recipe for Nice Mice treats, and word list.
Presents an introduction to the role a restaurant owner plays in a community, in simple text with illustrations, describing what kind of work they do and how to become one.
Sixteen-year-old Jules, whose family owns an Italian restaurant and has a history of mental illness, starts seeing a recurring vision about a rival restaurant, a truck crash, and forbidden love.
When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.