The Long Quiche Goodbye (Cheese Shop Mystery Book 1)

I LOVE this book.  I would absolutely love to live in Providence and make daily visits to Fromagerie Bessette, to sit and chat with Charlotte about all things cheese, and to sample wine pairings...

The only downside to reading this book is that it made me sooooo hungry.  The delicacies the author describes! 

For example:

'I also have Crackerjack Chicken, and Caprese salad on a skewer.” Both were easy to make. For the chicken, I basted chicken breasts with olive oil, seasoned them with salt and pepper, sautéed them to a tender white finish, and layered slices atop a piece of Brie and a crispy sesame cracker. It was a melt-in-the-mouth treat with a crunch. The Caprese salad on a skewer was exactly what it sounded like: marinated vine-ripe tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella, and leaves of basil, alternately strung on a short wood skewer. “Which plates do you want me to use?” She had three sets. One with roosters, another with flowers, and—'

Ooh la la!

Oh and that's another downside.  I found myself muttering French phrases; in my mind I sounded like the Aristocats (Disney cartoon) ... outloud...well, let's just say taking several years of French in school, plus all of my ballet training...did exactly NOTHING for my ability to speak French with anything more than a butchered accent 😕.  

I felt so sorry for Grandmère and Pépère - to be accused to such a heinous crime and to watch your love go through the agony of suspicion...thank goodness for Charlotte and Matthew, especially that they moved home to help shoulder the day to day operations of  the cheese shop and for the pluckiness of Rebecca (not to mention her passion for all things mystery and crime 💖).

In short this book is très bien!  Highly recommend!

(This checks off the "Cruisin' Thru the Cozies" challenge of reading a culinary cozy mystery)