Flavor of the Week

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Summary: A deliciously romantic novel!
Review: At first glance, Cyril Bartholomew is not your typical romantic hero. At a heavyweight of 240 pounds, one may consider him least likely to be romantic. However, beknownst to everyone but a few very close friends, Cyril is not only a romantic but a prodigious chef. He cooks with ease and passion, amazing all who taste his food. However, Cyril has one problem: Rose. On the surface, Rose Mulligan is Cyril's biology lab partner, and Cyril is one of the closest guy friends that Rose has ever had. However, secretly, Cyril has loved Rose for many years, and would do anything for her, or to get close to her. However, Nick, Cyril's best friend, suddenly returns after his abrupt departure two years ago. Nick, is the opposite of Cyril. Model-hot and charming, Nick is every girl's dream date. Rose, of course, automatically falls for him. Nick, whom also falls for Rose, begs Cyril to help him prepare a special meal for Rose. One thing leads to another, and Cyril must then face the question that will determine the rest of his life: what comes first--enabling success in his own future, or obtaining the girl of his dreams? Filled with passion, love, and cooking magic, this is one book that should be on everyone's bookshelf.

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Summary: BOOKPAGE REVIEW (© 2003 ProMotion, inc.) BY PAM SMITH
Review: BOOKPAGE.COM REVIEW (© 2003 ProMotion, inc.) BY PAM SMITH

I heard an interesting piece on the radio the other day: a recent study revealed that women are attracted to men who do housework. The male announcers found this information hilarious and assumed that some powerful feminist organization had funded the study. But the truth was out: men who do housework are hot. Later that day, I read Flavor of the Week, in which teenage boys learn the power of food to lure the objects of their affections. Coincidence? I think not.

Cyril Bartholomew, shy and overweight, is a cooking genius. More comfortable in the kitchen than he is anywhere else, Cyril spends his time concocting recipes, reading cookbooks and working at the nearby American Institute of Culinary Arts, where he hopes to study after he graduates from high school. Cooking, besides providing him with piles of calorie-laden comfort food, is his ticket to success. But Cyril is no fool. He knows that kids at school would make fun of him if they knew about his passion, so he keeps his talent and his dreams for the future to himself.

Sweet Cyril is the perfect boy-who-is-just-a-friend for beautiful Rose Mulligan. Rose confides in him about her romances and breakups. Little does she know that Cyril spends the better part of his cooking time fantasizing about her. When his pal Nick (a.k.a. "the supermodel") moves back to town, Cyril watches painfully as his two beautiful friends fall for each other.

But there's a catch: Rose loves food, too, and Nick wants to cook for her. Anyone who has read Cyrano de Bergerac knows what's coming next. Despite the connection to that legendary story, Tucker Shaw's tale is as fresh as newly harvested green beans. The recipes that complement each chapter add to the story, and the characters are bright, complicated and familiar. The devastation that drives Cyril to eat an entire loaf of bread and sugar sandwiches brought me right back to my high school days, when I salved my own heartbreak with toasted almond fudge ice cream.

Shaw has written a delightful story of innocent romance, heartbreak, growing up and good food that will leave his readers hoping for seconds.

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Summary: A wonderful teenage love story
Review: Cyril Barthalomew is great cook. He's 16 and has a crush on the girl of his dreams but the problem is that he is over weight. Cyril's old best friend moves back into town and steals Rose's heart (Cyril's crush). He helps his friend Nick win over Rose's heart by cooking her delicious meals and telling her its from Nick. Now Cyril must decide whether he can live with living this lie and not telling his best friend in the world the truth. Read this book and find out. It is an excellent book.
Cyril is a magnificent cook who is hiding himself to the world.
Rose is the girl of Cyril's dreams and has a crush on his best friend.
Nick was and is Cyril's best friend whos trying to get Rose and make her fall head over heels in love with him using Cyril's cooking expertise.
this story was set in about the time of now with every in their last year of highschool in a little town with a big cooking college.
The way the author describes each meal Cyril makes is wonderful, it makes me want to eat all of it and I'm a picky eater.
This book is for teens all across the nation who love to hear stories of food and romance. I know I for sure loved it.

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Summary: A wonderful teenage love story
Review: Cyril Barthalomew is great cook. He's 16 and has a crush on the girl of his dreams but the problem is that he is over weight. Cyril's old best friend moves back into town and steals Rose's heart (Cyril's crush). He helps his friend Nick win over Rose's heart by cooking her delicious meals and telling her its from Nick. Now Cyril must decide whether he can live with living this lie and not telling his best friend in the world the truth. Read this book and find out. It is an excellent book.
Cyril is a magnificent cook who is hiding himself to the world.
Rose is the girl of Cyril's dreams and has a crush on his best friend.
Nick was and is Cyril's best friend whos trying to get Rose and make her fall head over heels in love with him using Cyril's cooking expertise.
this story was set in about the time of now with every in their last year of highschool in a little town with a big cooking college.
The way the author describes each meal Cyril makes is wonderful, it makes me want to eat all of it and I'm a picky eater.
This book is for teens all across the nation who love to hear stories of food and romance. I know I for sure loved it.

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Summary: YUMMY
Review: Great book! Look at this synopsis:

Cyril Bartholomew isn't exactly everyone's idea of a dream date--he's a little on the heavy side. Not that he gets pushed around or anything, but it does cause him to keep one very important secret from everyone: he loves to cook.

The only person who knows this secret is his best friend, Nick. Nick is just about the opposite of Cyril--he's a really attractive track star who is cool in a rebellious sort of way. Cyril has never been jealous of Nick, though...until the day that Nick decides he is interested in Rose Mulligan, Cyril's long-time secret crush.

Flavor of the Week is a classic love triangle between three very unclassic teens, with lots of delicious food courses in between.

YUMMY

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Summary: This is the most original book I ever read.
Review: I just finished Flavor of the Week and it's the most unique book I ever read. I read it in two sittings. It's about this guy Cyril who has a crush on this girl Rose, but he's kinda chubby so he doesn't think he has a chance with her. His friend Nick also has a crush on her and Cyril helps Nick out by cooking and letting Nick take the credit for the food. Rose thinks she's falling for Nick, but really she's falling for Cyril's cooking. The book's really funny. The only bad part is that it made me want to everything in sight. It has recipes too, which my friend tried and said were awesome.

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Summary: A Taste for Flavor
Review: I loved this book. Its not the run-of-the mill love story. Cyril performs wonders in the kitchen but runs a little short in love. He adores his lab partner Rose Mulligan, a spunky hippy chick that doesn't show the same interest. As far as Cyril goes he is just the best guy-friend any girl could have. When Cyril's long-time buddy Nick returns after 3 years from New York, Rose instantly falls for him. Nick thinks there is something mysterious about Rose. After begging, Cyril agrees to help his best-friend woo the love of his life. So Cyril cooks a romantic meal for Nick to take all the glory. Rose and Nick soon become a couple, and everything goes downhill from there. Read this book it is wicked. A little bonus recipe follows every chapter. I recommend this book to romantic chefs.

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Summary: I devoured this in an hour and a half
Review: I took this book out of the library but realize if I had boughten it I would not have been disappointed. I devoured this book in about an hour and a half and loved every minute of it. It's a short quick read but also very satisfying. I couldn't put it down! Even though there are recipes separating the chapters each chapter flows very well together and no details are left hanging. The ending is somewhat predictable but I wouldn't have had it any other way.

This would be a good book for anyone who likes to cook or is a romantic at heart. :)

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Summary: Delicious Love Story!
Review: If you like to cook or you're at all romantic, you'll eat up this tasty tale of L-O-V-E. It's a total page-turner -- I read it in one sitting because I couldn't wait to find out how it would end. Now I'm going to go back and try some of the recipes. Bon appetit!

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Summary: Publisher's Weekly Review
Review: Publisher's Weekly OCT 6 2003
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Flavored with a pervasive and good-natured sense of humor, Shaw's (Any Advice?) teen romance, a culinary re-imagining of Cyrano de Bergerac, serves up a sympathetic hero and a supporting cast of likeable friends. High school senior Cyril is a whiz in the kitchen-he also weighs 240 pounds-and dreams of attending the prestigious American Institute of Culinary Arts. His love for food is matched only by his love for Rose, a beautiful classmate who cherishes Cyril as a friend but nothing more. When Cyril's old friend, the Adonis-like Nick, moves back to the neighborhood, Rose falls for him, and Cyril reluctantly helps his friend woo her by preparing elaborate dinners, allowing Nick to take the credit for them. Shaw freshens contrivances in the plot via his teen characters' quick repartee. Cyril will endear himself to readers with his impassioned, funny responses to food, from his vow never to touch black beans again ("They're so last century!") to an uproarious scene in which he hisses at the TV set during Emeril Live. Sharing a trick favored by culinary mystery writers and novelists like Laura Esquivel, Shaw ends each chapter with a recipe for a dish that played a role in the preceding pages. Like a fine dessert, this light novel leaves a pleasant aftertaste. Ages 12-up. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.