Hectic Hotel

About the Book

Do you know anyone who works in a hotel or restaurant? If so, this collection of short stories will have them rolling on the floor with laughter! Five authors from the food industry gather at the table to reveal some hilarious happenings at the Hectic Hotel. Dr. Chef Dave and his friends tell reveal insider information rarely discussed outside of the walk-in cooler.

"I enjoyed all the stories "
-Peter R. Shorthouse, Diplomate, American Academy of Chefs, ACF Member #545.

"While reviewing the help wanted ads, I found the URL for your site. I loved it!"
-George Cook, Adjunct Professor, Culinary Arts Program, New York Institute of Technology

"I read your short stories and find them refreshing and rather unique out here where the electrons rumble."
-Chef Marshall Burke, Dominican Republic

About the Author

Hailing from the West Coast, Sue Owens Wright made her debut as a mystery novelist and illustrator with Howling Bloody Murder featuring Native American sleuth Elsie MacBean and her basset hound, Cruiser. The book was a finalist for a Maxwell Award in the 2002 writing competition hosted by the Dog Writers? Association of America.

After spending several frustrating years as an actor/questionable waiter, Eric Lammerman rediscovered his love for writing. While living as a wannabe in Los Angeles, he penned the first poems in a collection he calls The Cocktail Nation. He wrote Tips from Your Waiter during this same period, when a friend was invited to discuss the service industry on a radio talk show. Eric earned his masters degree in journalism at the University of Oregon.

Bob Fajardo lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Miffie. He is an alumnus of the last graduating class of the University of Tennessee?Nashville. His fiction has appeared in quarterlies, his essays mostly in The Tennessean and the Nashville Banner.

The son of a chef, born and raised in New Jersey, the Artful Diner (http://www.artfuldiner.com) has closely followed the Garden State dining scene for over two decades. He has a passion for fine food and wine and has traveled extensively in the United States and abroad. For the past six years, he has been the food/restaurant critic for New Jersey Online (http://www.nj.com/dining). He is also the moderator of NJO's Restaurant Forum (http://www.nj.com/forums/restaurants).

Dr. Chef Dave?s career started in the dish room of a restaurant in Romeo, Michigan. Following culinary school at Southeastern Academy, he became a bona fide executive chef in the central Florida and Chicago areas where he was actively involved in the American Culinary Federation. He worked briefly under a Certified Master Chef, whom he greatly respects to this day, Hiroshi Noguchi. Dave?s a scientist too, having earned his Master of Public Health degree from Michigan State University, and his Philosophy Doctorate in Theoretical Biology from Hamilton University.