Love the Cook: The Maglias, #2.5

By Cat Coal

Meet the Maglia men as they compete against each other for the title of Grill Master.

 

At the urging of one of their own, the family agrees to hold a burger-off. The challenge: Each man has to prepare a winning burger without he help of their wives. The family will decide who takes the prize—the coveted golden spatula. May the best man win!

 

Includes 5 original burger recipes.

 

 

This novelette can be read as a stand-along story, but you'll likely enjoy reading the other books in The Maglia series.

 

Love Charms

 

Love & Chaos

 

Love the Cook - novelette

 

Love Stories, Vol. 1

 

Love Stories, Vol. 2

 

Love International

• Language: English
• Publisher: Perfect Escape
• Release date: May 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393194507

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Love the Cook

Cat Coal

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

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Contents

Love the Cook

Copyright

Contents

MEET CONTESTANT #1

Recipe

MEET CONTESTANT #2

Recipe

MEET CONTESTANT #3

Recipe

MEET CONTESTANT #4

Recipe

MEET CONTESTANT #5

Recipe

Let the Burger Cook-Off Begin

Dear Reader

Books by Cat Coal

MEET CONTESTANT #1

Alessandro Maglia

Age: 58

Occupation: Real estate developer

Heart Condition: Calm

Grilling Since: 1978

Skill Level: Master

I'd do anything for my family. It was always the one thing my wife Theresa said she loved about me. Family first. Always. My pops, Giovanni Maglia, and my ma, Josephina Maglia, instilled that in me at a young age, all their kids really. That was why my brothers and I agreed to the cook-off when my nephew, Giovanni, suggested it, or so I was convinced. It was no secret I was the best cook, grill master included, this family ever saw—don't tell my wife that, of course. Tess and I are a great team, and she can hold her own, but it's more about the presentation for my wife, whereas for me, it's about the food, the flavors, and the experience. In many ways, it's a stress reliever for me. Always has been. I liked being in the kitchen when time permitted because it was the opposite of my day job, running Maglia Development.

I started the business when I was young, much younger than I felt in a long time. I did it to be able to provide for my family and give my brothers and their families a place to grow into. Some took the opportunity, others went out and followed their own path, created their own destiny, but Maglia Development would always be there for them, like it was for my oldest daughter who recently came home from New York and took the job of in-house counsel. One day,