by: T.C. LoTempio
Series: Tiffany Austin Food Blogger
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release Date: August 5, 2025
Publisher: Beyond the Page
When a food convention turns fatal, Tiffany Austin will have to cook up a scheme to catch a killer...
The national Foodie Fest is in town and food blogger Tiffany Austin is thrilled to report on the event, even if it means crossing paths with an arrogant and annoying chef from her past. The man can’t help boasting of his success, but he also lets slip to Tiffany that he’s publishing a tell-all memoir that will be filled with scandalous secrets about many people in the food industry. It’s a risky career move, and maybe just plain risky, as Tiffany discovers later that day when she finds the chef’s dead body mere steps from the convention center.
With any number of reputations and careers at stake if the chef’s memoir were ever published, Tiffany realizes virtually everyone at the event is a suspect. Wending her way through the convention crowd in her guise as a reporter, she cautiously questions as many of the participants as she can, hoping to unearth a telling clue or a false alibi. Because while everyone has a skeleton or two in the closet, Tiffany knows someone at the food fest has a secret they’d kill to protect—and would kill for again if she gets too close to the truth...
Includes scrumptious Foodie Fest recipes!
CHEF JEFFREY MARKI’S CHICKEN ALFREDO LASAGNA
Ingredients:
6 chicken tenders (or 2 medium chicken breasts)
Salt to taste
½ tsp black pepper
1 tsp Cayenne
1 tsp garlic powder
2 tbsp olive oil
For Alfredo Sauce:
5 tbsp butter
½ chopped onion
1 tbsp minced garlic
Salt to taste
2 tbsp Italian Seasoning
5 tbsp flour
2 cups whole milk
1 cup cream
1 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
You will also need about 14 lasagna sheets and 3 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese.
Directions:
Coat the chicken tenders in olive oil. Heat a medium-sized skillet on high and cook the tenders until they are thoroughly cooked and seared on both sides – about 5 minutes each side.
Melt butter in a non-stick pan over high heat, add the onion and saut̩ for 3-4 minutes. Add garlic and cook for another 2 minutes. Add spices and flour Рcook another 2 minutes, then add the milk and cream on low heat. Stir until thick, then turn off heat and remove from stove. Add parmesan cheese. Taste and adjust as needed.
Preheat oven to 375°F. Spread 2-3 tbsp of sauce on the bottom of the pan, then start layering. Lasagna sheet, sauce, chicken. Should make about 3 rows. When done, sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top. Cover with foil and bake in the oven for 45 minutes. Remove from oven, let rest for 10 minutes at room temperature, then serve!
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