Recipe for Trouble

Dish #7

by Diane Muldrow, Barbara Pollak (Illustrations)

While Natasha and Peichi cope with Shawn's obsession with cheerleading and welcome a new girl to their Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood, Molly and Amanda help solve a food-related mystery during a family trip to New Orleans.

Genres: Childrens

154 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

About the author

Diane Muldrow grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She later attended Ohio University, where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Magazine Journalism and a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts: Dance. After her graduation, Diane moved to New York. She spent several years performing as an actress and dancer in New York’s downtown avant-garde performance scene. She also danced in a performance at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and had her own one-woman shows.

Diane has also had a successful career in publishing, both as an editor and as an author. She has written over 100 books for children. Diane lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she enjoys trying new recipes and eating in local restaurants.

Reviews

[Biridiana Vazquez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mystery! Two girls have to solve a big mystery because they are involved. The genre of this book is realistic fiction because any of the actions that happen in this book can occur in real life. In my opinion, I believe the book is very interesting because while you are reading, there are many actions that take place during the conflict and you just want to find out what is going to happen next. The girls in the book have to figure out and find clues about someone sabotaging an important dinner.
A group of girls named Molly, Amanda, Pechi, Shawn, and Natasha own a buisness called Dish. All of the girls live in Brooklyn, New York but Molly and Amanda have to go to New Orleans due to their mom's job. In New Orleans Molly and Amanda wanted to to know why they were involved and solve the mystery for a famous chef named Chef Alain and his sister Marie, but every clue they got was anonymous so Molly and Amanda had to solve the mystery on their own with a little help of a girl named Isabelle. Then fianlly Molly, Amanda, and Isabelle found out who sabotaged the ellegant dinner.There are two conflicts in the book, one is when Natasha and her family have to give up her giant room to a different family for money. The other conflict is that Molly and Amanda are suspects of someone sabotashing a dinner, both conflicts are person vs. society.
The setting the book adds to the conflict because the two conflicts take place in Brooklyn and in New Orleans at a resturant. If there weren't any settings, the book would not have a mystery to solve. The structure of this book adds more suspense because each time something mysterious happens to the girls, as a reader we have to wait to find out what will happen next. The title of the book "Recipe for Trouble" relates to the book because Molly and Amanda face a lot of trouble throughout the book with the anonymous person who sabotashed the special dinner. The author builds up suspense by giving hints and words to make the reader want to keep reading the book to find out what will happen next in the conflict.
I liked the way the author gave out little hints and ideas of what might happen next in the book because this made me want to keep reading and I wanted to finish the book just to find out how the conflict will be solved. I thought the ending of the book was very suspensful because Amanda and Molly found such a huge clue to find the unknown person who ruined the dinner. I was surprised when Molly and Amanda found the big clue because as a reader the person who ruined the dinner was an unexpected person who both Chef Alain and Marie knew personaly. My favorite part was when Amanda and Molly were walking with Isabelle and a guy started to chase after them. I was in complete shock when both girls found a receipt with a signature of the anonymous person because it was totally unexpected and very suspensful.
If I were to rate this book on a scale from 1-5, I would rate this book a 4 because the structure of the book builds up suspense and tension. Another reason why I would rate this book a 4 out of 5 is because the author made me want to keep reading the book because I really wanted to find out who was the unknown person. I would recommend this book to my little cousin Sherlyn because she is a book worm and really enjoys mystery books. Her favorite genre is mystery and the book is very mysterious and suspensful. "A Recipe for Trouble" is a very mysterious and action filled book that will grab your attention.

[Sahar · Rating 4 out of 5]

i luv this book...i did'nt expect claud to be the darn culprit...well i did'nt like him frm d start!!!

[Arshia Zehra]

Awesomely-Awesome!!!!......Luved the mystery and the end of the book!!!...New Orleans was also super duper AMAZING!!! <3