Aftertaste

<p><b>‘Part ghost story, part gastro romance ... and lashings of bittersweet humour' </b><i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><b>'A fun romp through New York’s restaurant scene and the world of the undead’ </b><i>The Sunday Times</i><br><b>'</b><b>[The]</b><b> answer to last year’s cult hit <i>Butter</i>' </b><i>The Bookseller </i><br><br><b><i>A food story to binge. </i></b><i><b>A ghost story to devour. </b><b>A love story to savour.</b></i><br><br>When dead-end dishwasher Kostya discovers the ability to summon spirits through the food he cooks, he embarks on a journey to open a New York City restaurant that serves closure – something he’s craved for as long as he can remember. <br><br><b>There are just three problems:</b><br><br><b>1.</b> Kostya has some ghosts of his own.<br><br><b>2.</b> His advancing menu of spirit cuisine is threatening the stability of the Afterlife itself.<br><br><b>3. </b>He’s falling in love with Maura, a party psychic with her own secret connection to the Afterlife – who also happens to be the one person who knows he must be stopped.<br><br><b>A bittersweet cocktail of humour and heart, <i>Aftertaste </i>is an imaginative odyssey through food and love, life and death: the things that sustain us, connect us, transport us, and remind us who we are.</b><br><br><b>‘Practically exploding with love, life and flavour’ </b>LOUISE KENNEDY<br><b>‘Bitingly inventive, written with humour and heart’ </b>ELIZABETH DAY<br><b>‘</b><b>A hauntingly evocative journey through the realms of pain, pleasure and the power of food</b><b>’ </b>NIGELLA LAWSON</p>