in food anthropology - plans to write a book about the Caribbean kitchen and its importance in retaining cultural identity. and the couple have moved back to Miami, where Robert has a job with the Department of Environmental Resources and Development, and Miriam - a Cuban-American with a Ph.D. Miriam and Robert fell in love, married, moved into a tiny Manhattan apartment, and had a baby named Manuel. Miriam Quiñones-Smith and Robert Smith, both natives of Miami, met at NYU when Robert was an adjunct professor and Miriam was a teaching assistant. This is the first book in the Caribbean Kitchen mystery series, featuring a Hispanic sleuth and her circle of friends and relatives. Check it out for features, interviews, and reviews. This review was first posted on Mystery and Suspense. But her snooping may turn out to be a recipe for her own murder. As the ingredients to the deadly scheme begin blending together, Miriam is on the verge of learning how and why the women died. After he catches her breaking into the doctor's apothecary, he enlists her help as eyes and ears to the places he can't access, namely the Spanish-speaking community and the tawny Coral Shores social scene. Detective Pullman is not happy to find Miriam at every turn. Fuentes-especially after the morning show's host collapses while interviewing him.
When a second woman dies soon after, suspicions coalesce around a controversial Cuban herbalist, Dr. But when the newly minted star attends a Women's Club luncheon, a socialite sitting at her table suddenly falls face-first into the chicken salad, never to nibble again. Gracias to her best friend, Alma, she gets a short-term job as a Caribbean cooking expert on a Spanish-language morning TV show.
Adding to her funk is an opinionated mother-in-law and a husband rekindling a friendship with his ex. Food anthropologist Miriam Quiñones-Smith's move from New York to Coral Shores, Miami, puts her academic career on hold to stay at home with her young son.
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