Meal to Die For, A - JOSEPH R GANNASCOLI

Benny Lacoco is a "food fence". A load of frozen shrimp falls off of a truck, or perhaps a few cases of olive oil or some nice expensive wine with an unpronounceable name comes into your possession, Benny is the guy who can move it for you.No questions asked.He`s well connected and a man of respect.But there is another side to Benny. He`s a gourmet cook who once aspired to be a renowned restaurateur…but business (and other matters equally unsavory) got in the way.Now Benny has been summoned to cook a special meal for some of his associates on the occasion of the big man being sent up the river.This gives Benny the chance to prepare the meal of his life, a meal to die for, because word has it that someone in their midst is a rat, and some things just can`t be forgiven.