There’s a fabulous compôte des fraises
And a crème caramel of Monet’s.
All these you’ll discover
On opening the cover
Of Déserts: Les Vrai Sweets Française - Michael

There was once a club member not so well-read
Proposing books for her discerning group filled her with dread.
Primary, secondary, thematically-linked, on the Master list (or not!),
Well-reviewed, available in libraries, and inexpensively bought.
Impossible to satisfy! Easier to keep these readers extremely well-fed. - Joette

The life of a chef is a bitch, in
New York’s top restaurant’s kitchen.
Though you drive a Mercedes
It’s hotter’n Hades;
You’ll end up heatstruck, prone, and twitchin’... - Michael

If Elmore is to be believed
The murder road is a slippery slope.
But though the gang
Has much killing to do,
There's still time for sex after soap. - Fred