It was only natural that Nero Wolfe, gourmet as well as detective, should be invited as a special guest. They were guests of Louis Servan of Kanawha Spa and they had gathered to choose three new members and to sample each other's creations. This is the story of the meeting of Les Quinze Maîtres, the select society of the world's most famous chefs. One of America's foremost writers of intelligent, original and highly characterized mystery stories has here written his most engaging novel of that Falstaff of detectives, that lovable orchid-fancier, that gargantuan beer-drinker - Nero Wolfe. Stout, the webmaster reverts to a non-genius streak and re-reads, edits, rewrites, reviews, etc. We want to correct any errors.

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