<b>IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal for Popular Fiction<br /><b><br /><b>San Diego Book Award Gold Medal for Best Published Contemporary Fiction</b></b></b><div><b><b><br /><b>Readers&apos; Favorite Book Award Silver Medal for Literary Fiction</b></b></b><b></b><div><div><b></b><div><b></b><div><b><b></b></b></div><div><b></b></div><div><b></b></div><div><br /><br />In his second novel, author Eric Peterson dishes up a riotous spectacle of self-absorbed chefs, backstabbing politicians, and devious publishing magnates, set against a backdrop of haute cuisine, presidential politics, and an endless supply of top-shelf liquor and wine.<br /><br />Fresh from a public humiliation and in search of his true calling, former college football star Jack Marshall enlists as bartender and steward aboard Horace Button&apos;s vintage private railroad car, the Pioneer Mother, which is transporting the legendary food writer and social critic across the country in opulent style.<br /><br />Decked out in a white jacket, mixing perfect cocktails, Jack is immersed in a style of living--and dining--he&apos;d assumed was extinct. While striving to appease the eccentric, finicky Horace, and Wanda, the Pioneer Mother&apos;s enigmatic chef, Jack falls under the spell of Giselle Lebeau, a gorgeous celebrity chef whose designs on him test his self-control and his loyalty.<br /><br />But when tragedy rocks Horace&apos;s insulated white-linen world, Jack must take charge of a simmering stew of quirky yet powerful personalities--all while staying in Wanda&apos;s good graces and keeping an eye on their newest passenger.<br /><br />A story of service, serendipity, and second chances, The Dining Car is more than a mouthwatering read--it&apos;s a marvelous, exuberant work of fiction.</div></div> </div></div></div>