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The Culinary Caper
Pierogi slinging, food truck chef, Anton Cherny, is up to his eyeballs in debt. Desperate to find a way out of his dire situation, he agrees to Ricky’s, his old art school buddy, daring solution: Art thievery.
The plan is straightforward. While catering parties for members of the Cincinnati Reds and Bengals, who are unknowingly buying priceless works of previously pilfered art, Anton and Ricky swap out the paintings with forgeries, then return the originals to the insurance company for the generous reward money. Easy-peasy, until Anton discovers that his new girlfriend is the daughter of a ruthless Russian mob boss.
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Nick Greenberg, a professional bassist and composer, has played a wide variety of musical styles: Classical, jazz, rock, Broadway musicals, and even the occasional polka gig. His performances have included concerts at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and in such distant locales as Taiwan.
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The Culinary Caper
The First Novel in the “By Cook or by Crook Series”
Author: Nick Greenberg
Adding to his plateful of anxieties are the emotional and financial strains of supporting a son he’s never met, fielding threats from a Tolstoy-quoting loan shark, and mounting tension with his food truck partner.
Will Chef Anton end up behind bars? Perhaps have his limbs disassembled by the erudite loan shark? Or can he employ his culinary expertise to prevail over the multifaceted morass in which he finds himself?
Book 1 of 1 in The “By Cook or By Crook” series
Print length: 378 pages
Language: English
Publication date: May 20, 2025
Buried Treasure
Author: Nick Greenburg
When Danny Pasko’s golden retriever unearths a peculiar object in his woods, his life takes an unexpected turn. Danny, a struggling Cincinnati musician and now the owner of a colossal truffle, is quickly offered a fistful of cash by his chef neighbor. As his dog continues to dig up truffles, Danny’s financial woes ease, and each new harvest sparks his musical creativity.
Danny, however, soon learns that centuries-old truffle fraternities are extremely protective of their fungal charges. Threatened by the growing acclaim of Danny’s harvest, rogue enforcers from a French fraternity appear in Cincinnati, demanding that Danny and the chef cease and desist all mycological transactions, or face dire consequences.
Will Danny choose to fight for his epicurean muse and its financial rewards? Or will he return to his previous life as a struggling musician?
378 pages
Language: English
Publication date: June 18, 2020
Recipe for Success
Author: Nick Greenburg
Due to an unexplained linguistic misfire, Herb Lamb’s sole vocabulary comes from the recipes of The Complete Guide to the Art of Modern Cookery, the classic cookbook written by the great French chef, Auguste Escoffier. Not very convenient for a teenager facing his first day at a new school.
Print length: 23 pages
Language: English
Publication date: October 20, 2020
Eat – A Short Story
Author: Nick Greenburg
Journalist, Tor Jensen, goes in search of a renegade chef who abandoned his Michelin starred New York City bistro to open Eat, a restaurant located in a remote region of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. During the somewhat unconventional interview with Chef Formato, Tor learns, that in spite of his Big Apple abdication, the chef is still extremely passionate about his mission to just feed people. Suddenly aware that his own life and career are devoid of such passion, Tor realizes that, like the chef, he too is sorely in need of a reboot.
Print length: 20 pages
Language: English
Publication date: June 17, 2020
Stories Seasoned with Sound, Flavor, and Wit
In 2020, Nick published his first novel, Buried Treasure. His short story, Eat,
was recently published in the literary journal, Jelly Bucket.
Nick lives in Cincinnati with his wife and golden retriever.