Deliciously dark tale about one chef's search for ingredients. Salutary story of greed, infatuation and obsession. Culinary journey through Asia leads to intrigue and corruption. Celebrity chef Corran Brook scours the globe for the world's best recipes and foods, for his ambitious compendium, 'The Story of Food'. But when traveling through Asia and happening upon a rare and extraordinary meal that he cannot decipher, he finds himself neck deep in a mystery of corruption and intrigue. A Dangerous Recipe is a salutary story of greed, infatuation and obsession. But more than a hunt for perfection and the sublime, the book is also an insight into western attitudes to world culture; whether a bug, monument, fossil or dish, there's a compulsive need to control, curate and make it one's own.