Recipe For Murder CBC Mystery Project
Eight mystery stories a co-production of CBC Radio and ZBS. The stories are rather congenial, like an Agatha Christie BBC mystery, a lot of fascinating and slightly eccentric characters, wonderful dialogue, an occasional body, with a gentle humor throughout. The hero, Jean-Claude, is a young sous-chef living in Montréal. In the first episode, A Sweet Death, the police arrest his close friend, Georges-Luc (who is from Haiti), charging him with murder. Jean-Claude proceeds to investigate on his own. A sweet death indeed, for this episode deals with the making of chocolates, all sorts, and the descriptions are heavenly. Each story deals with a different type of food. The writer, Don Druick, is a gourmet cook from Montréal; his descriptions of various dishes and their preparation are so vivid, so enticing, there are times it’s almost painful to listen without wanting to run out and stuff yourself. Each story focuses on a different type of cuisine. A Sweet Death deals with not only chocolates, but all sorts of sweets (and some of those sweeties are deadly). The second story, Buzz Buzz, centers around various delectable insects (and the nasty competition between two teachers at a cooking school). In Fugu, there’s Japanese cuisine; in The Ghost of Miz B, it’s Jewish cooking. And there’s also a murder to solve in every story. Since our own writer, M. Fulton, once worked at a radio station in Montréal, and has a fondness for that city and it’s night life, he suggested we record on location; in the sidewalk cafés, restaurants, the Métro, the cobbled streets of Vieux Montréal, wherever the scenes actually take place. The sound is wonderfully rich, especially hearing Montréal in the summer ... it’s visually stimulating, the descriptions are enticing, and the smells are exquisite. Director-Bill Lane, Jean-Claude-Salvatore Migliore, Illustration-Greg Tucker, music-Tim Clark Co-produced with the CBC. EPISODES: HOT SHEET FOR WEEKEND OF … 1 MYSTERY PROJECT: This week on The Mystery Project, the debut of "Recipe For
Murder" by Don Druick. The series follows Jean-Claude
Gagnon, a Montreal student chef who is learning that the
kitchen can be a very dangerous place. This week, "A Sweet
Death." When a close friend of Jean-Claude's is charged
with murder, the budding chef dives into the world of
Belgian chocolates, where all is not sweet. That's this
Saturday evening on the Mystery Project at 6:30 (7:30 AT,
8:00 NT) on CBC Radio One. 2 MYSTERY PROJECT: This week on The Mystery Project, more of "Recipe for
Murder." Student chef Jean-Claude Gagnon delves into the
risky world of "edible esoterica," which is a nice way of
saying "fried bugs." That's this Saturday evening on the
Mystery Project at 6:30 (7:30 AT, 8:00 NT) on CBC Radio One. 3 MYSTERY PROJECT: This week on The Mystery Project, more of Recipe for
Murder, the adventures of student chef Jean-Claude Gagnon.
They're shooting a Japanese movie in Montreal, and
Jean-Claude gets a job working on the set. But there may be
something even more deadly than blowfish floating around.
That's Recipe for Murder this Saturday evening on
the Mystery Project at 6:30 (7:30 AT, 8:00 NT) on CBC Radio
One. 4 MYSTERY PROJECT: This week on The Mystery Project, more of Recipe For
Murder, the adventures of student chef Jean-Claude Gagnon.
Digging around for burdock root, J-C finds something he
hadn't bargained for, something that puts him on the trail of
a killer. That's Recipe for Murder this Saturday evening on
the Mystery Project at 6:30 (7:30 AT, 8:00 NT) on CBC Radio
One. 5 MYSTERY PROJECT: This week on The Mystery Project, more of Recipe for Murder,
featuring student chef Jean-Claude Gagnon. This week,
Jean-Claude follows a restaurant regular into the heart of
New England and finds her living a very double life. That's
this Saturday evening on the Mystery Project at 6:30 (7:30
AT, 8:00 NT) on CBC Radio One. 6. MYSTERY PROJECT: Saturday on the Mystery Project, more of Recipe for Murder,
featuring student chef Jean-Claude Gagnon. This week, "It
Tastes Like Pork": Jean-Claude decides to spend the winter
in Fort Edward, New York working at a cafe that's near the
famous Saratoga racetrack. Trouble is, jockeys are
disappearing at an alarming rate. When Jean-Claude
investigates, he finds a whole new culinary horror. That's
this Saturday evening on the Mystery Project at 6:30 (7:30
AT, 8:00 NT) on CBC Radio One. 7 MYSTERY PROJECT: This week on The Mystery Project, more of Recipe For Murder,
featuring student chef Jean-Claude Gagnon. This week, "The
Cordon Blues." Jean-Claude takes a job at the upscale Chez
Laberge. But all is not well behind the lace curtains in
this bastion of élite taste, where proving your cordon bleu
credentials can be a matter of life and death. That's this
Saturday evening on the Mystery Project at 6:30 (7:30 AT,
8:00 NT) on CBC Radio One. 8. MYSTERY PROJECT: This week on The Mystery Project, more of Recipe for Murder,
featuring student chef Jean-Claude Gagnon. This week, "The
Food Chain." Jean-Claude and Inspector Fortin have certainly
had their differences in the past, but the sudden illness of
a mutual friend brings them together pretty quickly. Because
someone has to get to the bottom of the wave of food
poisoning that's been sweeping Montreal. That's this
Saturday evening on the Mystery Project at 6:30 (7:30 AT,
8:00 NT) on CBC Radio One. Some episodes were recorded at Saratoga Race track, Fort Edwards, New York. Broadcast as well on Richardson's Roundup.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.