Erica Whelton writes the Alphabet Soup Mystery Series which started in February 2024. It features Chef Jessica Vasquez and her new restaurant: The Crock Pot.
Chef Jessica Vasquez had a rough childhood. With her father in prison for murder and her mother remarrying, then favoring her new siblings over her, she becomes the forgotten child. With her friends Sawyer and Vee, she gets in trouble after trouble until one day she is given an ultimatum, “Get a skill or you will find yourself on the same path as your father.”
That’s when she meets Duncan Jones, the culinary arts teacher at the alternative high school. He sparks her new found passion for cooking. In her final year, she learns of a cooking competition. The theme is “Schoolhouse Recipes.” It can be anything from foods you would eat at school to education inspired.
Jess enters with an Alphabet Soup. It is her grandmother’s Chicken Noodle soup recipe paired with Jess’s flair. She won and the price gave her an idea. Save for her own restaurant.
Years of grinding and participating in many competitions, have finally led to this day. Opening Night of her new restaurant...