[1] The books are linked by common characters and the setting, a New Orleans restaurant where "the potboiler meets the saucier".

[2] The series revolves around the two young chefs John Rickey and Gary "G-man" Stubbs, their restaurant and their life in New Orleans.

[3] In addition, Brite calls 2007's D*U*C*K (ISBN 978-1596060760) "a Liquor-related novella.

It was released in the United States on March 16, 2004.

It was released in the United States on July 25, 2006.