Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: good stuff

The story begins in a pre-Katrina New Orleans with two out of work line cooks sitting in a tree while getting drunk. I found this book to be a big departure from Brite's earlier gore and sex-laced work. It's more of a day by day look at two struggling folks trying to make their way in the world.The two out of work drunkards concoct a business idea that might actually work out, a liquor based gourmet restaurant. The book mainly concerns these two, their offbeat acquaintances and the trials and tribulations of starting a business from the bottom up. It was a good foodie read but I have to admit that I greatly miss the old over-the-top Poppy Z. Brite of days gone by.