Steve Wilson, is the young, rising star chef at one of New York City's most exclusive clubs. In the wrong place at the wrong time, he hears discussions of criminal activity organized by a few members. Steve becomes a tenuous informant for the FBI leading to immersion in the government's witness protection program. His journey turns his life around as he finds temporary homes in some of the most important culinary and cultural centers in the world always fearing for his life, wondering when his enemies will finally track him down. Meeting the love of his life, Chef Steve takes readers on a behind the scenes adventure through professional kitchens in New York City, France, Italy and the remote Adirondack Mountains of Northern New York State. The world is a complicated place of good and evil, those who have so much and those who have so very little, and those who are content and those who are filled with angst and fear. A Cook on the Run is a culinary journey and exposé of the world as it is.