Cinnamon And Gunpowder: A Novel
by Eli Brown
Buy on AmazonIn 1819, kidnapped chef Owen Wedgwood transforms meager shipboard supplies into sumptuous meals at the behest of his kidnapper, pirate queen Mad Hannah Mabbot, while she pushes her exhausted crew to track down a deadly privateer.
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"Set sail with uptight chef Owen Wedgwood and rowdy pirate “Mad Hannah” Mabbot for a rollicking tale of haute cuisine on the high seas. Wedgwood is a talented but prissy chef to a shipping magnate until Mabbot shoots his employer point-blank and takes him captive. She offers him a deal no chef can refuse: your life in exchange for one magnificent dinner a week, made from whatever’s in the ship’s larders. Skim the family-drama back story, and savor instead Wedgwood’s MacGyver-like ingenuity as he cobbles together bread starters, pheasant mole and brandied mango tart amid the chaos of a pirate ship."
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