Eli Brown has crafted a uniquely entertaining novel full of adventure: the Scheherazade story turned on its head, at sea, with food. Apples, the fearsome giant who loves to knit Feng and Bai, martial arts masters sworn to defend their captain and Joshua, the deaf cabin boy who becomes the son Wedgwood never had.Ĭinnamon and Gunpowder is a swashbuckling epicure's adventure simmered over a surprisingly touching love story-with a dash of the strangest, most delightful cookbook never written. As Wedgwood begins to sense a method to Mabbot's madness, he must rely on the bizarre crewmembers he once feared: Mr. Hunted by a deadly privateer and plagued by a saboteur hidden on her ship, she pushes her crew past exhaustion in her search for the notorious Brass Fox. A gripping adventure, a seaborne romance, and a twist on. Soon he's making tea-smoked eel and brewing pineapple-banana cider.īut Mabbot-who exerts a curious draw on the chef-is under siege. Read 1,509 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. His first triumph at sea is actual bread, made from a sourdough starter that he leavens in a tin under his shirt throughout a roaring battle, as men are cutlassed all around him. Available in used condition with free US shipping on orders over 10. To appease the red-haired captain, Wedgwood gets cracking with the meager supplies on board. He will be spared, she tells him, as long as he puts exquisite food in front of her every Sunday without fail. Food porn and rip-roaring pirate adventure are two great tastes that taste great together in Eli Brown's rollicking Cinnamon and Gunpowder. The year is 1819, and the renowned chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by the ruthless pirate Mad Hannah Mabbot.

Eli Brown's Cinnamon and Gunpowder is a gripping adventure, a seaborne romance, and a twist on the tale of Scheherazade-with the best food ever served aboard a pirate's ship. Cinnamon and Gunpowder is a swashbuckling epicure's adventure simmered over a surprisingly touching love story-with a dash of the strangest, most delightful cookbook never written.

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