{"product_id":"cinnamon-and-gunpowder-paperback","title":"Cinnamon and Gunpowder - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEli Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEli 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\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The year is 1819, and the renowned chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by the ruthless pirate Mad Hannah Mabbot. He will be spared, she tells him, as long as he puts exquisite food in front of her every Sunday without fail. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To appease the red-haired captain, Wedgwood gets cracking with the meager supplies on board. 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. Soon he's making tea-smoked eel and brewing pineapple-banana cider. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Mabbot--who exerts a curious draw on the chef--is under siege. 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. As Wedgwood begins to sense a method to Mabbot's madness, he must rely on the bizarre crewmembers he once feared: Mr. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eCinnamon and Gunpowder \u003c\/i\u003eis a swashbuckling epicure's adventure simmered over a surprisingly touching love story--with a dash of the strangest, most delightful cookbook never written. Eli Brown has crafted a uniquely entertaining novel full of adventure: the Scheherazade story turned on its head, at sea, with food. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An NPR Best Book of the Year (2013)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEli Brown lives on an experimental urban farm in Alameda, California. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Cortland Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHomewrecker: An Adultery Reader\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Days\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Fabri Literary Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.35 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772609298720,"sku":"9781250050182","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/19de68556b6928543fe3fb0a8a7fd039.webp?v=1780409442","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cinnamon-and-gunpowder-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}