![]() ![]() 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. 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. 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. 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. ![]()
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