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 
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. 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. 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. 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. Eli Brown has crafted a uniquely entertaining novel full of adventure: the Scheherazade story turned on its head, at sea, with food. An NPR Best Book of 2013

Cinnamon and Gunpowder: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

BROWN, ELI

United States

Farrar. Straus and Giroux

The Feasts of Tre-mang is a regional cookbook based on a culture that never existed. Arranged by holiday, it documents the rich history and mouth-watering cuisine of a people who thrived on the lost island of Tre-mang. Embellished with portraits, maps, folklore, antique photographs, and historical miscellany, The Feasts of Tre-mang is a visually stunning treasure chest as well as a unique cookbook. While the hilarious and thought-provoking customs of Tre-mang shed light on our own arbitrary rituals, the recipes broaden our horizons and quicken our appetites. Brought to you by award-winning author Eli Brown, whose culinary novel, Cinnamon and Gunpowder, was called "Food Porn and a rip-roaring adventure..." by NPR Book Review, The Feasts of Tre-mang is a genre-blending work unlike any other.

The Feasts of Tre-mang

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Eli Brown

Intersections of queerness, transness, and blackness are explored through poetry. Splintered into eight sections, EIGHTFOLD is loosely inspired by the Noble Eightfold Path in Buddhism. This is a prayer for the lips of the marginalized.

Eightfold:

Poetry

Lost Alphabet LLC

The Pictorial Sketch-Book of Pennsylvania

History

Nabu Press

The year is 1819, and the renowned chef Owen Wedgwood has been kidnapped by a beautiful yet ruthless pirate. He will be spared, Mad Hannah Mabbot tells him, as long as he can conjure an exquisite meal every Sunday from the ship's meager supplies. While Wedgwood attempts to satisfy his captor with feats such as tea-smoked eel and pineapple-banana cider, he realizes that Mabbot herself is under siege. Hunted by a deadly privateer and plagued by a saboteur, she pushes her crew past exhaustion in her search for the notorious Brass Fox. But there is a method to Mabbot's madness, and as the Flying Rose races across the ocean, Wedgwood learns to rely on the bizarre crew members he once feared: a formidable giant who loves to knit; a pair of stoic martial arts masters, sworn to defend their captain; and the ship's deaf cabin boy, who becomes the son he never had.
An anarchic tale of love and appetite, Eli Brown's Cinnamon and Gunpowder is a wildly original feat of the imagination, deep and startling as the sea itself.

Picador

The daughter of a murdered physician vows to protect the magical Oddity he left behind—if only she knew what it was—in an alternate nineteenth century where the United States is at war with France.\nIt’s the early 1800s, and Clover travels the impoverished borderlands of the Unified States with her father, a physician. See to the body before you, he teaches her, but Clover can’t help becoming distracted by bigger things, including the coming war between the US and France, ignited by a failed Louisiana Purchase, and the terrifying vermin, cobbled together from dead animals and spare parts, who patrol the woods. Most of all, she is consumed with interest for Oddities, ordinary objects with extraordinary abilities, such as a Teapot that makes endless amounts of tea and an Ice Hook that freezes everything it touches. Clover’s father has always disapproved of Oddities, but when he is murdered, Clover embarks on a perilous mission to protect the one secret Oddity he left behind. And as she uncovers the truth about her parents and her past, Clover emerges as a powerful agent of history. Here is an action-filled American fantasy of alternate history to rival the great British fantasies in ideas and scope.

Oddity

Walker Books

Kidnapped by a ruthless early 19th-century woman pirate and ordered to serve exquisite Sunday dinners or forfeit his life, renowned chef Owen Wedgwood transforms meager shipboard supplies into sumptuous meals while the pirate queen pushes her exhausted crew to track down a deadly privateer. (historical fiction).

Cinnamon And Gunpowder

Literary

Thorndike Press

The Decker Rat Terrier is an exciting look at the development, utility, and day-to-day life of a specific strain of Rat Terrier sure to grow in popularity in the very near future. This book explores characteristics and standards for the Decker Rat Terrier as well as the man behind the breed. A conclusive discussion of how the breed is used for hunting, companionship, and breeding make this an interesting book for new and experienced enthusiasts alike. The Decker Rat Terrier will prove to be the authority on the breed and catapult this unique dog into public recognition for its qualities both as a hunter and companion animal.

The Decker Rat Terrier

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Pets & Animal Care

AuthorHouse

The daughter of a murdered physician vows to protect the magical Oddity he left behind in an alternate nineteenth century where a failed Louisiana Purchase has locked a young Unified States into conflict with France. It's the early 1800s, and Clover travels the impoverished borderlands of the Unified States with her father, a physician. See to the body before you, he teaches her, but Clover can't help becoming distracted by bigger things, including the coming war between the US and France, ignited by a failed Louisiana Purchase, and the terrifying vermin, cobbled together from dead animals and spare parts, who patrol the woods. Most of all, she is consumed with interest for Oddities, ordinary objects with extraordinary abilities, such as a Teapot that makes endless amounts of tea and an Ice Hook that freezes everything it touches. Clover's father has always disapproved of Oddities, but when he is murdered, Clover embarks on a perilous mission to protect the one secret Oddity he left behind. And as she uncovers the truth about her parents and her past, Clover emerges as a powerful agent of history. Here is an action-filled American fantasy of alternate history to rival the great British fantasies in ideas and scope.

Children's Books

Walker Books US

"This strikingly original, beautifully written fantasy novel will appeal to high-level readers seeking magical adventure." --School Library Journal (starred review) It's the early 1800s, and Clover travels the impoverished borderlands of the Unified States with her father, a physician. See to the body before you, he teaches her. But Clover can't help becoming distracted by bigger things, including the coming war between the US and France, ignited by a failed Louisiana Purchase, and the terrifying vermin, cobbled together from dead animals and spare parts, who patrol the woods. Most of all, she is consumed with interest for Oddities, ordinary objects with extraordinary abilities, such as a Teapot that makes endless amounts of tea and an Ice Hook that freezes everything it touches. Clover's father has always disapproved of Oddities, but when he is murdered, Clover must embark on a perilous mission to protect the one secret Oddity he left behind. And as she uncovers the truth about her parents and her past, Clover emerges as a powerful agent of history. Here is an action-filled American fantasy of alternate history to rival the great British fantasies in ideas and scope.

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Cinnamon and Gunpowder: A Novel

The Feasts of Tre-mang

Eightfold:

The Pictorial Sketch-Book of Pennsylvania

Cinnamon and Gunpowder: A Novel

Oddity

Cinnamon And Gunpowder

The Decker Rat Terrier

Oddity

Oddity