Van d’Allamitri is destined to become the world’s most famous chef— if only he can survive his childhood first! Son of a Shan-li restaurateur and a merchant from the great city of Varo, young Van is torn between honoring the culinary traditions of his overbearing mother and following in the footsteps of his cosmopolitan but ne’er-do-well father. As he finds . . .
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"Stranded" is different from a typical read, and anyone going into it has to be prepared for that. The bits of writing we get are first-person journal entries, the author of whom little is known other than that they are constructing a play to occupy their time after being shipwrecked. The story is still developing; each entry comes a step [more . . .]