“Food porn and rip-roaring adventure...you’ll savor every bite.”
— NPR Book Review
“... tale of culinary seduction...Brown explores the mysteries of flavor with prose that any word-savoring foodie will delight in.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Most unusual . . . Think Babette’s Feast meets Pirates of the Caribbean!”
— Library Journal
“Goodreads reviewers relish this swashbuckling romp...”
— Goodreads Blog
“A swashbuckler of a cookbook, and a romance, too.”
— BonAppétit.com
“Tantalizing descriptions... may send readers running to their spice cabinets...even as they are entranced by Brown’s delectable tale.”
— Booklist
“... a novel unlike any other you’ve read.”
— BookPage
“Cinnamon and Gunpowder reads like Joss Whedon and Patrick O’Brian sailed to Copenhagen together and, after surviving a ninja attack and firefight at sea, fell in love over a seven-course meal at Noma.”
“With lyrical, confident prose, Brown makes August’s dark journey a harrowing, convincing look into the heart of cult life that should linger with readers.”