The Golden Ladle Chronicles · Ages 9–13
A boy who can smell and taste the stories hidden in food. A stolen book of magical recipes. A secret order of chefs — and dangers that hide in every kitchen.
From Paris rooftops to Venetian canals, Brussels banquet halls, and the perfume houses of Grasse — follow Léo and Colette before the wrong people rewrite the world, one bite at a time.
Léo can taste secrets hiding in soup. At Le Grand Panier, the chefs aren’t just cooking — they’re guarding magical recipes. Someone stole the Order’s most precious book. With sharp-tongued Colette, he races across rooftops, markets, and underground passages before the wrong people rewrite the world… one bite at a time.
A poison with no name. A city of masks. Venice calls when a politician loses his will — poisoned by a flavor that feels like nothing. Léo and Colette hunt through fog and canals… and discover the enemy’s next weapon is aimed straight at their own kitchen.
1927 Solvay Conference. A physicist’s genius is erased by a sauce that tastes like pure uncertainty — a poison of the mind. Undercover in a grand hotel kitchen, Léo and Colette must stop the Sparrowhawk before doubt spreads farther than any poison.
The recipe book they saved might be a fake. Paris’s favorite new perfume smells like summer… and tastes like a perfect lie. Léo teams with a skeptical “Nose” named Julien to chase a scent-weapon from Paris to Grasse — before the Sparrowhawk teaches the world not to disagree.
