Fantasy · Adventure · ROMANCE
WELCOME TO ANGORIA
Tales of hidden worlds, strange creatures,
and the people bold enough to find them.
NOW AVAILABLE - THE GEMMY EGG - BOOK I
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The Gemmy Egg
How to Cook a River Dragon — Book One
Pryscilla was lost.
After finding herself lost in a mythical land, Ms. Pryscilla Roylott has only one goal: to get back home. However, that may not be as simple as she could wish. The horrifying stories she’s heard of Angoria were not tall tales, after all, but, if anything, fell short of the truth: a countryside full of griffins, dragons, mermaids, and some creatures even the locals dare not speak of. Their culture is built on the art of vittellurgy—coaxing magical ingredients into dishes that grant the eater powers for a short time. A handsome, yet mysterious, practitioner of this art is her only hope of getting home, but to do this, he must win the ingredients he needs at the famed Chef Bazaar.
Can she help him advance for their mutual benefit? Does he perhaps have his own, less savoury priorities? And how is he connected to the strange creature that showed up the same night she did?
Between the questions surrounding her host and the perils that loom in every corner of this extraordinary world, distance is not her only barrier to finally getting home.
Tropes You Will Love
Odyssey — Homebound Journey
Fish Out of Water
Personality Collision
Forced Together
Magic System — Cooking
Slow Burn Romance
Hidden World
Grumpy / Sunshine
meet the author
About Joseph Steward
I'm an old soul who loves old stories. Growing up on The Lord of the Rings, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brien — with Jane Austen woven throughout — I found myself drawn to worlds where language still had weight, where the sea was genuinely vast, and where a well-cooked meal meant something beyond fuel.
From the Kitchen
Recipes
In the world of The Gemmy Egg, the culinary arts go by another name: vittellurgy — the craft of cooking food that does more than nourish. A skilled vittellurgist knows that the right dish, prepared with care and intention, can grant strength, clarity, or courage for a time. Here you will find recipes drawn from that tradition, alongside the real-world cooking that inspired it.
From the World
Dishes drawn from the world of How to Cook a River Dragon — recipes that carry a little more than flavour.
Age of Sail
Recipes rooted in the era that shaped the series, hearty, historical, and fit for a ship's galley or a country manor.
From the Larder
Seasonal dishes drawn from the same curiosity about the natural world that fills the pages of the books.
The galley fires are being lit. Recipes coming soon.
A Naturalist's Field Notes
Creatures & Animals
The world of The Gemmy Egg is populated with creatures as varied and surprising as any nature documentary. This field guide will grow as the series unfolds.
Field Entry No. 001
Specimen
The River Dragon
At once magnificent and terrifying, the river dragon is the creature at the heart of the series — a being whose very nature makes it both prize and peril for those with the knowledge and nerve to work with it. Its culinary significance alone is the stuff of legend. Further field notes to follow.
More to Come
The Bestiary Grows
At once magnificent and terrifying, the river dragon is the creature at the heart of the series — a being whose very nature makes it both prize and peril for those with the knowledge and nerve to work with it. Its culinary significance alone is the stuff of legend. Further field notes to follow.
