Jul 15, 2016

Noxian Delight

One of the first characters we meet in the book- Eon- spent countless hours in the hidden library of the Nox. While he wasn’t researching the ancient sentries that spawned life throughout the galaxy, Eon spent what amounted to years of his life watching cooking shows (who doesn’t).

One of his favorite dishes, which was a smashing hit with the ancient Nox apparently, was a dish that can best be translated as ’Sea Mist Delight Pulls on Your Stomach’. The strange creature, called a Qumnualt, was found only in one sea on a planet on the outer systems. Similar to an octopus with a shell of a sea urchin, the recipe was to cook with drift wood gently over open flame for about 5 minutes. The resulting foaming dish contained several unknown molecules that, at least for the Nox, caused feelings of delight, awe, giddiness, and in rare cases resulted in uncontrollable happy dancing. 

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This beautiful dish is an actual creation of an actual person. If the Nox were going to have a dinner feast I’m convinced Betsy Hinze would be behind the ball. Check out her truly inspiring work (which I hope to feature more of in the book) at www.betsyhinze.com

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