Taste of Time

Taste of Time

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A Historical Culinary Fantasy When 23-year-old Ayla accidentally stirs her grandmother's mysterious heirloom cookbook into a pot of simmering Pancit Molo, she doesn't expect to be flung 165 years into the past. But in a blink-and with her loyal cat Nana clinging to her shoulder-Ayla awakens in the heart of 1860s Iloilo, a land of rice fields, colonial rule, and traditions both beautiful and harsh. Armed with modern culinary knowledge, secret ingredients, and a hidden underground pantry, Ayla begins a new life-building a farm and opening a humble eatery where Batchoy, KBL, and Kansi whisper flavors of a future yet to come. But as whispers spread of her strange tools and otherworldly flavors, Ayla draws the attention of watchful priests, powerful landlords, and even revolutionaries who taste hope in her cooking. In a world where one wrong spice could cost her everything, Ayla must hide her secret, protect her chosen family, and stir change with nothing but a spoon and soul. Can one girl from the future change the past-one bowl at a time?
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