The Chef Who Discovered the Recipe That Fought the Heat

 PART 2 ..The Recipe That Defeats the Endless Heat

Leo’s heart raced.

The ingredients were unlike anything he had ever imagined.

• Morning dew gathered from one hundred flowers.
• Ice crystals from the highest mountain.
• Leaves from the Whispering Mint.
• Water from the Moon Spring.
• A berry that grows only once every fifty years.
• One heart filled completely with hope.

“The last ingredient…” Leo said quietly.

“How can I measure hope?”

The old woman smiled.

“You cannot.”

She closed the book.

“It must already live inside you.”

Before Leo could ask another question, she handed him a silver cooking pot.

“This belonged to the first Guardian Chef.”

“What happens if I fail?”

She looked toward the burning sky.

“The kingdom will never know rain again.”

Leo swallowed hard.

Then he began the greatest cooking journey in history.