A collection of oddly food-centric science fiction & fantasy short stories.
Includes:

• Stone Soup
  To feed her family, Trishla is willing to pay the price for her magic.
• Hard Times
  Tara sees aliens all the time - at work, in the supermarket, even panhandling on the side of the road.
• A Domestic Wine and Cassoulet
  David Masaryk is a stranded alien trying - unsuccessfully, it would seem - to keep a low profile in Southern California. You'd think that would be easy...
• The One That Got Away
  The search for an exiled sea goddess leads Nereus, Warden of the Outcasts to a small coastal restaurant and a broken fishing float.
• Job Hunt
  You'll do just about anything when you're desperate for work. Luckily, about the time the dog food was starting to look appealing, the alien showed up...
• Sugar and Spice
  Creation 101 Term Paper, Footnote 17: "Justification of the Alteration of a Non-Specific Recipe"