It is 1498 and the whole of Venice is abuzz. Hidden somewhere in the labyrinthine city is an ancient book rumoured to contain longburied secrets and the key to ... » 

It is 1498 and the whole of Venice is abuzz. Hidden somewhere in the labyrinthine city is an ancient book rumoured to contain longburied secrets and the key to immeasurable power. Street orphan Luciano is amazed to find himself apprenticed to the greatest chef in Venice. In the dogs palace Chef Ferrero takes the boy under his wing instructing him in the most mysterious alchemy of all that of the culinary art. «