"Katie's got it pretty good. She's a talented young chef, she runs a successful restaurant, and she has big plans to open an even better one. Then, all at once, progress on the new location bogs down, her charming ex-boyfriend pops up, her fling with another chef goes sour, and her best waitress gets badly hurt. And just like that, Katie's life goes from pretty good to not so much. What she needs is a second chance. Everybody deserves one, after all--but...

"Yarrow is a young chef determined to make her mark on the cutting edge of cookery with her insect-based creations. Though her enthusiasm is infectious, it rubs some of her fellow cooks the wrong way, especially Chanda Flores, Yarrow's personal hero and executive chef of an exciting new restaurant. Her people have been eating bugs for centuries, and she's deeply suspicious of this newbie's attempt to turn her traditions into the next foodie trend....

"Arisa's been kidnapped, and it's up to her sister Myna, Gordon, and his one-time subordinates Kyle and Dylan to rescue her. But when certain physical changes begin to take place within Arisa, the journey takes a sudden turn. It's the final volume in this crazy food truck road trip full of postapocalyptic cooking, violent mayhem, and the search for freedom!"--Back cover.