The story starts well. It's very captivating and full of imagery. The boy who starves because he can't eat ordinary food goes on a journey with his family around the world to solve the mystery. The way the author makes the chef's a secret evil society is refreshing.
I can imagine this story as a point & click adventure with the amount of silliness that these types of games require to make the journey fun and interesting - also filled with nonsensical puzzles.
Somehow the books have parts that take forever to get over and makes it harder to advance because it's so full. This also happens in the end. ( )

Awesome book! I have spent the last month plus reading it to my 5 kids, ages 4 to 13 and they all loved it. The adventure was great, the characters were all great and the kids have been quoting the funny parts for the last month. I highly recommend it as a book to read to your kids. ( )

Guster has a bit of a problem. He can't stand his mom's cooking. As much as he tries, he can't get past the small things like the quality of the ingredients and where they came from. So he just doesn't eat. One day his mom is determined to find something Guster can get down, so they are off to New Orleans. There they find a patisserie with the most amazing smells coming out. Guster goes in for pastry, but he comes out with an egg beater that bears the clues to an epic recipe. One that can offer peace to the world. Now Guster just has to survive long enough to find the ingredients.

This book was so original. I loved it! To have taste so acute must be incredibly awful for Guster, and while he doesn't try to be difficult about it he really can't handle most things given to him to eat. This book was so creative and inventive with the storyline. First and foremost, this is an adventure, and there's tons of action to be had. Guster and his family travel the world looking for clues and ingredients. Poor Guster feels a lot of responsibility for the things happening on his shoulders, but he does the best he can to do what's right. He also shows some amazing self-control in the end. Not sure I could have done the same.

One of the things that excites me most about this book is it's ability to introduce kids to different foods and ideas. I think it's really cool to get kids thinking about how their food is made and where it comes from. I think this book can help to do that while still providing a good time while reading. It's a delicate balance, but this book handles it well. I highly recommend this book. It's an awesome adventure.

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Guster is a kid who is slowly starving. He can't find anything that will satisfy the craving for well prepared food and it makes his mom so desperate that she loads up the car and takes Guster and his siblings to New Orleans. They find a pastry shop that produces wonderful delicacies where Guster discovers that he is an Evertaster. He is given an ancient eggbeater and told to find The One Recipe. This is the beginning of an incredible adventure for the Johnsonville family that will take them all over the world working the code to find the special ingredients that will create a food to end conflict for all mankind. Will Guster and his family discover the ingredients to make the recipe of peace before the evil Red Chefs and the Gastromimatii find them and kill them for the recipe? This is the debut for Adam Glendon Sidwell - just a small bite and you will be hungry for more and moms of fussy eaters will have finally found a heroine in the unflappable Mrs. Johnsonville.(less) ( )