From Introduction: Warriors fight, scholars learn, and wizards (claim to) throw big balls of fire, or at least they constantly threaten to. None of these bastards is going very far without something to stuff their craw. You’re a lean, mean, cooking machine who maintains control over the implements of steel and flame to turn sundry ingredients into masterpieces for the tongue. When emotions heat up and tempers come to a boil, its your brand of heat that will get people to do something more constructive with their mouths while calmer heads prevail.