Characters
This is the narrator of the story.
Stella
This corporation controls all food production.
AgroGlobal
This reality show sends contestants back in time to cook.
MasterChef of All Time
It’s been 50 years since this catastrophic event.
Dying Out
Mandy’s hidden box in the basement contains these.
Cooking tools/utensils
She is Stella’s best friend and MasterChef contestant.
Mandy/Mandira
What is the artificial food produced by AgroGlobal called?
Newtri
What is the ultimate prize contestants compete for?
Master Chef Golden Apron
How many years since AgroGlobal crushed smallholdings?
Twenty Years
Contestants are implanted with these before entering the Portal.
trackers
She acts like a protective older sister to Stella and Mandy.
Marra
Name two things AgroGlobal controls other than food.
governments, armies, energy production, manufacturing, media, healthcare, communications, and travel.
Name the one food that Mandy was described as being "lost for words" over.
Peas
What year is the MasterChef episode shown from?
2014
This device allows time travel for contestants.
Temporal Relocation Portal
He is the head of nutritional research who asks Stella for help.
Professor Gulati
What slogan do AgroGlobal’s ads use for Newtri?
“Newtri: Fueling the Future”
Name one of the other two contestants in the final three.
Jerome, Sherna
What historical factor did Einstein warn about?
bees disappearing
What was the piece of paper Stella found in the box?
Mandy's letter
This friend disappeared during a MasterChef challenge.
Mandy/Mandira
Describe how Stella felt about Newtri growing up.
Stella did not mind it. She "wasn't complaining."
What dangerous consequence do they fear if time travel rules are broken?
destabilizing the Chronologic
How does Stella feel at the very end of the story
feeling of hope / change
This hidden item shows Mandy’s determination to cook real food.
the toolbox