On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Jerry Friedman wrote: #Somewhere that's not in booksearch, probably _Taltos_, Vlad #explains what Valabar's is--the chef is always called "Mr. #Valabar", and no matter how much persecution of Easterners #there is, the Empire never lets Valabar's be messed with. I #think this is in the description of Vlad's double date with #Kragar. Taltos 141, http://www.speakeasy.org/~mamandel/Cracks-and-Shards/names.html#Valabar -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website