A scifi story about a woman who ran away to Primus from Earth in a future time where civilized people settled other planets and Earth remained as it is, barbarous and petty. Saraswati fled her terrible royalty family to make a go of it as a chef (which she was already doing on Earth - running a very well regarded restaurant). She meets Ko, a woman making VR sims. They do not hit it off at first, then they do. Great stuff about food and foodways and what it means to be from a place. Bad cover, good book.