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Welcome to Synesthesia

Where Cooking Is Combat, and Flavor Is Power.

Step into a world where chefs don’t just plate dishes—they summon ancestral Spirits, battle with forgotten recipes, and cook to reclaim culture.
Synesthesia is a living fusion of graphic novel, card game, and culinary rebellion—rooted in Afro-diasporic myth, food justice, and fire-forged creativity.

From sacred kitchens to neon-lit supperclubs, every bite tells a story.
Every recipe is resistance.
And every chef is a warrior of memory.

Play the game. Read the saga. Join the movement.
Because in Synesthesia—
You don’t just eat the dish.
You feel the flavor fight back.

SYNESTHESIA

FLAVOR ARC: ASH & MEMORY

volume 1

As a boy, Victor Carbón was haunted by flavors he couldn’t explain—tastes that felt like memories, like ancestors whispering through spice and smoke. After a tragic kitchen fire left him orphaned and exiled from the culinary elite, Victor vanished from the spotlight… until now.

Armed with a ghost-forged chef’s knife and bonded to the Spirit of Fire itself, he returns to Nouvelle Yolk, a city where recipes are power, and the kitchen is war. Here, rogue chefs battle for control of Lost Recipes—ancient dishes that unlock elemental forces and ancestral magic.

Victor’s goal? To ignite forgotten palates, awaken the Spirits of the oppressed, and challenge the corrupt SupperClubs and their Syndicate enforcers. Alone but not unarmed, he begins his rebellion—with flavor as his weapon and memory as his map.

The table is set.

The fire is watching.

This is SYNESTHESIA.

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JOIN THE RESISTANCE


Chef Theodore Victor is a James Beard–recognized chef, martial artist, writer, and modern-day stoic whose cuisine fuses Modernist American technique with the ancestral fire of the African diaspora. Born and raised in New York City in the early ’90s, he grew up on hip hop, anime, and Iron Chef America reruns—fueling a culinary imagination that now blends Afro-Latin soul, East Asian precision, and Mediterranean brightness into dishes that haunt and honor.

A protégé of Floyd Cardoz and Alex Stupak, Theo sharpened his skills at North End Grill, Paowalla, Empellón, and Mischa. In 2021, he joined the inaugural class of James Beard Fellows and became a fierce advocate for food education through his work with the Food Education Fund. Whether plating at the Beard House, teaching at Hudson Table, or competing on the culinary battlefield, he cooks like a memory igniting itself—layering smoke, citrus, crunch, and history into every bite.

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from page to plate

Unlock the Comic. Join the Club.

Late Reservations isn’t just a story—it’s a living flavor experience.

From anime-inspired pop-ups and chef battles to custom streetwear and collectible drops, we’re bringing the heat from the page into real life.

This is where manga, memory, and food collide.

Members get exclusive access to new Synesthesia chapters, recipes, events, behind-the-scenes art drops, and more.

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“Built by creators. Fueled by flavor.”
— Theodore Victor Coleman II