A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.

You dont have to eat food to know the way to a citys heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they know: making foodthe tastiest hand-pulled noodles aroundfor the humans of San Francisco, who are recovering from a devastating war.

But when their robot-run business starts causing a stir, a targeted wave of one-star reviews threatens to boil over into a crisis. To keep their doors open, theyll have to call on their customers, their community, and each otherand find a way to survive and thrive in a world that wasnt built for them.