Deep Dish is a 2008 romance novel by the American writer Mary Kay Andrews

Mary Kay Andrews

Mary Kay Andrews , Georgia Center for the Book , Retrieved August 15, 2011 is the pen name of American writer Kathy Hogan Trocheck, based in Atlanta, who has authored a number of best-selling books under the Andrews pen name since 2002.Trochek graduated from the University of Georgia with a...

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Plot

Gina is a 30 year old chef obsessed with health. Her cooking show is cancelled when a big sponsor pulls out after seeing the show's producer in bed with the sponsor's wife. This cancellation creates an opportunity for a new show on the Cooking Channel. The producers are also interested in a local cooking show called Vittles, hosted by Tate Moody. The producers decide to turn the competition between Gina and Tate into a reality show.

Reception

A Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly

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 review says, "The close quarters and competition create the right atmosphere for the two chefs to fall in love, though things never get too racy. Andrews takes a long time to get the romance off the ground, but when it starts moving, it moves fast.". Shelley Mosley, of Library Journal

Library Journal

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, reviewed the book saying, "Readers with a taste for delectable culinary romances like Millie Criswell

Millie Criswell

Millie Criswell is a best-selling author of over twenty-five romance novels.Criswell began writing shortly before her fortieth birthday, after decades of reading romances. She has since published over twenty-five novels, and is the lead author for the new Harlequin Flipside line.Criswell and her...

's The Trouble with Mary, Susan Mallery

Susan Mallery

Susan Mallery is the author of over 80 books for Harlequin and Silhouette as well as full length novels. She lives in the Los Angeles Area with her husband and cats.- Booklist by Years:2010s:*Completely Smitten...

's Delicious, and Deirdre Martin's Just a Taste will enjoy Hissy Fit. Sarrah Knight, of The Romance Reader, reviewed the book saying, "As always, Andrews has delivered a mouth-watering novel that, while it doesn't move the way her previous novels have, is sure to satisfy".