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Sara suddenly softens when she meets Gill's ten-year-old daughter Hannah (Bailee Madison) who she can't help but take under her wing when she learns Hannah is growing up without a mom. Ignoring the obvious tension between her dad and Sara, Hannah is soon playing matchmaker. As Gill and Sara slowly begin to stir up romance, their relationship is tested once again when a local food critic gets in the mix. Can the couple resist the temptation to compete with each other, or will the heat of competition drive them apart?[2]
A Taste of Romance
Uptight French chef, Sara Westbrook, gets fired up when her upscale café, Chez Varenne, is suddenly overshadowed by a new restaurant moving in next door run by a group of rowdy firemen. Led by handsome former fire fighter Gill Callahan and his friend Danny, The Five Alarm Grill is soon a big success while Sara and Patsy, her pastry chef, struggle to bring in customers. Sara suddenly softens when she meets Gill's ten-year-old daughter Hannah. Ignoring the obvious tension between her dad and Sara, Hannah is soon playing matchmaker. Can Gill and Sara's burgeoning romance survive the temptation to compete with each other, or will the heat of competition drive them apart?
Amaretti cookies, though not made with that famed spirit, have that same bittersweet almond taste. They too are associated with romantic legend. As the story goes, a cardinal from Milan visited the little Italian town of Saronno in the early 18th century. A young couple, who were deeply in love, baked him some biscuits from sugar, egg whites and crushed almonds or apricot kernels. They wrapped the little cookies in tissue paper and presented them as a gift. In thanks, the cardinal is said to have blessed them with wishes for a happy marriage and a long life together.
TWO COMPETING CHEFS STIR UP A RECIPE FOR TROUBLE!EMMY(R) AWARD NOMINEE TERI POLO, JAMES PATRICK STUART AND BAILEE MADISON STAR IN "A TASTE OF ROMANCE," A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE WORLD PREMIERE, JANUARY 14Romy Rosemont and Rockmond Dunbar Co-star Culinary styles clash when a classically trained chef falls for a laidback cook in "A Taste of Romance," a Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere Saturday, January 14 (9p.m. ET/PT, 8C). Emmy(R) Award nominee Teri Polo ("The West Wing," "Meet the Parents") and Emmy(R) Award nominee James Patrick Stuart ("All My Children") star in this charming romantic comedy along with Bailee Madison ("Just Go With It"), Romy Rosemont ("Glee") and Rockmond Dunbar ("Prison Break").Uptight French chef Sara Westbrook (Polo) gets fired up when her upscale café, Chez Varenne, is suddenly overshadowed by a new restaurant moving in next door run by a group of rowdy firemen. Led by handsome former fire fighter Gill Callahan (Stuart) and his friend Danny (Dunbar), The Five Alarm Grill is soon a big success while Sara and Patsy (Rosemont), her pastry chef, struggle to bring in customers. Sara suddenly softens when she meets Gill's ten-year-old daughter Hannah (Madison) who she can't help but take under her wing when she learns Hannah, like herself, is growing up without a mom. Ignoring the obvious tension between her dad and Sara, Hannah is soon playing matchmaker. As Gill and Sara slowly begin to stir up romance instead of acrimony, their relationship is tested once again when a local food critic reviews The Five Alarm Grill instead of Chez Varenne. Can the couple resist the temptation to compete with each other, or will the heat of the competition drive them apart?"A Taste of Romance" is an Alpine Medien Production in association with Larry Levinson Productions. Larry Levinson is executive producer. Amanda Philips and Randy Pope are co-executive producers. Lincoln Lageson is producer. Lee Rose directed from a script by Jennifer Notas. Story by Evan Laughlin.Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming available in high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) to a national audience of 87 million subscribers. The top tier program service is distributed through approximately 5,492 cable systems and communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the country. Hallmark Channel is the nation's leading network in quality family programming with an ambitious slate of original TV movies, lifestyle and general entertainment content, and is the home of "The Martha Stewart Show", which anchors the channel's daytime original programming block. Hallmark Channel's sibling network is Hallmark Movie Channel, also available in HD and SD, which focuses on the family-friendly movies with a mix of classic theatrical films, presentations from the acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame library, original Hallmark Channel movies and special events.
As aristocratic in taste as its name implies, the Lady Jane triple creams from Farmhouse Dairy is dense, luscious and begging to be enjoyed with something bubbly. Just leave the out-of-season strawberries at the store: "Fruit acid tends to create strange flavours," says cheese expert Allison Spurrell, who recommends compote instead (try the Fig with Walnut Wine preserve from Langley's Vista d'Oro Farms). $4.95/100 g, Amis du Fromage, buycheese.com
This high-calorie fantasy is a strange blend of romance and feminism. Your sweetheart will think you're gallant and politically correct all at the same time. In this tasty brew of a book, Harris manages to mix up all kinds of incongruous ingredients. Imagine Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" dipped in dark chocolate.
Determined to settle down, Vianne and her impish six-year-old daughter open "La Cleste Praline" right across from the cathedral. Before long, Vianne begins working her confectionary wizardry on these repressed, gossipy people, giving them a taste of pleasure and friendship they've never known. 041b061a72