In this smart, delicious novel by the bestselling author of The Friday Night
Knitting Club, a celebrity chef shows her friends and family the joy of
fulfillment - and manages to spice up her own life at the same time.

Shortly before turning the big 5-0, boisterous party planner and Cooking with
Gusto! personality Augusta 'Gus' Simpson finds herself planning a birthday
party she'd rather not - her own. She's getting tired of being the hostess,
the mother hen, the woman who has to plan her own birthday party. What she
needs is time on her own with enough distance to give her loved ones the
ingredients to put together successful lives without her.

Assisted by a handsome up-and-coming chef, Oliver, Gus invites a select group
to take an on-air cooking class. But instead of just preaching to the foodie
masses, she will teach regular people how to make rich, sensuous meals - real
people making real food. Gus decides to bring a vibrant cast of friends and
family on the program: Sabrina, her fickle daughter; Troy, Sabrina's
ex-husband; Anna, Gus's timid neighbor; and Carmen, Gus's pompous and beautiful
competitor at the Cooking Channel. And when she begins to have more than
collegial feelings for her sous-chef, Gus realizes that she might be able to
rejuvenate not just her professional life, but her personal life as well...

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