Chef's KissChef's Kiss

Simone Larkspur is a type-A recipe developer at The Discerning Chef, a venerable cookbook and magazine publisher. All she wants to do is create the perfect loaf of sourdough, but when her boss decides to bring their brand into the twenty-first century by pivoting to video, Simone is unhappily thrust into the spotlight. To make matters worse, Simone has to deal with Ray Lyton, the new test kitchen manager, whose obnoxious cheer and outgoing personality are like oil to Simone's water. When Ray accidentally becomes a viral sensation with a series of homebrewing videos, their eccentric editor in chief forces Simone to work alongside the chipper upstart or else risk her beloved job. But the more they work together, the more Simone realizes she's melting like butter for Ray. Things get even more complicated when Ray comes out at work as nonbinary, to mixed reactions--and Simone must choose between the career she fought so hard for and the person who just might take the cake (and her heart).