Cal Beaufontaine, the son of a Creole/Cajun restaurateur, has
graduated from The Culinary Institute of America, and is starting his
career as an apprentice chef in Modesto, California. He moves into
a small apartment in what once was a warehouse for a nearby
derelict peach farm, Sullivan's Yard. His first night in the apartment,
Cal dreams of making love in his backyard beneath a peach tree in
full bloom, but can't see his lover's features. There is no peach tree
in his backyard, just weeds.
He starts work at the Alhambra, a top restaurant owned and run by
the Alvarez de Silva family, and on his first day there, Cal meets
Luis Alvarez de Silva, the Andalusian cousin and one-night-stand
expert. Cal is immediately attracted but has no intention of
becoming a notch on Luis's bedpost. Luis is as taken with Cal, and
begins a determined seduction campaign.
Cal's driving ambition to learn all he can and run his own restaurant
could be knocked off-track by his growing desire for Luis.
