Welcome to the RomCom Roundtable!! In our second episode, we debut our first review! Mentioned in our first episode, we review a Hallmark original film, Recipe for Love (2014). 

Starring Danielle Panabaker and Shawn Roberts, Lauren is an aspiring chef and dreams of attending Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She works as a recipe tester for a food magazine and is assigned to ghost write a recipe book for a celebrity chef, Dexter, who is very reluctant to write the book and wants to focus on his restaurant. They clash over cooking styles and whether they should follow the recipe or cook from the soul. Through cooking and creating the book, they find connection and learn more about themselves and each other.

Ron Oliver, director for The Groomsmen Triology, also directed Recipe for Love. 

In our first review, we talk about the film, our key takeaways (including "Collaboration is Cool" lol), our favorite supporting characters and quotes from the film. Recipe for Love was one of the first Hallmark movies that Caitie watched after a recommendation from her friend. 

Recipe for Love is available on Hallmark+ 

Enjoy the episode & let us know what you think in the comments! Let us know if you watched the film and what you thought in the comments. 

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