Ingredients: One surly, tattooed chef on the brink of losing it all, including his sense of taste.

One sexy, bespectacled doctor who jumps at the chance to dine with his foodie idol.

A cross-country culinary adventure, from picnics to dive bars to fine dining and home-cooked meals.

Directions: Combine ingredients in one plane, in one hotel room, in each other's company for ten days over Christmas and New Year's.

Add shared struggles, simmering attraction, inconvenient feelings, and a splash of angst. Do not remove from oven until fully baked or else there will be no saving it.

Let stand for a lifetime of love and dining together.

Contains mature themes.