


This decision places Ashna squarely in the path of Brazilian football sensation Rico Silva, the man whose heart Ashna shattered in high school and her new partner on Cooking with the Stars. In a fit of defiance, Ashna signs on to a reality TV cooking show, hoping the publicity and prize money will fend off her financial woes. Chef Ashna Raje fights to keep her late father’s Palo Alto Indian restaurant afloat while locking horns with her mother, a high-profile women’s rights activist who pushes Ashna to let go of her failing dream.

Dev continues the story of the Raje family (after Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors) with this nuanced and powerful second chance romance, a loose riff on Jane Austen’s Persuasion.
