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.