Single mom Hayley Powell is barely keeping her leaky roof over her head when her boss at the Island Times assigns her to take over the paper's food column. She's an office manager, not a writer, even if her friends clamor for her potluck dishes. But the extra income is tempting, and Hayley's chatty first column is suddenly on everyone's menu -- with one exception. Rival food writer Karen Applebaum is found face-down in a bowl of Hayley's creamy clam chowder. When all signs point to Hayley, she enlists some help to clear her name.