Fired!), he was sure she realized someone had to take responsibility for this. While her boss informed her that he was sorry to have to let her go (oh, just say it. And the rest of the conference was ruined for over two hundred attendees. The next day, her sous-chef assumed it had been put on the counter, ready for him to use, and a meal contaminated with C.

It stayed on the counter overnight, warming to room temperature, bacteria dividing and multiplying. Flustered, Callie had neglected to put a sauce for tomorrow’s chicken entrée in the refrigerator. But not entirely.ĭuring the summit, the hotel’s event planner had kept circling through the kitchen, clapping her hands, telling the staff to step it up because attendees complained of waiting too long for their meals. Her sterling reputation in the culinary world was ruined.Īnd it wasn’t her fault! Well, mostly it was. From that point on, she had no idea what she would do. A temporary job that would be over after Penn State’s Ice Cream School ended. She wore a shapeless smock, a hairnet that made her look like a cafeteria lady, and her salary had dropped from six figures to minimum wage.Įven worse, she was lucky to have the job. Today, she was serving up bowls of ice cream to amateurs who had hopes to become the next Ben & Jerry. Two months ago, Callie Dixon had been the executive chef at one of the largest convention hotels in Boston, a hotel so highly esteemed that the Food Safety Conference chose to hold their annual meeting there. But if that’s true, how is it supposed to help her figure out what–or who–has been missing from her life all along?Īh, the irony. Her feelings, too.īruno insists that hitting rock bottom is the very best place to be. He has a way of turning Callie’s thoughts upside down. Happiness is the last thing Callie wants to think about right now, but instructor Bruno Bianco–a curiously gloomy fellow–is relentless. Things go from bad to worse when Callie’s cousin Dawn drags her to a community class about the secret to happiness. There’s a reason she made that mistake at work, and she’s struggling to come to terms with it. And time isn’t going to help, because Callie’s bounce has up and left. Except it isn’t a home, it’s an ice cream shop. Fired from her dream job after making a colossal mistake, she’s escaped to her aunt’s home on Cape Cod for time to bounce back. Escape to Cape Cod–where you just might find the secret to happinessĬallie Dixon had the world by the tail.

For love and honor jody hedlund