Deep Dish

Deep Dish

3.61 of 5 stars 3.61  ·  rating details  ·  4,982 ratings  ·  570 reviews
Chef extraordinaire Gina Foxton doesn't expect anything to be handed to her on a platter. After years of hard work, the former runner-up Miss Teen Vidalia Onion is now the host of her own local Georgia public television show called Fresh Start, and she's dating the show's producer.





But when her show gets canceled, and she catches her boyfriend in flagrante delicto with the...more
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Published February 26th 2008 by HarperAudio (first published 2008)
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BarkLessWagMore
Regina is a 29 year old cooking show host who has worked her butt off to get where she is in life. She's having a lovely affair with her production manager and life is simply perfect. Blech. Fortunately (for me who is bored to tears at this point) it comes tumbling down when he decides to hop in bed with the wife of the show's main sponsor & they can the show. Not too bright of a guy. Now Gina, at the ripe old age of 29, has lost her guy and her show and fears she'll lose her home which she...more
Kristin Groves
This book was a disappointment compared to other books that I have read by Mary Kay Andrews (Savannah Blues is my favorite). She is, by no means, an author of literature with a "big L", but her novels are generally less generic and predictable. However, it would still fulfill a desire for an easy, light-hearted read and you do get some cooking tips throughout the read and a couple of Ol' Southern Favorite recipies at the end. Maybe the Tomato Soup Cake recipe will improve my rating.
Lori
I'm a big fan of Mary Kay Andrews but this book completely fell flat for me. I never once cared about the two main characters and it seemed like the book went on and on and the "boom" all of the sudden boy loves girl. Um....what??? When did that happen?
It's an ok read, not terrible, but absolutely not worth the $25 hardback price tag!
Robialice
Fluffy fun chick lit. I take issue with the man and woman falling so quickly in "love", c'mon, can't he just say he's interested in her? Noooo...after a couple weeks of a completely antagonistic relationship, he's in love. C'mon, that's not real. It's so bad, it's not even good fiction!

The "Next Food Network Star" type plot device made for a fun backdrop, but feels hackneyed as all the characters view a cooking show contest as new and innovative. Maybe if it were 1998 not 2008 it would be.

A fun...more
Rhonda
Thirty years old Chef Gina Foxton is an expert on Southern style cooking, but with a healthy approach. She is highly regarded with her own cooking show Fresh Start on Georgia Public Television. However while filming her latest show, she notices a new crew who provide substitute products like Cheez-Ease. She goes berserk claiming it is "artificial cheese made out of recycled dry-cleaning bags"; her anger is because her reputation is built on healthy recipes. However her show becomes history when...more
Kristen
I was highly impressed by this novel, and also by how much I was invested in their lives by the middle of it. By the end, all I could think about was how I didn't want to finish the book because I didn't want it to end.
My only complaint about the whole book is that I didn't feel Gina and Tate were developed enough. Yeah, we know what their physical appearances are, but I wanted to know more about Gina, so that I could put myself a little more in her place and relate to her.

When I first started...more
Cynthia
I dove in and found that author Mary Kay Andrews has the recipe for another best seller in "Deep Dish." Her last book, "Hissy Fit," spent some time on the New York Times Best Seller List.
"Deep Dish" ($24.95, HarperCollins) tells the story of Gina, a shadow-swearing, pork-rind sneaking, somewhat-naive host of a public television cooking show. She's a young up-and-comer in the food world, having edited a major newspaper's food section before moving to TV. But when her producer-boyfriend gets her...more
Paul Pessolano
I must start off with the fact that Mary Kay Andrews, aka Kathy Hogan Trochek, is one of my favorite authors. She writes about the South, and primarily southern Georgia. Her books are delightful reads that the reader can lose themselves in. They are easy reads that combine southern living and traditions, interspersed with some laughter, and maybe a little mystery.

"Deep Dish" tells the story of Gina Foxton who is the star of a cooking show, Fresh Start, in Atlanta. She discovers her show is being...more
ICPL Staff Picks
I enjoy Mary Kay Andrews books. They are set in the South, have quirky but lovable characters, and are funny. My brain doesn’t have to work very hard when I’m reading a Mary Kay Andrews book, and some days that’s just what I need. Andrews takes a break from the BeBe/Weezie stories and cooks up a "dish" that will make fans of television cooking shows smile.

Gina Foxton is the host of the regional cooking show Fresh Start. There is a strong regional following for the show and it catches the attent...more
Gail Cooke
You don't have to be a foodie to enjoy this lightly romantic, often laughable look behind the scenes at a television cooking show. Couldn't be more contemporary although, of course, fictionalized by the busy pen of Mary Kay Andrews (Blue Christmas, Hissy Fit, Little Bitty Lies, etc). Fans know that she delivers on-target often tongue-in-cheek looks at her characters and situations - fun listening and reading!

I thoroughly enjoyed Isabel Keating's narration of "Hissy Fit" and wrote, "...is a fun,...more
May
May 21, 2010 May rated it 3 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: food tv fans, set in the south fiction fans
The whole set up - A battle of the sexes between two southern cooking show hosts, and the way we're shown how they're SO compatable if only they'll simmer down and see... well it had my hopes exceptionally high that this could be "the one". The next favorite added to my all-time best list.

I made my guess as to what would happen, it did EXACTLY. So predictability is high here, but that wasn't the problem for me. I wanted it to go where it did, that was fine.

The problem is that the book doesn't...more
Rosina Lippi
Andrews' third novel is a breezy romance set in her native deep south. Gena Foxton is a chef with a health conscious approach to classical Southern fare. She's got a television show in the local Atlanta public television market. The show is about to be cancelled due to Gena's producer (and boyfriend), who is sleeping around. So the news that there's a spot opening on the Cooking Channel is very welcome. The producers are coming to Atlanta, but their first interest is another local cooking show c...more
Bonnie
Deep Dish is a light, southern foodie story that would make a good beach or summer read. The main character in Deep Dish is Gina Foxton, a 30-something chef who hosts a public TV cooking show focusing on healthier, fresh southern cooking. She is devastated when her show is cancelled because the producer (also the boyfriend of Gina) has slept with the shows sponsors wife. They find out that the Cooking Channel is looking for a new show and Gina decides this is her only option to save her career....more
Beth
I must confess that I did not enjoy this one as much as the other Mary Kay Andrews books that I've read. There weren't really any surprises and you never really learn much about Gina. She should have been madder, happier, lower, higher, instead, she was kind of milk toast. When Tate Moody showed up, I knew immediately that he would become Gina's love interest--though I don't really know what he saw in her.

I expected more trouble from Val, more interference from Scott, and more scheming on the p...more
Serena
Mar 25, 2009 Serena rated it 4 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: my mom, anna, chicklit fans
Recommended to Serena by: Book Club Girl
Mary Kay Andrews' Deep Dish stars Gina Foxton an older sister who is eager to please, cautious, and naive when it comes to men. Tate Moody is the man's man, grills, hunts, and loves the outdoors. Throw these two in a pot and stir. The results are hilarious, spicy, and steamy. In addition to these polar opposites, you have Gina's ex, Scott, who is out for himself and every woman he can get his hands on; Gina's sister, Lisa, who operates without a compass, is passionate, and unable to commit; Val,...more
Wylie Kay
3.18.2010
So far I am a 3/4 of the way through the book. I recently finished The Fixer Upper, which I looooved! This book is falling a bit flat for me. Yes, it is an easy read, but I am not feeling connected to the characters. In theory, the story line is good, the characters are good. The plot is good. It should be an interesting read. The book jacket looks promising. The problem seems to be that the characters are not as fully developed as I would like. I keep hoping that will change, but at 3/...more
Misty
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Christi
I liked the pace and the plot of this cute, mad cap caper, romcom chicklit book. It's a fast, fluffy read without a lot of in-depth character development. Picture it as a 30 minute sitcom instead of a 2 hour movie on Hallmark.

The one thing that really bugged me was that during the Food Fight Gina and Tate were left to their own devices on the island and only filmed when they were in the studio kitchen. This is so unrealistic - even for a book written in 2008. Especially for the supposed "The Coo...more
Georgina
I had never read a Mary Kay Andrews book before but had seen many good reviews for her and her books. I was at the local library and came across her novel Deep Dish and thought I would give it a go.

Many of Mary Kay Andrews' novels are set in the south and Deep Dish is no exception. Gina Foxton a chef from Georgia has her own cooking show "Fresh Start", which after the sponsers pull out ends up being cancelled. The reason may not be quite what she initally thought. Things could be looking up whe...more
Adam
Post listen review: Not the best and not the worst of the lame romances that I have been forced to listen to. It's really hard to go through all the audiobooks in the library without getting a LOT of romance in there.

Here is the plot such as it is. Two chefs are in competition to become the next star of The Cooking Channel (because the name the Food Network was already taken). One is a woman who has just had her heart broken by her scumbag producer that cheated on her and lost her the sponsor o...more
Tiffany
Deep Dish is the story of two rival chefs (who have cooking shows on small regional tv networks) battling for 1 major network tv show. Gina focuses her cooking skills on fresh ingredients and makes southern cuisine. Her rival, Tate Moody centers his food around cooking items he hunts and fishes. Both have some fame and notoriety around their current shows, but to earn a show on the Cooking Channel would be a huge career boost. Gina is depending on winning the competition since she found out her...more
Christine
Gina Foxton, 29 year old chef and star of the cooking show 'Fresh Start', has a pretty good life: her show is a regional success, her hunky producer is her boyfriend and she has a condo in Buckhead. That is, until her boyfriend gets caught sleeping with their sponsor's wife and the show is cancelled. When the Food Network comes to check out Gina and ruggedly handsome Tate Moody (star of a hunting and cooking show 'Vittles') to see if either of them have what it takes to make it big, food isn't t...more
Christina
Not my favorite book of hers (hard to compete with the Savannah series) but a good read overall. I didn't give it a four because about halfway in it started to ramble and I wondered how an editor could have helped it out a little. Of course, I'd still like to meet the "Tatester" in person!!
Laura
I don't have anything against this book, but reading it after The Glass Castle and before Atonement, I couldn't really get past the "fan fiction"-ness of it. Natty Lite? "I Love You" out of the blue? It was fun to read about what they cooked, but I think I like a meatier book :)
Sherri
This book was pretty good, but I must say I've liked Mary Kay Andrews other book characters better. This book was about 2 cooking show chefs. The book starts out in Atlanta, GA and then goes to Eutau Island and back to Atlanta. There was alot of things going on at Eutau Island!
Sarah
Two southern chefs vie for a national cooking show, and in the process, the big network makes them compete in a cookoff on a semi-remote island off the coast of Georgia. Maybe it was because I listened to an abridged version (I'm really hoping this is the reason), but there was so little build-up for the romance aspect. Mos of the characters were two-dimensional without any real chemistry between any interactions. The ending was predictable and tidy. I will admit to laughing outloud to the styli...more
Debra
Probably my least favorite of her books, this one is more a romantic caper set in the world of food tv and reality shows. Light, quick, enjoyable....if it wasn't so big it would be a good beach book.
Jaclyn
I stayed up all night reading this book because I just could not put it down. This story about two people competing for one spot on The Cooking Channel had me completely captivated. It was not an overly romantic book, and although one of the quotes on the back said it was funny, I didn't really laugh all that much. What got me was the suspense. I really could not guess how the story was going to end and I was dying to find out. I was really rooting for both characters, and I had some guesses as...more
Ruth
Regina has had her own cooking show in Atlanta. Her boyfriend is her producer and things seem to be going well. Then the floor falls out. Her boyfriend, Scott has been sleeping with the wife of the show's sponsor and Gina finds her show cancelled. Scott has been working to try and get them a network show. A New York City producer has come to Atlanta to check out someone and while he is there, he agrees to come see them and another chef named Tate who is a man's man and hunts or fishes for his in...more
Cam
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Andrews has a B.A. in newspaper journalism from The University of Georgia. She is a former reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. While a reporter in Savannah, GA, she covered the real-life murder trials which were the basis of the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
She also publishes under the name Kathy Hogan Trocheck.

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