After her mother's death, mediocre chef Amanda Shelton is having trouble attracting customers to her family's restaurant. While shopping for ingredients, she is given a magical crab by mysterious Gene O'Reilly. Afterward, Amanda's dishes suddenly become excellent, inducing strong emotional reactions in everyone who eats them. Tom Bartlett, who is preparing to open his own eatery, tries her cooking and falls in love.

• DirectorMark Tarlov
• Release5 February 1999
• Genre
  Comedy / Romance
• Duration1h 35m
• Budget$6,000,000
• Revenue$4,398,989
• Rate
  

  5.4
  240 reviews
• Productions

  New Regency Pictures, Taurus Film, Polar Entertainment Corporation, 20th Century Fox