Synopsis

The show is set in a cable TV studio, home of EAT-TV, the first musical food network. It features "on-air" cooking shows as well as backstage drama. This is EAT-TVs first broadcast week and the energy is running high. Bradley, the ambitious producer, sees EAT-TV as a stepping stone to greater things. The TV chefs all have their own agendas and FM, the hard-working but anonymous techie, is doing her best to keep everyone happy.

The big draw is Vito La Gusto, the hot Italian chef. He cooks onstage, sharing both delicious food and his philosophy on "the enjoyment of life and the blessings from Above." Cookie Coutrell, the dessert chef, is whipped cream on the outside and steel on the inside. She seduces with the idea that "we all deserve a lot of sugar in our lives."

The show Eat To Live features Spirulina Jones, the hard-line health food chef and author of Hemp, Kelp, Spelt & Sprouts. She warns: "It's the new millennium now, and it's not about fun anymore." Vincent Van Rhine hosts the wine show, Bottoms Up!, in which he describes wine in hilariously metaphoric terms and gets a bit too into his work.

Vito inspires a passionate response from everyone, including a tough street dude named Morty who shows up claiming to be Vito's forgotten twin. Things really begin to heat up when a rumor gets out that a major network is scouting EAT-TV. Vincent gets Spirulina drunk. Vito eats one of Spirulina's hemp brownies. Bradley mistakes Morty for Vito. The climax comes in an explosive cooking contest show called Lickety Split which is out-and-out farce. Meanwhile, a sweet romance has gradually been blossoming between Vito and FM, culminating in the beautiful song La Dolce Vita.

Some other songs are:

Mangia Bello Figlia - Vito's paean to food and mother's love

Give In - Cookie's siren song in praise of self-indulgence

I Want It Now - Morty's rock song about fast-food and instant gratification

Everything Good is Bad For You - Spirulina's paranoid fandango