Tasting the Possibilities, 1/?, for the July Fic-a-Thon
Tasting the Possibilities (Begun June 2012 during the Poke the Dragon Fic-a-Thon; revised and finished now in daily installments beginning July 27 for the July 2013 Fic-a-Thon)
Author: Medora MacD (medoramacd@yahoo.com)
Fandom: The Devil Wears Prada
Pairing: Mirandy
Disclaimer: The Devil Wears Prada belongs to Lauren Weisberger and 20th Century Fox. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Not for profit, just fun.
Rating: PG. Also M, as in Mmm, for rampant “foodiness.” Which is to food as “truthiness” is to truth. Which is to say, I cook and I eat, but not regularly (actually, hardly ever) at the refined levels which will be referred to in this series. I hope you find this delectable, nonetheless. Follow embedded links in later parts to find recipes and illustrations.
Length/Word Count: 14,000+ total
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Summary: AU - What might occur in an alternative universe when aspiring chef Andrea Sachs decides to try to give Miranda Priestly a taste of what it would be like if they allowed their friendship to develop into something more.
A/N: This is an AU event in my AU series, Life Is a Banquet. By which I mean, it doesn’t fit into LIAB as currently outlined, but it does make use of its characters, Miranda Priestly, renowned fashion editor, forty-eight, and Andrea Sachs, an aspiring twenty-eight-year-old chef who lives in the basement apartment in Miranda's home, where she served temporarily as a nanny to Caroline and Cassidy. And there is cooking. In daily installments until the danged thing is done. And with an apple developed here in Minnesota, which they dubbed the SweeTango unfortunately, instead of the really cool name I've chosen for it.
My deep thanks to beta readers cobblestonepath (aka she who got me in this mess in the first place with her prompt last year) and raiderl for their discerning eyes and their judicious suggestions on ways to add more cowbell and ramp up the “feels.” The story is very much the richer for your involvement. Thanks, too, to Punky and XV for the massive amount of time and effort they've devoted to making the July Fic-a-Thon such a rousing success.
Bon appetit!
( Part One )