The recipe

Start with 1 idealistic young woman from the Upper West Side of Manhattan with a start-up food business 

Put her in a large natural food store with 1 Colombian journalist who works there stocking shelves while he awaits a decision on his application for asylum

Add 1 overbearing mother

Add 1 ruthless competitor

Add 1 predatory store manager

Add 1 narcissistic investment banker

Add 1 tough-talking but big-hearted Dominican lesbian

Add 1 self-mythologizing CEO

Sprinkle with catchy pop and Latin songs

Mix liberally with exciting dance numbers

Leaven with some very funny jokes

Thicken with an inspiring love story

Bake for 2 acts

Best consumed while still hot