Guest chefs from throughout the state join Regina Campbell in her outdoor kitchen to prepare delicacies of the southwest. You will get much more than great recipes and techniques for healthy, tasty and interesting meatless dishes. Gourmet gardener Joe Patitucci gives tips on what to look for when picking produce, best-selling author Dr. John McDougall advises on nutrition, and beverage and wine expert David Berkley suggest which wines, beers and other refreshments would best accompany each dish. In 1954, a young Naval officer on a tour of duty near Tokyo falls in love with a beautiful Japanese woman. Heir to a Milwaukee beer fortune, he becomes trapped between his family's values, which he is trying to escape, and this forbidden relationship.
Tensions mount in a collision of East with West, past with present, duty with passion.