Cooking with Stella

A FILM BY Dilip Mehta

A quirky and rewarding comedy--a rare and welcome thing on the big screen.

- Matthew Hays, Montreal Mirror

Cooking with Stella is Canada's answer to Julie & Julia...[a] sweet, tender and satisfying meal of a movie.

- Omar Mouallem, Vue Weekly

there's much to savour in Cooking With Stella...a clever and cheerfully amoral comedy

- Jason Anderson, Eye Weekly

Synopsis

When Canadian diplomat Maya (Lisa Ray) and her stay-at-home husband, Michael (Don McKellar), are relocated to exotic New Dehli, they inherit a household of Indian servants ruled by the sweet and charming Stella (Seema Biswas). An out-of-work chef back home, Michael implores Stella to impart her culinary wisdom and help him spice up his own repertoire. After some initial resistance, she agrees to mentor the wide-eyed westerner. As the two prepare a mouthwatering array of colourful and sumptuous cuisines, an unlikely bond begins to form. But Stella isn't who she appears to be. In fact, she's secretly cooking up a few schemes of her own...