16-year-old Zoe enlists the help of her two grandmothers, one Russian and the other Turkish, for a school cooking project. As the grandmother's rivalry escalates, Zoe wishes she hadn't bothered to ask them in the first place. The need for culturally identity clashes with the kneading of dough, and Zoe soon realizes how important both of her grandmothers are to her - and that sometimes the way into people's hearts is through their stomachs.
High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.
Генри, празднует своё 17-летие, явно борясь с его гомосексуальностью, и не может раскрыть себя, так как его отец евангельский пастор пригородной церкви. Генри не единственный член его семьи с личными вопросами: Его мать глубоко несчастна в браке, и его сестра, возвращаясь домой после ее первого года обучения в колледже, разрывается между религиозными убеждениями и головокружительной свободой светского мира.
