Meg Parker's life is thrown off course when she travels on assignment with the imperious photographer Jean-Jacques Chabrol. As the dueling pair search for France's past, what they find is the colorful festive present. As they devour the mouthwatering delicacies of each region along the way, their passion for food unexpectedly stirs up other desires. But, all feasting aside, Meg must reconcile her own past—the family she's left behind—with the relationship that has finally awakened all her senses.