Following the lives of several residents in modern day Dublin and their various involvement with the Scarlet Feather catering business. Friends from school days, Tom and Cathy have invested their all in the catering business.....but friends, family, lovers, and the odd abandoned child or two, have a way of getting involved. Once again Ms. Binchy has chosen historic Dublin as her setting. Against this backdrop she introduces cooking school compadres Tom Feather and Cathy Scarlet. Young, gifted, and ambitious the pair begin to build what they hope will be the premier catering business. As she so often does, Ms. Binchy has devised a series of sub-plots to season the story and keep interest high. Cathy's attorney husband, Neil, is dedicated to saving the world, acting as champion for refugees, the homeless. His society influenced mother is disdainful of Cathy whose mother is a cleaning woman. Hence, mother-in-law woes abound. Tom's gorgeous girlfriend has modeling dreams which begin to occupy her more than Tom. His parents are disappointed in his career choice. Add to the mix troublesome 9-year-old twin cousins on Neil's side, Cathy's Chicago based sister who returns to Dublin for an honest-to-goodness Irish wedding complete with leprechauns, and an impoverished relative who is bent on getting the money he needs. Now, you have a real Irish stew