Karen Christian spent most of her childhood in her grandmother's kitchen, learning the art of cooking and listening to Granny Pickles' words of wisdom about taking the right road in life. Then she marries Chase Beckham, and everything changes. After six years of believing that she has a solid marriage, Karen is shocked when Chase announces he is in love with another woman who is pregnant with his child-a child he has denied Karen. Devastated by his betrayal but determined to rediscover her true self, Karen leaves her lifelong home in Portland, Oregon, and sets out on a cross country quest that leads her to a deserted diner outside Farmers, Kentucky. Feeling she has finally reached her destiny, Karen reopens the Krossroads Diner and begins a new life that includes discovering real love does not come with a "game plan." As Karen takes her love for cooking, along with her granny's recipes, and turns a sixty five-year- old diner into a new landmark, she simultaneously transforms herself into the woman she was always meant to be.