Mae Townsend has always dreamed of her family in the South. With a long-ago rift estranging her late-father from his Black family in North Carolina, Mae grew up hearing stories of relatives that looked like her and of family traditions that Mae listened to with longing. Years later, Mae prepares to marry her perfect, saltine-cracker of a fiancé, not knowing the Townsends hits her like a blow. So when news arrives that her grandmother has died, she decides it's time to finally explore her Black roots. With three weeks left until her wedding, Mae heads down South. What she finds is a family in turmoil, a long-standing rift still intact, a lost mac & cheese recipe causing grief, and a Townsend family barbecue on the brink of disaster. Not willing to let her dreams of family slip away, Mae steps up to save the day and throw a barbecue everyone will remember. For better or for worse.