When eight students gather in Lillian's Restaurant for cooking classes, they create more than just good food. They also create an atmosphere that allows each of them to deal with life's challenges, both in and out of the kitchen.

What would you do with a second chance at life? Having survived a life-threatening illness, Kate celebrates by gathering with six close friends. At an intimate outdoor dinner on a warm September evening, the women challenge Kate to start her new lease on life by going white-water rafting down the Grand Canyon with her daughter. But Kate is reluctant to take the risk. That is, until her friend Marion proposes a pact: if Kate will face the rapids, each...