The series takes place in Los Angeles, California, USA, and focuses on the lives of a group of low-income people living together in a housing project. In the premiere episode, “Food”, Manny Limas talks about his ability to cook anything from scratch and his love for food. He says he enjoys cooking because it is a passion of his that requires attention and discipline. He also proves that he knows how to make fried chicken better than any restaurant because he can do it better than them.
We are introduced to a family who lives in a housing project. The father is named Lino, a Sicilian man. He is the only breadwinner and helps his family make ends meet by selling drugs and selling food. Lino also takes care of his daughter, Amy, who has Down syndrome. His wife, Zora, has an unspoken drinking problem. She leaves for the night, only to come back the next morning.
Zora’s sister, Lynn, is a single mother who works as a parking attendant at a hospital and struggles financially to raise her son. Her son has a heart condition and needs life-saving surgery that costs $200,000. She tries to convince Lino to sell drugs for her so she can get the money she needs for her son’s surgery. Lino refuses until Amy falls ill one day and Zora begs him to help them.
Lino’s grandfather, Giacomo, is an old man with a failing heart who knows the truth about Lino’s smuggling activities. He sees that Lino is unhappy in life and offers him advice that could change Lino’s fate. Giacomo has a very rare condition that requires him to eat or drink five times a day to stay alive.
Amy feels something odd between her parents. One evening, she sees her father have a phone conversation with her mother about selling drugs for Lynn, who is Lynn’s cousin. She hears Lino tell Lynn that he will sell drugs for her as long as she can give him the $200,000 after she receives the money from selling the drugs. Amy overhears this and decides to help her family by being a drug mule.
The main characters are very inspirational, with the main character being a young girl who is intelligent and able to help her family by being a drug mule. The series is based on Attica Locke’s novel of the same name, From Scratch: The Education of an Unlikely Chef. The series features Zoe Saldaña, best known for her role in Desperately Seeking Susan and Empire Records (1995), who stars as Amy.
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