The setting is from the late 1920's through the early 1950's. A young man's father won a poker game and moved his family to Gulf Port, where they now owned a large home, a dock, and a Cajun Restaurant on the wharf. During his formative years, there were crusty men at the restaurant that had lived life in the raw, and they taught him about life and how to rise above his circumstances. Detailed are his adventures and misadventures including romance along the way as he tried to make something out of himself.

When he received the opportunity to learn to become a French Chef, he seized the chance. Along the way his family and close knit friends were always foremost in his mind.