Nonna Gia is known all throughout Italy for her famous sauce. After years and years of cooking, she decides to take her life in a whole new direction, following her heart to the Arctic. She leaves but provides her grandaughter, Valentina, clues to recreating her famous sauce. This sets Valentina on a journey of the trials and tribulations. All the while she is learning how to follow her own dreams while keeping up with her friends and living up to her families expectations. Oh! And there are penguins!