When Alice Hale leaves acareer to become a writer and follows her husband to the New York suburbs, she isunaccustomed to filling her days alone in a big, empty house. But when she finds a vintage cookbook buried in the basement, she becomes captivated by its previous owner, 1950s housewife Nellie Murdoch. As Alice cooks her way through the past, she realizes that within the pages Nellie left clues about her life.



Soon Alice learns that while a Baked Alaska may seem harmless, Nellie's secrets may have been anything but. When Alice uncovers a more sinister, even dangerous, side to Nellie's marriage, andhas become increasingly dissatisfied with her own relationship, she beginsto take control of her life and protect herself with a few secrets of her own.