PART 1   A busy multitasker discovers the secret to making perfect grape jelly is 'simply concentrate'.  Thanksgiving dinner for a family of fourteen involves vast amounts of food and a ton of love. "Lunch with Ella"; an immigrant thanks Canada for providing refuge from war and revolution with her home cooking and her poetry.

PART 2   A family gives thanks for not going hungry by raising money for those who are.  A father and daughter are surprised by the people who work at their local food bank.  A woman becomes disabled, and hungry.  A mother puts food on the table on a very tight budget.  A cheap storage cupboard turns jars of home made jam into a sticky mess.  A 'free range' guy pays musical tribute to the chickens he raises and then eats.