Will's on a mission to find New York's best culinary gems in the kitchens of black-owned, family-operated joints. Throughout his adventures across the city, he joins cooks in their kitchens to investigate all things delicious, authentic and black.

Will meets the owners of a Brooklyn soul food restaurant and plans his annual Fish Fry. Later, he learns about Haitian cooking traditions and the wide variety of Caribbean ingredients that can be used in his home kitchen.