Tortot is a field cook in a time of endless wars. He always joins the winning side, and just in time. His heart is as cold as that of a fish, but he has the gift of preparing a delicious soup with a limp carrot and a dried-out onion.
One day he finds the very young soldier George in a supply barrel.
Tortot would prefer to have him out of his kitchen, but George knows how to steal his heart…