Why Cook?

Why Cook?

One Saturday afternoon, as the still-bright rays of a waning afternoon sun streamed into our farmhouse kitchen, my friend Phillip, who had been watching me prepare dinner, suddenly asked: “Kathryn, do you enjoy cooking?”. It was a simple question, but one that gave me...
Coconut Layer Cake with Coconut Frosting

Coconut Layer Cake with Coconut Frosting

“I’m going to make myself a coconut cake,” I announced to my husband a week before my birthday.  It would be a layer cake, with frosting and all. “Really?” he asked, shocked. I didn’t blame him.  In all the years we’ve been together, neither of us have had an affinity...