Kim Van Dorn

My grandfather was a chef, and when I would stay with my grandparents for the summer, he would make breakfast for me before he left for work. Bacon, eggs, toast. I'd wake up to the smell of bacon, right? What's better than that? And while the food was basic, it was well seasoned, it was made with love, and it just taught me that cooking for someone is a gesture of love.

My grandfather was a chef, and when I would stay with my grandparents for the summer, he would make breakfast for me before he left for work. Bacon, eggs, toast. I'd wake up to the smell of bacon, right? What's better than that? And while the food was basic, it was well seasoned, it was made with love, and it just taught me that cooking for someone is a gesture of love.

And to this day, when I go to a restaurant or I smell bacon, I think of him.

And to this day, when I go to a restaurant or I smell bacon, I think of him.

My grandfather was a chef, and when I would stay with my grandparents for the summer, he would make breakfast for me before he left for work. Bacon, eggs, toast. I'd wake up to the smell of bacon, right? What's better than that? And while the food was basic, it was well seasoned, it was made with love, and it just taught me that cooking for someone is a gesture of love.

And to this day, when I go to a restaurant or I smell bacon, I think of him.