Bowie Henderson makes his grandma’s cookie recipe while his father, Mike Henderson, watches. Nash Henderson holds Zoey MacCartney while she dips her fingers into the cookie dough. Photo by Mike Higdon

A Recipe for Comfort

We all come to the kitchen via our own path. I personally never dreamed of any greatness as a cook other than being able to make good dishes to eat for family and friends. I like to think I do an OK job of it — better than some, not as well as others. I wouldn’t say I learned from the best, but I learned from the best I had: my mom.