The main ingredient in any dish a good cook prepares is love. Love makes the world go round. It is the basis for any good relationship. A dish filled with love satisfies the heartiest appetite. The kitchen has long been the heart of the home. It was sitting around the breakfast table that family would discuss the plans for the day and around the dinner table that they recounted the events of the day. Any important family decisions were made around the table after a good meal. From the kitchen came homemade chicken soup, a source of healing for what ails you. Homemade cakes and pies chased away the blues and healed a broken heart. Comfort is found in my kitchen, whether it is the solace I get from preparing the meal or the joy the diners get from eating it. There is a certain warmth and comfort in any good cook's kitchen because whatever is prepared in it is prepared with an extra dose of TLC.