Yin, Yang and the Power of Food

A holistic cooking class helped this author understand the difference between the good life and a meaningful life. 

Mom’s African-American mantra for me was, “Get your college degree and you’ll live a good life, not a life of struggle.” So I went to college and, after graduation, got myself a corporate job that paid nearly three times her single-mother’s wage. I thought life would be easy. Since I was ten and Dad slithered out of his responsibilities, I was determined to create my own good life without his help.