Dawn O’Porter

And she was this amazing cook and just used to have people over for dinner parties and big Sunday lunches all the time.

And that was such a joyous part of my life growing up that, you know, the fact that our house was the party house.

I just loved it.

The fact that dinner time...

Anything she cooked for us, it was never a chore.

It was never... I didn't live in a house where I was like, oh, you know, the woman's doing all the cooking and she's annoyed about it.

And it was just such a pleasure for her to feed us her brilliant recipes and the effort that she put in.

And knowing how...

Good that felt for me as a teenager.

I just want my kids to know that our kitchen table is where the good stuff happens.

You know, it's not, I don't think that stems from my tragedy.

I actually think that stems from the great things that happened to me as a kid.

And the fact that our dining room at my auntie and uncle's house was literally my favorite place to be.

It was just brilliant.

And so when I feed my kids, I just I want them to feel that way about our house.

We have people over all the time and I make a lot of effort with their food and I never want them to feel like me taking care of them is functional and stressful.

He did.

It was 2021.

The time was 2021.

We were in Toronto.