If there is one thing that Corinne may love more than preparing special dishes, it's serving her spectacular food to friends.

When we got married, we decided to forego a large party because we felt it wouldn't offer us the opportunity to spend real time with each person who mattered to us. Instead, we chose to have a series of dinner parties, inviting all who would have come to the wedding party, six or eight at a time.

When Corinne started working as a cook, the parties slowed down. After the cancer diagnosis, she was just too tired to continue them at all. But she still cooks for herself and for us. She says that, while cooking, nothing else intrudes into her world. Her complete focus on the food gives her peace.