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Find your happy,\u201d Granny, my mama\u2019s mother, always told me back when I was a tall, gawky kid, watching her make chicken pot pie at home in Lebanon, Tennessee. And that\u2019s why I\u2019d moved to Paris, France. But all I\u2019d found was myself feeling forlorn and homesick.<\/p>\n

Quitting my job and flying off to Europe seemed <\/em>like a gutsy, glamorous move. I\u2019d been in an accounting position for two years. One afternoon, I\u2019d watched my boss carefully fold and refold a receipt while taking an inventory of steel beams.<\/p>\n

Was that me in 20 years? Crunching numbers in some dark office, withering away\u2013death by spreadsheet! My college friends had found their dream jobs. Why not me?<\/p>\n

I prayed for direction. Then a friend called about a modeling gig in Paris. I took it as a sign. I was no fashionista, but I was tall and I\u2019d done a little modeling in college. This was it! I\u2019d discover my purpose along the moonlit Seine.<\/p>\n

Mama thought I was foolish to give up a steady, well-paying job. But Granny had my back, as usual. \u201cGod has something big planned for you, baby,\u201d she said. \u201cGo find your happy!\u201d<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019d been in Paris two months and I was miserable! I\u2019d found no more fulfillment on the runways than in spreadsheets. I should\u2019ve been sipping wine at charming bistros, falling in love at the Eiffel Tower.<\/p>\n

Instead I shuffled from one fashion show to another, missing home like crazy. Especially Granny\u2019s cooking. I had no interest in escargots or macaroons. All I really wanted was a big ol\u2019 helping of Granny\u2019s chicken pot pie and a slab of chocolate layer cake.<\/p>\n

Her Sunday suppers were the center of my universe growing up. After church, my family would flock to her house for smothered pork chops, five-flavor pound cake and pan-fried cornbread.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t care much about what went on in the kitchen\u2013I was more into the eating! But I loved watching Granny shape her cornbread patties, leaving fingerprints on each. Like she\u2019d imprinted them with a little bit of her soul. \u201cIf you cook with love,\u201d she\u2019d say, \u201ceverything just tastes better!\u201d<\/p>\n

I could barely heat up soup, but I couldn\u2019t stop thinking about pot pie. So I invited my American model friends over, promising real down-home cooking. I\u2019d seen Granny make pot pie hundreds of times. How hard could it be?<\/p>\n

I searched the Rue Cler market for ingredients, but couldn\u2019t find celery. All I came up with that looked even vaguely similar was a bunch of pale green stalks with roots. Whatever they were, they\u2019d have to do.<\/p>\n

I poured my soul into that pot pie, humming happily over my tiny apartment stove. As I stirred, I tried to picture my love flowing from me into the food, soothing my guests, some of whom were as homesick as I was.<\/p>\n

An hour later, though, when I took the pot pie out of the oven, the crust was breaking apart, the filling was leaking out…and those green stalks? Slimy and stringy. Find my happy? I couldn\u2019t even get a simple recipe right!<\/p>\n

Five hungry friends descended upon my apartment. I\u2019d promised them comfort food. So I set the defective pot pie on my wobbly kitchen table and held my breath as the girls dug in.<\/p>\n

\u201cMmm,\u201d one said. \u201cThis is gooood!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt tastes like…like a hug!\u201d said another, laughing.<\/p>\n

I took a tentative bite. Not bad! My friends hadn\u2019t noticed the pot pie\u2019s mistakes, just the love I\u2019d poured into it.<\/p>\n

I kept experimenting, picking up new ingredients (those green stalks were actually leeks), collecting cookbooks. I\u2019d get lost in a world of saffron, tarragon and cinnamon. Sometimes I even dared to put the cookbook away and cook with my senses, like Granny.<\/p>\n

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After two years, it was time to return to the States, even if all my soul-searching hadn\u2019t turned up my dream job. At least I could show off my new skills in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

One of the first things I did was cater my sister\u2019s baby shower. The next day, I packed the leftovers in a picnic basket and carried them over to a friend\u2019s office for lunch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is Carla,\u201d my friend announced. \u201cShe has a catering business.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s it called?\u201d her boss asked.<\/p>\n

Before I could protest that cooking was just a hobby, I heard a voice: Find your happy! <\/em>There it was, so close I could taste it. \u201cIt\u2019s called…the…\u201d I stammered, staring at the basket in my hand, \u201cthe Lunch Basket.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was the humble start to my cooking career. I did open a catering company and eventually enrolled in culinary school. Then I landed on Bravo\u2019s Top Chef, <\/em>where I impressed the judges with one very special recipe. You guessed it\u2013chicken pot pie!<\/p>\n

Granny was right. When I found my happy, I discovered something bigger planned for me, a life more delicious than I could ever have imagined.<\/p>\n

Try Carla’s recipe for the Tomato-Corn Chowder<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n

This story originally appeared in the August 2014 issue of <\/em>Guideposts<\/strong><\/a> magazine.<\/em>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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