Karen Clay lives in Johns Creek, GA with her husband and two of her three children. Her parents were originally from the south but made their way to the Los Angeles area where she grew up. She remembers her time living around the corner from her maternal grandmother, Margaret, spending the hours before and after school watching her in her kitchen while her parents were at work. One of her favorite food memories is of her grandmother’s coconut layer cake, which she hopes Milk Street will be able to recreate so she can pass it down to her daughter.