You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You don't want to make a steady diet of fried chicken.

Down South, even our vegetables have some pig hidden somewhere in it. A vegetable isn't a vegetable without a little ham hock.

Everyday you wake up on the right side of the dirt is a good one.

You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills.

Talking about money is garish. It's tacky.

You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You don't want to make a steady diet of fried chicken.

I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard.