I will never use a substitute for butter. Margarine is one molecule away from eating plastic.

I found that when I went from Albany to Savannah, that I needed to put that white rice away, and I needed to turn that into Savannah red rice because they were big into that sausage, tomato-y, bell pepper-y rice mixture.

There's so much going on. I almost never have a moment.

I'm making little changes in my life to take care of myself, like putting in a mile or two on my treadmill every day.

Love is blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener.

I don't want to spend my life not having good food going into my pie hole. That hole was made for pies.

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.