I am proof that the American dream still exists.

I know when you think about the South, you think about fried foods, but we eat a tremendous amount of vegetables. I have my own garden, so vegetables have always been a big part of my life. I love broccoli. I love fresh beets. It's not all about the fried chicken and the biscuits.

Chicken breast is the driest, [most] tasteless part of the chicken as far as I'm concerned.

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.

You never know who you will meet along life's journey. You have to be open to risks, but calculated risks, open to winning.

Love is like smiling, it never fades and is contagious.

On my show I share all these yummy, fattening recipes, but I tell people, in moderation, in moderation. You can have that little piece of pie.