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.

I am proud to be a Southerner.

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.

I is what I is, and I'm not changing.

We are our brothers keeper. Its going to be up to all of us.

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

I really didn't have an interest in being in the kitchen until after I was married, when I was 18. It didn't take me long to realize that Mama was not going to show up at my house every day and cook.