In retrospect, food has always been an attention-getter for me. I can remember a lot of things, from an early age, that laid the foundation for who I have become today.
Although I was born in Omaha, Nebraska, I spent my early childhood in Compton, California, where my Aunt Enola and Uncle Al were my teachers. They tried to teach me how to drive in the 8th grade but that didn't work, so they tried something else. I went from making chicken in their Fry Daddy to mastering how to cook chicken using an industrial pressure cooker. My Grandma Jones showed me how to make do with what you...
In retrospect, food has always been an attention-getter for me. I can remember a lot of things, from an early age, that laid the foundation for who...