Cucumber reminds me of my mother making me eat sprouts.
Back in the day, we ate fresh; our parents cooked. Now, we're starting to think things are fresh because they're in a can, they're in a box, or they're frozen. That's not fresh. It's difficult to get real fresh.
Food was a big part of our family gatherings, but it was usually pasta. We didn't eat that well. Everything was home-made but not much veg or fruit.
I've always liked home-cooked meals.
When I am with my mum, I am happiest and healthiest. She always taught me how to eat healthily. She always cooked from the garden, and it was always organic.
Mama was a natural cook. At harvest time, she would whip up a noontime dinner for the men in the field: fried chicken with milk gravy, ham, mashed potatoes, lima beans, field peas, corn, slaw, sliced tomatoes, fried apples, biscuits, and peach pie.
When I'm not on tour, I love to have a long breakfast at home in my garden.
Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food.
I do not live off canned soup.
I want my daughter to grow up with memories of home-cooked meals, just as I did as one of seven children by Moroccan parents.
We didn't grow up with processed foods at all. I mean, I am not a nutritionist. I make enchiladas for a living, so that disclaimer needs to be there.
At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind.
When I'm home, I cook my own dinner, all organic.
I cook all my meals at home.
Get in your kitchens, buy unprocessed foods, turn off the TV, and prepare your own foods. This is liberating.
I live alone, with cats, books, pictures, fresh vegetables to cook, the garden, the hens to feed.
I avoid processed food.
We have lots of fruit trees and vegetables - we live endlessly on courgettes. I certainly wouldn't approve of a diet of McDonald's for my children.
I only get fat when I eat food cooked by other chefs. At home, my wife does all the cooking. She makes simple things like soups and salads. We both like steamed tofu.
