What got you interested in cooking? “I was born and raised in Queens, New York, and my grandmother was an entertainer-cook – she loved to have gatherings. During family holidays in Virginia we ate a lot of seafood like crab, and Southern black food like catfish and fried chicken. I helped her by eating a lot. I was intrigued by the smells and by how it all came together.”What was your first restaurant job? “We moved to Albuquerque when I was 13 years old and, four years later, I was a…
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