WHAT YOU EAT is who you are. What you eat affects your mind, your spirit, your emotions, and your physical well-being—even though as you’re eating, you are not necessarily thinking about if that food may put you in a certain mood. When we eat something we like, we smile, right? You see people being able to enjoy themselves and your home when you cook something that makes them feel good.
Thanksgiving dinner in 2007 was the first time I told my family I was vegetarian. It was the usual spread—turkey, ham, collard greens cooked with ham, dressing cooked in the turkey, candied yams, corn bread, and corn. I was only able to eat the candied yams, corn bread, and corn. My mother, grandmother, cousins, and aunt looked at me like, “What are you talking about?” When you
