1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: So I go up to this town. My parents both worked, 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: they had a small business, uh Western clothing store, and 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 1: both really hard working people, both good cooks, And in 4 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy six, I was eating sushi and spinach pasta, 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: and I mean it's really advanced and food at that 6 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: at that age or my age. So long story short, 7 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: the deal and my family was whoever cooked got to 8 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: make a decision what we were eating. And I I 9 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: mean I was eating my friend's house and they're having 10 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: things like meatloaf and meatballs and so forth, and we 11 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: weren't having that. We're have a steam salmon and vulgar 12 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: and you know, broccoli and a spirit. I mean, it 13 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: was just a very different world of food in my house. 14 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: So they're so they were really your first teachers then. Yeah. 15 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: But the thing was is I knew I had this craving. 16 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: It's so funny because my craving then was meat and 17 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. And now I'm back to 18 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: where my parents started me as a kid. I'm a 19 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: huge vegetable grains fan and raw food fan and so anyway, 20 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: so I started cooking, and I remember the day I 21 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: cooked my first dish, about nine, and I cooked steak 22 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: nine years old years old. My parents were so I 23 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: knew that if I could do something to help the family, 24 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: that it would be a really cool thing to do. 25 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: So I cooked the steak and all I knew was 26 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: butter and soy sauce. I mean, those are just two 27 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: things I loved. And I cooked the steak and I 28 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: put it there and my parents sit down and they 29 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: were so amazed that I had made dinner. They walked in. 30 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: My dad goes, what are you doing? I go, Mom 31 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: said I could, and my mom looks a he goes, well, 32 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: he was complaining that we didn't need any meat, and 33 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 1: I said, if you know, if you want some, if 34 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: you want a steak, then you cook it. So I 35 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: went to the store, got the steak, came home, and 36 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: I cooked it. My dad takes a bite of the 37 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: steak and I'm like, he's gonna kill me, and he 38 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 1: looks at me goes, it might be the best steak 39 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: I've ever had. Wow, done zo that was it. Wait 40 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: a second. If I cook, I don't have to do 41 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: the dishes. If I cook, we get to eat meat. 42 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 1: And if I cook, I make people happy. I'm like, man, 43 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: this is my this is my damn. And so that 44 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: became the that was the genesis of it. And then 45 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: as time went on, and I mean I cooked Jay, 46 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: I would stay home, I would fake sick from school. 47 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: We got the Julia Child's or I don't know, it 48 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: was one of the cookbooks and I was just reading 49 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: and I'm like, wait a second, they give you the 50 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: answers to make this stuff. HiT's right here, just follow THET. 51 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm like, this is this is awesome. And 52 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: so I started cooking anything I could get my hands on.