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Celebrity Chef Carla Hall joins Biscuits & Jam.
Over the years, her dynamic personality and creativity in the kitchen turned her into a culinary rock star.
Credit: Marvin Joseph
That would be her ‘me time’, listening to music.
My mother loves going to concerts.
There’s not a concert that she won’t go to.
My dad was very much into blues and jazz.
So that’s why it was easier for me to remember some of the country songs.
And I was a fan of Heehaw back in the day."
As a kid, I’d always get the chicken leg.
My father worked at Belle Meade Cafeteria, so we would go there.
“I am so excited aboutthis book.
And I end up eating one of these beautiful cookies that I see.
And my sister’s like, “you’re eating Santa’s cookie.”
And I was just like, “what?”
And I got so upset.
And then I leave it out for Santa, and Santa leaves me a note.
And then my grandfather says Santa gets tired of those little cookies, anyway.
He wants something different.
And, you know, it’s just such a sweet story.
The illustrator is Cherise Harris.
I’m so incredibly excited about it.
“My accent that comes and goes.
It is a sense of friendliness.
And so I would go to my neighbor and say, do you have any cream?
Do you have any butter?
Do you have any blah, blah, blah.
And we ended up having, like, progressive dinners in our apartment building in New York City.
I mean, people in New York are actually friendly, but no one reaches out.
That is the Southerner in me.
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