People say things about me all the time and I get over it. I've had some appalling things told about me.
My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community, food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that.
I was six when we came to this country. When I was 14 or so, I still had a lot of trouble with it.