D.C. is very cosmopolitan. Washington is very unusual for its size in terms of food offerings.

A meal is the whole experience of getting together and sharing with friends. It is more than food.

As we pursued our own careers, certain things moved the idea along.

People have held umbrellas over me.

People learn something and take it away so they can do it again. It is very gratifying.

We didn't have any Ku Klux Klan in Washington, D.C. There was no White Citizens Council. I mean, there was just this vast separation that you didn't have any kind of contact with until you went beyond the boundaries of your community.