When you were growing up, what was dinnertime like with Paula Deen for a mother?
Jamie: Momma made Sunday dinner on Tuesday night — fried chicken, fresh turnip greens, cornbread, big chicken and dumplings. That’s the way she cooked, like a lot of Southern mommas. Are there any food traditions your mom created that you’re continuing with your son? Jamie: Some of my earliest memories with Mom are putting breakfast together. So I do the same with Jack. I let him help made the French toast, dipping the bread in the egg. It’s not about a certain food, it about spending time in the kitchen. It’s the act of getting in the kitchen and having fun. You tested a lot of recipes for this book. Did you have any kitchen disasters? Bobby: I’ve had all the common kitchen stuff — pots boiling over, burning stuff, and it generally happens when my friends are around. They laugh and say, “This is the guy from the Food Network”? But the biggest kitchen disaster I’ve ever been a part of was when Mom was on Oprah and dropped a glass ramekin into a mixer. I was terrified — I thought my mom
