cooking. >> hinojosa: so you knew food was it? you... how did you know that? >> i knew... i mean, at age six i made my first duncan hines cake. i thought it was fascinating that you could take eggs, oil with this mix and-- poof-- in 30 minutes there was a cake. and yeah, all my friends are playing baseball and whatnot, and they'd be like, making fun of me a little bit until the game was over and i had then i had this cake. i'm like, "oh, you want some cake?" ( laughing ) >> hinojosa: and so you were like, the hit! "let's go to ming; he's going to eat!" >> yeah, "let's go to ming's and eat some cake." and then at age ten-- and this is what really... i remember this story to death-- a couple showed up at our door. this was back in dayton, ohio, where the doors are unlocked, right? it was very safe for everyone in the world. and this couple was driving through, but i recognized them. they were... we called everyone "uncleand "auntie," but they were not, you know, blood. but the first thing you ask in chinese culture is not, "how are you," but "chifanle le ma," which is "have you eaten?" because we... although we care how you are