it has a coconut pecan frosting. his birthday is in february. months later he'll start talking about it. i guess i only have to wait nine more months before i get to have that cake again? he gets all sad, and then i'll make him the cake. now he's doing the thing where he's like, i love the german chocolate cake, but i can't decide if i want that or the carrot cake for my birthday, so i'll make both. >> how do you equate this gorgeous food with the need in america in particular for people to eat less of this stuff? >> if you watch the show, you'll see this is a tribute to the history of my family. and i say in the show, and i've said in the books, this is something that is -- that tells where this food came from, but it's not saying this is the way we all know we're trying to eat better. in our daily life, we don't eat this way every day. if there's fried chicken in my house, i'm going to have fried chicken. most of the time we try to eat more fruits and vegetables and grains, things we know are better for us. >> i love the fact that you cooked t

a german choke latt cake with a coconut pecan frosting and his birthday is in february so long abouthis birthday. a few months later he'll start talking about it. i guess i only have to wait nine more months before i get that cake again. >> if the cake never comes. >> if the cake never comes, so it gets all sad and then i'm making the cake, and now he's doing the thing where he's like i love the german chocolate cake and i can't decide if i want that or carrot cake for my birthday and i'll make both so i don't know what it's going to be next year. >> how do you equate this gorgeous food which i would devour in an instant and probably will the moment the interview is over in the need for america for people to probably eat less of this stuff? >> yes. if you watch the show, this is a tribute to the history of my family, and i say in the show, and i've said in the books, you know, somethinging that that -- that tells where this food came, from but it's not saying that this is the way -- we all know we're trying to eat better, so in knew daily life we don't eat this way every day. if ther