Your Mama's Kitchen Transcripts

Andy García tells Michele about growing up among Cuban exiles in Miami, where the talk—and the transcendent food—was always of home.

As guest Conan O'Brien says of his family kitchen, "If I'm a clay pot, this is the kiln where I got baked. This is where it all happened."

For screen and theater star Matthew Broderick, who grew up among artists and actors, the kitchen was center stage for family drama.

Kerry Washington opens up about her new memoir, "Thicker than Water," the importance of a kitchen in the Catskills, and how a pit stop in India changed her life and career.

Comedian, activist, and writer W. Kamau Bell remembers his grandmother's fried pies: the single-serving dessert that’s rooted in the South, just like him.

Renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés shares tales about his upbringing in Spain, where croquettes, paellas, bread crumbs, and fire taught him valuable life lessons.

For power couple Glennon Doyle & Abby Wambach, trust is key to a happy kitchen—as are good food, good music, and a whole lot of dancing.

DJ D-Nice talks Club Quarantine, his mom's cabbage, and the corned-beef hash that changed his life.

Gayle King serves up memories and recipes for Thanksgiving Jell-O and her family's killer mac and cheese.

Michelle Obama talks about growing up in a working-class family on Chicago's South Side and her mother's delicious red rice.