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I am not a foodie, thank goodness. I will eat pretty much anything. A lot of my friends are getting incredibly fussy about food and I see it as a bit of an affliction.

People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.

Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear of food do to the digestive system? I am sure that an unhappy or suspicious stomach, constricted and uneasy with worry, cannot digest properly.

Working with food was fraught with anxiety when I was a girl. Like all farmers, we were at the mercy of the weather, and we lived in fear of crop failure.

Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost.

When I was a young man, I was overly sensitive to things, and I found it difficult to eat when I was nervous.

Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorders; I'd binge and purge all the time: fried oysters, po' boys, muffulettas, beignets, coffee and doughnuts. I tried to medicate myself with food when people made fun of me or hit me with a bat in school. I'd always turn to food.

I find when I'm overly concerned about what I eat, I stress out my body and put on weight.

Food is intensely pleasurable, and people are afraid that if they change the way they eat, they'll stop having pleasure.

Well, there are certain foods that I prefer not to eat because they're just such a jolt to the system.