Born Quote by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

I grew up in Boston.

— Diane Guerrero

I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town.

— Emeril Lagasse

I went to the University of Georgia for a year before I left, and then I went to live with Eileen Ford in New…

— Kim Basinger

Growing up, my dad owned a restaurant in Washington, DC, and food was something I was passionate about. But when I finally got into…

— David Chang

I had a lot of jobs in New York. I worked in a cafe, and I did bike delivery, and I was a mover.…

— Kevin Morby

I worked in restaurants for five or six years in New York. I've worked in restaurants a lot in my life. Never in the…

— Ayo Edebiri

Moving to L.A. when I was 11 was when my entrepreneurialism started because it's the land of the American dream.

— Natalie Massenet

I was actually born in New York, and spent some of my childhood in Boston. But my family moved to San Diego when I…

— Jandy Nelson

I grew up in the New York area.

— Kenneth Cole

And so when I graduated I moved to New York, and I was waitressing here and auditioning - and I got my first job…

— Piper Perabo

I've lived in Boston.

— Paul Allen

I left home when I was 16 years old, and I've been living all around the world honing my craft. I lived in L.A.…

— Kerli