Mall Quote by Maz Jobrani

I was Persian-American, but I hated bringing Persian food to school. I just didn't want to stand out in that way. I wanted to…

— Nahnatchka Khan

I grew up eating and loving Persian food, going to school, and everyone making fun of me.

— Samin Nosrat

L.A. kinda raised me a little bit as a 21-year-old kid from Oklahoma.

— Matt Kemp

I was this roly-poly kid at school.

— Raveena Tandon

I think the paparazzi might have chased me out of Los Angeles.

— Nicolas Cage

I'm from L.A. I grew up in the 'hood.

— Omarion

I'm from New York, so I'm simultaneously a snob and will also eat any pizza you put in front of me.

— Andy Grammer

I never pictured L.A. as a hub for amazing food, which I learned quite quickly is sheer naivete. The restaurants here are insane.

— Dan Levy

When Will and I were growing up in Los Angeles, his girlfriends were always Israeli, so we'd always be hanging out with Israelis in…

— apl.de.ap

Even as a kid, I ventured out to ethnic restaurants all the time.

— Andrew Zimmern

I'm the pizza kid.

— Rev. Run

“I asked him about what it was like growing up as a Korean American in northern New Jersey in the 1970s and 1980s. “It…

— Euny Hong