There are some people you just want to hang out in the kitchen with. Ali Rosen is one of those people, and she knew the kitchen was where she belonged from a young age. If you’re in NYC then you’re lucky enough to get a window into her kitchen life on her TV show on NYC Life, Potluck with Ali, and the rest of us can spot her regularly on the Dr. Oz show in her role as “food investigator.” She has a cookbook, a vibrant life full of family and travel, and she’s a native Charlestonian, so I wanted to learn how growing up Southern and being an inquisitive food lover had shaped her life. What results is a classic kitchen chat (although we actually sat in the living room for some quiet), where her passion for cooking and learning is infectious.