I'm Tarriona "Tank" Ball, lead singer of Tank and the Bangas.

我是Tarriona "Tank "Ball，Tank和Bangas樂隊的主唱。

Grammy nominated, never duplicated, poet, singer, writer, author...

格萊美獎提名，永不重複，詩人，歌手，作家，作家... ...

But not too much of a cooker. So I'm going to need some help with that today.

但是不太會做飯。 所以今天我需要一些幫助。

I'm Tia Henry, chef and restaurant owner here in New Orleans, Louisiana.

我是蒂亞-亨利 路易斯安那州新奧爾良市的廚師兼餐館老闆。

I'm going to be in the kitchen teaching Tank to cook today.

我今天要去廚房教Tank做飯。

In my life, every day, everything isn't so easy, especially right now,

在我的生活中，每一天，一切都不是那麼容易，尤其是現在。

and I need new things to keep me going, keep me interested,

我需要新的東西讓我繼續，讓我感興趣。

so I need to do something to get my creative juices flowing. So I'm going to learn cooking today.

所以，我需要做一些事情 讓我的創意汁液流動。所以我今天要去學習烹飪。

Out on the road, I'm always trying different foods, but I want to be the one to cook them myself

出門在外，我總是在嘗試不同的食物，但我想做一個自己做飯的人

this time. I'm super excited about it and very nervous.

這次。我超級興奮，也非常緊張。

Everything is so special about New Orleans, especially the food.

新奧爾良的一切都很特別，尤其是食物。

I mean, it's the food capital of the world. I go all over, but still I always miss that good home cooking.

我是說，這裡是世界美食之都。我去了各地，但我還是一直懷念家鄉的美食。

My mama's been doing it for me for years, but now, it's my turn. And the pressure's on.

我媽媽已經為我做了很多年，但現在，輪到我了。壓力很大

Hey, Chef Tia!

嘿，蒂亞廚師！

Hey, Tank! I'm glad to finally meet you!

嘿，Tank！很高興終於見到你了！

I'm so excited to meet you! I am on my way to you very soon.

我很高興見到你！我很快就會去找你。

Tia, how long have you been doing this?

蒂亞，你做這個多久了？

So, I've been a restaurateur and owner of Café Dauphine for nine years now.

所以，我做餐館老闆和多芬咖啡館的老闆已經9年了。

Before opening the restaurant, I had absolutely no culinary experience.

在開餐廳之前，我完全沒有烹飪經驗。

I'm just a home taught, stuff learned from my mom and my grandparents,

我就是一個家教，東西是從媽媽和爺爺奶奶那裡學來的。

so just like I learned, I'm going to teach you the ropes, too.

所以就像我學到的一樣，我也要教你技巧。

So you mean to tell me that I, too, can become like Chef Tia,

所以你的意思是說，我也可以成為像蒂亞大廚一樣的人。

since I have no cooking experience?

因為我沒有烹飪經驗？

Anything is possible girl, let me tell you.

一切皆有可能，姑娘，讓我告訴你。

That is so amazing. I'm so excited to meet you.

這是如此驚人。我很高興見到你。

So you're ready to go?

所以你準備好了？

I am definitely ready to go. I am in the Lincoln Corsair, it has 4G WiFi,

我肯定是準備出發了。我坐的是林肯科賽爾，它有4G WiFi。

keeps me connected on the go, so I'm on my way.

讓我在旅途中保持聯繫，所以我在路上。

Every time you add something different to what you already do well, it kind of creates a different mindset,

每當你在你已經做好的事情上添加一些不同的東西時，就會產生一種不同的心態。

a different focus, a different creative energy and angle that you want to tackle

不同的焦點，不同的創意能量和角度，你想解決的問題。

whatever you're doing in your life.

無論你在做什麼，在你的生活。

That's what I'm really hoping this cooking class can do for me,

這也是我真正希望這個烹飪班能為我做的事情。

just add a little more fire underneath my stove.

只是在我的爐子下面多加一點火。

Welcome to the kitchen today, I'm so excited to be teaching you to cook.

今天歡迎大家來到廚房，我很高興能教大家做飯。

So how are you feeling about this cooking class?

那麼，你對這個烹飪課的感覺如何呢？

I don't want to burn the kitchen down!

我可不想把廚房燒了!

That's exactly how I feel. I mean, Tia, I'm not like you, I can't do this.

我也是這麼想的我的意思是，蒂亞，我不喜歡你，我不能這樣做。

I'm really nervous, but I'm more excited than nervous.

我真的很緊張，但我更多的是興奮而不是緊張。

What I'm going to be teaching you how to cook today is going to seem complicated,

我今天要教你做的菜，看起來很複雜。

your family and friends are going to be so impressed, but it comes together very simple.

你的家人和朋友都會留下深刻的印象，但它來一起非常簡單。

We're going to jump right in to our dish that we're preparing today.

我們要跳到我們今天準備的菜裡去。

We're going to fry a soft shell crab, and we're going to put that on top of a pasta

我們要煎一隻軟殼蟹，然後把它放在意大利麵上。

with a white wine cream sauce with roasted garlic, tomatoes, and spinach.

配上白葡萄酒奶油醬，配上烤大蒜、西紅柿和菠菜。

Tia, what do you love about cooking?

蒂亞，你喜歡烹飪的什麼？

The most rewarding part about cooking, and being a chef, and having a restaurant is,

做菜，做廚師，開餐廳，最值得的是。

think, just the aspect of bringing people together.

認為，只是把人們聚集在一起的方面。

The impact that food has on people that, you know, food can just kind of lift you up if you're bad mood.

食物對人的影響，你知道，食物可以只是一種提升你，如果你心情不好。

Food can inspire you, you know, food just kind of makes you feel better.

食物可以激勵你，你知道，食物只是一種讓你感覺更好。

Dang, you sound like you do what I do!

當，你的口氣就像你做我做的事一樣!

You know, you're like, "It brings people together," that's a festival.

你知道，你會說，"它把人們聚集在一起"，這就是一個節日。

"Makes people feel well," that's a concert. If I didn't know any better,

"讓人感覺很好"，那是一場音樂會。如果我不知道任何更好的。

I would think that you were talking about going to a Tank and the Bangas concert.

我以為你說的是去看Tank和Bangas的演唱會呢

And the best part about it, is to see people's reaction whenever they take in your craft

而最棒的是，每當人們欣賞你的手藝時，都能看到他們的反應。

and they love what you're doing, just as much as you love it.

他們喜歡你做的事，就像你喜歡它一樣。

That's the best part of it for me.

這是我最喜歡的部分。

So, we're doing the basic starting off, boiling water. Everybody can boil water, right?

所以，我們做的是最基本的起步，燒水。大家都會燒水吧？

Why? Oh, you sure? Let me see, is my water boiling? It's boiling.

怎麼了？哦，你確定？讓我看看，我的水沸騰了嗎？開了

So you get an A+ in boiling the water.

所以你在燒水的過程中得到了一個A+。

Well, I like to start off with a good grade.

好吧，我喜歡以一個好成績開始。

We're going to begin by boiling our fettuccine. While our pasta is boiling, let's prepare our vegetables.

我們要開始煮我們的意大利麵條。當我們的麵條煮沸時，讓我們準備蔬菜。

So we want to slice our cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes work well.

所以我們要把櫻桃番茄切成片，葡萄番茄也可以。

The red onion, and we have garlic that we have to chop up here, too.

紅洋蔥，還有我們這裡的大蒜也要切碎。

And the next step of our recipe, Tank, we're going to saute our onions

下一步我們的食譜，Tank，我們要把洋蔥炒熟

and garlic to begin our white wine cream sauce for the pasta.

和大蒜，開始我們的白葡萄酒奶油醬面。

Ooh. That's kind of got a nice little sound to it.

哦，這是一種得到了一個很好的小聲音給它。這是一種得到了一個不錯的小聲音吧。

Music and cooking, to me, I mean, it's such a creative experience,

音樂和烹飪，對我來說，我是說，這是一種創造性的體驗。

and I believe it's very soothing, very calming, thought provoking.

而且我相信它是非常舒緩的，非常平靜的，引人深思的。

Learning as I go. On this show.

邊走邊學。在這個節目中。

I get to express myself in new ways, discover new flavors that are bold,

我可以用新的方式來表達自己的想法，發現新的味道，大膽的表達。

it's kind of just like writing a song, it's a process. And I'm all there for it.

這有點像寫歌，這是一個過程。而我都在那裡為它。

So we're all set up to start frying our soft shell crab. So, let's check our oil

所以，我們都準備好了，開始煎軟殼蟹了。所以，我們先檢查一下油

to make sure that it's nice and hot, and ready.

確保它是不錯的，熱，並準備好。

I'm just going to take a little pinch of my seafood breading,

我就拿我的海鮮調料捏了一下。

so we're going to sprinkle a little cornmeal in there

所以我們要撒一點玉米麵在那裡。

and you see how this kind of sizzling, that's letting me know that my-

你看，這種炙熱，這讓我知道，我的 -

Sizzle it, baby. Go ahead, baby.

Sizzle it, baby.來吧，寶貝。

I love it.

我喜歡它。

I'm sizzle, babe.

我是Sizzle，寶貝。

So we put this crab in the oil. We want to make sure that we have the shell side down.

所以我們把這隻螃蟹放進油裡。我們要確保我們有 殼的一面向下。

The defining moment.

決定性的時刻。

Claws first.

爪子先。

Whoo! Ooo, ooo, ooo, we're sizzling. Ooo, ooo, ooo, we sizzling.

嗚！哦，哦，哦，哦，我們在發熱。哦，哦，哦，哦，我們在發熱。

We're going to add our tomato.

我們要加入我們的西紅柿。

We have 1/4 cup of white wine and we're going to add that to our vegetable mixture.

我們有1/4杯白酒，我們要把它加入到我們的蔬菜混合物中。

And we're just going to let that cook a few minutes and let that wine reduce.

我們要讓它煮幾分鐘，讓酒減少。

And so after your wine has about reduced by half, you can see that the gravy

所以當你的酒量減少了一半之後 你可以看到肉汁...

looks a little thickened in there. Then you'll be ready to add your heavy whipping cream to that.

看起來有點稠瞭然後你就可以加入你的重磅鮮奶油了。

It's now time to plate up this beautiful pasta.

現在是時候把這道美麗的麵食盤起來了。

And for our final step, we're going to take this beautiful crispy fried soft shell crab

最後一步，我們要把這隻美麗的酥炸軟殼蟹拿出來

and put it right there on top of that pasta. Beautiful!

然後把它放在意大利麵的上面。漂亮！

Look at that!

你看那！

Beautiful, Tank.

漂亮，坦克。

I'm a chef, yo!

我是一個廚師，喲！

So you ready to dig in and take a taste?

那麼，你準備好了挖空心思去嚐嚐鮮了嗎？

It's really good.

這真的很好。

Soft shell crabs, I would've never imagined making anything like that.

軟殼蟹，我從來沒有想過要做這樣的東西。

And Chef Tia told me I did a good job, and I know I did, because I tasted it myself.

蒂亞大廚告訴我，我做得很好，我知道我做得很好，因為我親自品嚐過。

It's good!

很好！

Can you believe that you made this meal your own?

你能相信這頓飯是你自己做的嗎？

I can only believe I made this on my own because you are next to me.

我只能相信這是我自己做的，因為你就在我旁邊。

Oh, you did a phenomenal job.

哦，你做了一個驚人的工作。

Well, I'm glad you were able to step outside of your comfort zone and try something different.

我很高興你能走出自己的舒適區，嘗試一些不同的東西。

My band will be very happy to know that, I'm going to be a little more,

我的樂隊一定會很高興，我要多一點。

open to things that I was scared of, prejudged.

開放的東西，我很害怕，偏見。

And wait till you cook this dish for them, they're going to be blown away.

等到你給他們做這道菜，他們一定會大吃一驚。

Well, I just want to thank you so much for teaching me how to make-

好吧，我只是想感謝你這麼多的教我如何使 -

You're so welcome.

不客氣

... this amazing meal.

........這頓驚人的晚餐。

Anytime. I look forward to the next time.

隨時都可以。我期待著下一次。

This experience definitely taught me that I can do anything. I could do absolutely anything

這段經歷絕對告訴我，我可以做任何事情。我可以做任何事情

that I set my mind to and I open my heart to. But today, I really learned something

我下定決心，我敞開心扉。但今天，我真的學到了一些東西

that I'm going to keep probably forever and incorporate in my daily life

我可能會永遠保存並融入我的日常生活中

and my music, and that's to take chances on myself.

和我的音樂，那就是對自己進行冒險。