Robert Revels

This interview includes the interviewee’s background and his occupational history with food. He considers his first kitchen to be at the Carolina Inn in the 1940s and 1950s. His favorite dish to cook at the Carolina Inn was roast beef. Revels states that his favorite place to cook at was the Zoom Zoom [22:25]. He also shares his thoughts about healthy food trends, family health history and nutrition

Throughout this interview, Mr. Revels discusses the most influential people in his life as being the Danziggers, his mother and father, and his grandmother. He touches on a lot of lessons he’s learned from each of these individuals throughout the interview, such as the importance of work and respect. Though he did not go to college, he explains the opportunities he’s had for travel as being some of his best education, and he refers to his life as running parallel to the life of Abraham in the Old Testament. He calls his life “The Abraham Experience,” and explains how he always knows that the Lord is there for him, despite all his sins.