Food, Faith, and Fellowship: Michele "Mamma Mish" Love's Culinary Mission

Rich Bennett 0:00
A while ago. I don't remember how many years ago I was told to go to a restaurant around the corner for my niece and nephew Souse, and my wife and I went there shortly after Thanksgiving and I got this turkey slider with this cranberry sauce, and I just fell in love with it. And the the restaurant itself was amazing. Of course, my wife ended up shopping because there a bunch of things in there that you could buy and. Yeah. My wife went to town on that. 

Mama misses homemade dishes. And I actually had the founder of Mama Mrs. who has now since written a book of recipes, which I cannot hear about, and a lot of well, let her tell you about the book. So I got Michelle love on. Hey, doing Michelle. I'm doing great. 

Michelle Love 0:58
Great. 

Rich Bennett 1:00
First of all, before we get into the book, I got to know Mom and Mrs.. Did you go to culinary school or anything? 

Michelle Love 1:06
I did not go to culinary school. I did learn a little bit working with Sodexo and Aramark and things like that. I did take some culinary classes with them. 

Rich Bennett 1:14
Oh, wow. 

Michelle Love 1:15
It was my grandmother's one Polish, one Italian and my. 

Rich Bennett 1:18
Oh. 

Michelle Love 1:19
Father who introduced me to the kitchen, introduced me to the grocery store in and herbs and spices in, and I concocted my own things. 

Rich Bennett 1:30
Normally you hear Italian and Irish, but Italian and Polish. It ain't no wonder the dishes were phenomenal. 

Michelle Love 1:39
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 1:39
Did you ever make homemade kielbasa? 

Michelle Love 1:41
No, but my grandmother didn't. 

Rich Bennett 1:43
Oh. 

Michelle Love 1:44
And homemade horseradish with. The red Horseradish. 

Rich Bennett 1:47
Oh, man. 

Michelle Love 1:48
Grandmother lost a finger one year many, many moons ago stuffing the in the in the machine that you stuffed the pork and. 

Rich Bennett 1:56
Yeah, but. 

Michelle Love 1:57
She lost a finger. We all said that it was the anointed sausage kielbasa that year because my grandmother's precious godly finger was somewhere in there. 

Rich Bennett 2:07
So, boy, there's this a that's a lot of poor guy. I'm going to throw that away. 

Michelle Love 2:11
You 

Rich Bennett 2:11
You 

Michelle Love 2:11
know, 

Rich Bennett 2:11
know? 

Michelle Love 2:12
we all. The US Pollack's. 

Rich Bennett 2:15
It's all me. It's something I miss is Jamaica Bossa and sauerkraut. I used to get that all the time. 

Michelle Love 2:21
My favorite, too. I grew up with that. 

Rich Bennett 2:23
When when did you open the restaurant and why did you decide to open the restaurant? 

Michelle Love 2:28
We started the planning of it, I believe it was 2016. We started getting Mama Misha's homemade dishes name out there. 

Rich Bennett 2:35
Mhm. 

Michelle Love 2:36
Still in corporate. And I felt like if I was going to put all my time into working for the corporates 

Rich Bennett 2:43
Mhm. 

Michelle Love 2:44
and I was not seeing my family, not seeing my husband, that my husband actually said, you might as well work for yourself if you're going 

Rich Bennett 2:52
Right. 

Michelle Love 2:52
to kill yourself doing this for a corporate working 60, 78 hours a week, you might as well do it for yourself. And so once he said that. 

Rich Bennett 2:59
The. 

Michelle Love 2:59
Balls got rolling in my head, and before we knew it, we were finding a place in. And Mama Misha's became alive and well and kicking. 

Rich Bennett 3:07
Then you're working even more hours, right? 

Michelle Love 3:11
Wise, but it was definitely a better situation. 

Rich Bennett 3:17
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 3:19
And I really it grew leaps and bounds what God did in that place. I, I look back now and it was really a blessing. As was revealed. You in with the food? 

Rich Bennett 3:32
Oh, the food. Like I said, the food was great. 

Michelle Love 3:34
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 3:35
I mean, you couldn't beat it. 

Michelle Love 3:36
I miss it. I miss. I do miss part. 

Rich Bennett 3:39
Doing this. Yeah, but 

Michelle Love 3:40
But I 

Rich Bennett 3:40
I, 

Michelle Love 3:40
don't miss not seeing my husband and having a life. I 

Rich Bennett 3:44
I. 

Michelle Love 3:44
didn't have a life. 

Rich Bennett 3:46
Well, you can still make those great dishes for him. 

Michelle Love 3:48
I and I. Well, I do. 

And I do make them for people I. 

Rich Bennett 3:54
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 3:55
And deliver and still serve in that way. And people love it. We do 

Rich Bennett 3:59
Gatherings 

Michelle Love 3:59
get. 

Rich Bennett 3:59
now and. 

Michelle Love 3:59
I take some of the food from the cookbook and people are like, Oh my goodness, this is so good. The chicken salad. It's so good. 

Rich Bennett 4:08
You're like. 

Michelle Love 4:08
You just opened a little tiny place just to sell a few things. And if you don't know me yet, but if I set my heart to do something and. 

Rich Bennett 4:19
And my. 

Michelle Love 4:20
Intentions are to keep it small. 

Rich Bennett 4:22
Mm. 

Michelle Love 4:23
That never happens. If you 

Rich Bennett 4:24
Right. 

Michelle Love 4:24
saw mom emissions when we when we retire, I retired from it. We were all three spaces. Tea room boots. 

Rich Bennett 4:31
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 4:31
Cafe Catering Company Ministry Prayer Room. Just how God does it with me. It's never small, so I can never commit to something small because it will. 

Rich Bennett 4:42
What ends up being some. 

Michelle Love 4:43
Something much bigger. That's. 

Rich Bennett 4:44
Well, there's a reason for that. 

Michelle Love 4:46
Yes, there is. 

Rich Bennett 4:47
What year did the restaurant actually close? 

Michelle Love 4:49
20 December 24th, 2023. Just. Just last year. 

Rich Bennett 4:53
Oh, wow. 

Michelle Love 4:54
Yeah, it was a God thing. I had been praying about what he wanted to do. I knew a new season was coming for. 

Rich Bennett 5:00
Mm hmm. And. 

Michelle Love 5:02
I knew that he was going to ask me to get out there more. 

Rich Bennett 5:06
Right. 

Michelle Love 5:07
And the beginning of the year. I always pray for what's coming for the year, and he had put it on my heart that this season was coming to a close. I didn't actually know when it was closing. My husband and I talked about it and I got. December 24th, 2023, sometime in the summer, because I was actually away with a friend and I was sitting on the beach listening for what his plans were. 

Rich Bennett 5:32
Mm. 

Michelle Love 5:33
And I ended up writing this beautiful letter and it ended up going out into the airwaves to our followers that we were closing. And I delivered that letter in September of 2023. So everyone knew that. 

Rich Bennett 5:46
Yeah. Going in. 

Michelle Love 5:47
Into the fall. And this was it. This was. The law was closing the door. 

Rich Bennett 5:52
I think with that, a lot of hearts were broken. 

Michelle Love 5:54
Yes. 

Rich Bennett 5:55
But I think with what you did now, with the with the Borg, a lot of hearts have been mended. 

Michelle Love 6:01
That's what we've heard from 

Rich Bennett 6:02
People 

Michelle Love 6:02
people 

Rich Bennett 6:02
who 

Michelle Love 6:02
who 

Rich Bennett 6:02
have. 

Michelle Love 6:02
have bought the book. A lot of people are making the recipes. But I have to be honest with you, we're hearing more than making the recipes. The world 

Rich Bennett 6:09
Word that. 

Michelle Love 6:10
is in. 

Rich Bennett 6:10
Mm. 

Michelle Love 6:11
Because it's a storybook. Stories about, you know, times that mama misses. My my history with family, you know, family with food. But the final part and this 

Rich Bennett 6:22
It appears today. 

Michelle Love 6:24
The final part of the book where the picture of the recipe is there's a devotion. It's it's 

Rich Bennett 6:30
It's 

Michelle Love 6:30
God's 

Rich Bennett 6:30
God's 

Michelle Love 6:30
will. 

Rich Bennett 6:30
word. Oh, wow. 

Michelle Love 6:32
This book is is very precious. It's it's something that only God could have created. I was panicked. Nervous? I'd never written anything in my life. I. 

Rich Bennett 6:46
Really? 

Michelle Love 6:47
I am a speaker. I'm not a right. 

Rich Bennett 6:49
Writer. 

Michelle Love 6:51
And when the Lord put it on my heart, the people that follow us on mama missions kept saying, You have to write a cookbook. 

Rich Bennett 6:59
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 6:59
And the Lord kept saying, You're not writing a cookbook. So I took that 

Rich Bennett 7:03
For. 

Michelle Love 7:03
for We're not writing a cookbook. 

Rich Bennett 7:06
And. 

Michelle Love 7:06
And then. I finally felt that he was showing me. It's. It's not. It's food. 

Rich Bennett 7:13
Oh. 

Michelle Love 7:14
There's me. 

Rich Bennett 7:15
This from the world. 

Michelle Love 7:17
Not just food. So then I started to get it and I'm like. 

Rich Bennett 7:21
Like. 

Michelle Love 7:21
This has never been done. Like there's never been a book with all three facets in there. 

Rich Bennett 7:25
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 7:26
Storybook, a cookbook. 

Rich Bennett 7:28
And then. 

Michelle Love 7:28
A devotional book. Holy. That's cool. God, I 

Rich Bennett 7:32
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 7:32
was like, That's really cool. I still don't know how to do this. 

And. And I kept sitting. 

Rich Bennett 7:40
And. 

Michelle Love 7:40
And I kept getting headaches and frustration. 

Rich Bennett 7:42
And then finally I said. 

Michelle Love 7:43
I surrender. Show me how to do this. So I went away to the beach. No, I turned the phone off. Turned. I only had the laptop on it. My finger. 

Rich Bennett 7:54
Here's an all of 

Michelle Love 7:54
Their 

Rich Bennett 7:54
our 

Michelle Love 7:55
compilation of recipes that were on index 

Rich Bennett 7:57
index card. 

Michelle Love 7:57
cards because I'm old school. 

Rich Bennett 7:58
Wow. 

Michelle Love 7:59
And all of a sudden the Lord started 

Rich Bennett 8:01
Started 

Michelle Love 8:02
showing 

Rich Bennett 8:02
showing 

Michelle Love 8:02
me. 

Rich Bennett 8:02
me categorise. 

Michelle Love 8:02
Organize the cards. Categorize. 

Rich Bennett 8:05
Rise the recipes take the. 

Michelle Love 8:06
One's out. You don't. 

Rich Bennett 8:07
In the book. 

Michelle Love 8:08
So I started doing that. And then took me to the Bible. 

Rich Bennett 8:12
Messages that he wanted in the. 

Michelle Love 8:14
A book per each recipe. 

Rich Bennett 8:15
Right. 

Michelle Love 8:16
And then I sat down 

Rich Bennett 8:17
With 

Michelle Love 8:18
with 

Rich Bennett 8:18
my 

Michelle Love 8:18
my 

Rich Bennett 8:18
fingers. 

Michelle Love 8:18
fingers at the laptop. I had everything I need. He poured everything together right around me, and I started writing. 

Rich Bennett 8:24
And it was. This was. 

Michelle Love 8:25
Was not an easy book to write because you had this part, this part, This part. This part in this part. And I was like, Oh, Lord. And then we did for the photo. This is actually our living room on the photo, but the book. We had a professional photographer that I met through the business. 

Rich Bennett 8:40
Mm hmm. 

Michelle Love 8:41
Came in and took a bunch of photos and they're all through the book. And I said, Lord, please don't ask me to make every one of these dishes. So I would take photos of them. 

Rich Bennett 8:53
In 

Michelle Love 8:53
We found we found photos that would work and they did 

Rich Bennett 8:56
fact, 

Michelle Love 8:56
work. And they're. Are 

Rich Bennett 8:57
are they? 

Michelle Love 8:57
they high tech, high quality? No, But, you know, because 

Rich Bennett 9:00
You're 

Michelle Love 9:00
you're 

Rich Bennett 9:00
talking. 

Michelle Love 9:00
talking 100 recipes, I had to be. 

Rich Bennett 9:02
Oh, wow. Thing. 

Michelle Love 9:04
Things are food. 

Rich Bennett 9:05
And. 

Michelle Love 9:05
And then. 

Rich Bennett 9:08
And. 

Michelle Love 9:08
And then there's one big problem. My grandmother's taught me a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Measured anything. So all these recipes. 

Rich Bennett 9:20
A lot of people don't. 

Michelle Love 9:21
I had to. 

And I was like, I better make this. So I made a lot of dishes for this seating. I made quite a few. 

Rich Bennett 9:29
Dishes and everybody came to 

Michelle Love 9:30
To my 

Rich Bennett 9:30
my. 

Michelle Love 9:31
house an eight and had a ball and it was God thing because I was just like. 

Rich Bennett 9:36
I'm going to trust. 

Michelle Love 9:41
Some of the things I actually felt like. 

Rich Bennett 9:43
You need to make. 

Michelle Love 9:44
Take that again and you and give it away. But 

Rich Bennett 9:46
You 

Michelle Love 9:46
you need 

Rich Bennett 9:46
need 

Michelle Love 9:47
to 

Rich Bennett 9:47
to 

Michelle Love 9:47
make 

Rich Bennett 9:47
make. 

Michelle Love 9:47
that. So the whole thing is. 

Rich Bennett 9:49
Is a faith wall. 

Michelle Love 9:50
The whole entire book is a faith journey. But now hearing people comment and giving reviews on Amazon and Barnes Noble. 

Rich Bennett 9:58
Mhm. 

Michelle Love 9:59
And they like more. When I come to bring the book and talk 

Rich Bennett 10:02
Talk 

Michelle Love 10:02
about 

Rich Bennett 10:02
about 

Michelle Love 10:02
the 

Rich Bennett 10:02
them. 

Michelle Love 10:02
book. And 

Rich Bennett 10:03
We 

Michelle Love 10:03
we just 

Rich Bennett 10:03
just had. 

Michelle Love 10:03
had our first gathering and it was amazing. And that's where everything happened. 

Rich Bennett 10:08
It's. 

Michelle Love 10:09
Because I get to sit with. 

Rich Bennett 10:10
And when 

Michelle Love 10:10
When 

Rich Bennett 10:10
I 

Michelle Love 10:10
I 

Rich Bennett 10:11
signed 

Michelle Love 10:11
sign these 

Rich Bennett 10:11
these 

Michelle Love 10:11
books, 

Rich Bennett 10:11
books, 

Michelle Love 10:12
every message 

Rich Bennett 10:12
it just. 

Michelle Love 10:12
is whatever he leads me 

Rich Bennett 10:14
Me 

Michelle Love 10:14
to 

Rich Bennett 10:14
to 

Michelle Love 10:14
say 

Rich Bennett 10:14
say 

Michelle Love 10:14
to 

Rich Bennett 10:14
to 

Michelle Love 10:14
that 

Rich Bennett 10:14
that 

Michelle Love 10:14
person. 

Rich Bennett 10:14
person. 

Michelle Love 10:15
And if I leave the book signed in a bookstore because. Our books are in Georgia. Our books are in. 

Rich Bennett 10:20
Nice. 

Michelle Love 10:21
It's in Delaware. Our books are all over the place and God's sending it out even more. But wherever I. 

Rich Bennett 10:28
I sign a book in. 

Michelle Love 10:29
And leave it. It's a different message. In every book. And he was showing me that that message will pertain to that person that's picking up that book. 

Rich Bennett 10:41
Oh, wow. They 

Michelle Love 10:42
They will 

Rich Bennett 10:42
will. 

Michelle Love 10:42
see the mess. The word that he that he wrote and 

Rich Bennett 10:45
And. 

Michelle Love 10:45
they and it they will receive it because it's for them. And I was. 

That is huge. 

Rich Bennett 10:52
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 10:52
And so I 

Rich Bennett 10:54
Makes it more personal to 

Michelle Love 10:55
guess. 

Rich Bennett 10:55
when that person gets. 

Michelle Love 10:57
Yes. It's not just me because my name. Well, my name means something. But this is about God. This. 

Rich Bennett 11:02
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 11:03
About mama issues. This isn't about Michelle. This is about God. I just happened to be the vessel. He. 

Rich Bennett 11:09
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 11:10
To produce this. But this whole book and the prayer faith is in the back. So if you get to the back, I talk about Jesus in some. 

Rich Bennett 11:18
Mm hmm. 

Michelle Love 11:18
No. Jesus. The prayer of faith. 

Rich Bennett 11:20
Yes. 

Michelle Love 11:21
In the back. My contact information is in the back. My number, my email address that 

Rich Bennett 11:25
Anyone 

Michelle Love 11:25
anyone 

Rich Bennett 11:26
can 

Michelle Love 11:26
can. 

Rich Bennett 11:26
contact me wherever 

Michelle Love 11:27
Wherever 

Rich Bennett 11:27
This. 

Michelle Love 11:27
this book goes. God. 

Rich Bennett 11:29
Right. They need help. Understand? 

Michelle Love 11:30
Standing. 

Rich Bennett 11:31
Big concern. 

Michelle Love 11:32
Yes, they can eat 

Rich Bennett 11:33
Email me or 

Michelle Love 11:33
or they 

Rich Bennett 11:34
they 

Michelle Love 11:34
can. 

Rich Bennett 11:34
can call me. 

Michelle Love 11:35
And say, Hey, I'm reading this and I don't understand it, or the recipe is not working. 

Rich Bennett 11:41
Right. 

Michelle Love 11:41
But whatever it is, they. 

Rich Bennett 11:43
Are you sure you're supposed to be a cop, Michel? 

Michelle Love 11:45
Website. I would say website. 

Rich Bennett 11:49
We. 

Michelle Love 11:49
We have a little blooper in there. And I always say it was my first book. It was God Ordained. I you know, I'll take I'll take responsibility for type. 

Rich Bennett 11:59
I guess. And how long did it take to write? 

Michelle Love 12:03
Two months. Two months. 

Rich Bennett 12:05
Really? 

Michelle Love 12:05
Put all this together? Yep. It was crazy. 

Rich Bennett 12:08
Self-published years ago through a publisher. 

Michelle Love 12:10
I went through Amazon. 

Rich Bennett 12:12
So you self-publish? 

Michelle Love 12:12
Self-published through Amazon. And. And the next book will be through something called Ingram Spark. We're going to use 

Rich Bennett 12:19
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 12:19
them for that one. And I don't want to diss Amazon and Barnes Noble, but they take a whole lot of your. 

Rich Bennett 12:24
Yeah, they 

Michelle Love 12:25
They take 

Rich Bennett 12:25
take 

Michelle Love 12:25
a 

Rich Bennett 12:25
a 

Michelle Love 12:25
whole 

Rich Bennett 12:25
whole. 

Michelle Love 12:26
lot of your book. But I'll be also honest with you, it's not about the money. Because he's blessing us in. 

Rich Bennett 12:30
In other ways. It's about getting the word out. It's about the. 

Michelle Love 12:34
That's really what it's about. Who? 

Rich Bennett 12:35
What better way than through. Through the stomach. You know. And as you're making that recipe. Yes. Yeah. 

Michelle Love 12:43
And that's how that's what I feel like I feel like. And it's like I said, most of the commentary on this book is not been the food. It's been the word. 

Rich Bennett 12:53
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 12:53
You know, people are floored when they open a cookbook and 

Rich Bennett 12:56
And. 

Michelle Love 12:57
they're seeing the name. 

Rich Bennett 12:59
Jesus. 

Michelle Love 13:00
US. 

Rich Bennett 13:00
I've never seen a book like that, to be honest of 

Michelle Love 13:02
You 

Rich Bennett 13:03
you. 

Michelle Love 13:03
know, and they're seeing God. 

Rich Bennett 13:04
I got a lot of cookbooks. 

Wife always says, I have too many cookbooks. 

Michelle Love 13:09
Okay. 

Rich Bennett 13:10
We can't use them all at the same time. 

Michelle Love 13:12
No, but you. I just feel like you feel led to pick up one. 

Rich Bennett 13:16
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 13:17
Other. And and this one is is nothing but hope. Even when I'm even when the recipe's being written, I'm given little, little blurbs of hope. 

Rich Bennett 13:28
I take it the chicken salad recipes in there. 

Michelle Love 13:30
Yes. And we had chicken salad planning. 

Rich Bennett 13:33
Is 

Michelle Love 13:33
I 

Rich Bennett 13:34
it chicken salad? 

Michelle Love 13:36
And I should have brought you some. It's so good. Oh, my gosh. 

Rich Bennett 13:38
Is that. 

Michelle Love 13:38
Have you had it? 

Rich Bennett 13:40
My wife did. We went there. I think she. 

Michelle Love 13:42
That's what put us on the map. 

Rich Bennett 13:43
The chicken salad. 

Michelle Love 13:44
Yeah. Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 13:45
Yeah. Yeah. I had the one time that turkey slider. I fell in love. 

Michelle Love 13:50
Thanksgiving. Sammy's in here. 

Rich Bennett 13:51
Yes, Richard. 

Michelle Love 13:52
Sir, in here. 

Rich Bennett 13:53
Okay. 

Michelle Love 13:53
And the first paragraph is actually Cafe Favorite Faith. Cafe. Faithful favorites. 

Rich Bennett 13:59
All right. So I know this question is going to be hard for you to answer. And you can't say chicken salad. So what's and I know you don't have a favorite, but what's one of your favorite recipes in this book, along with the story and description behind it? 

Michelle Love 14:17
Um, 

I would say probably the Chesapeake chicken salad. We actually that we came up with that creation last year and it was something that was on my heart for a long time, combining 

Rich Bennett 14:32
Shrimp. 

Michelle Love 14:32
shrimp, crab and chicken. 

Rich Bennett 14:34
Ooh. 

Michelle Love 14:35
Could only be made in the summer because you need beefsteak tomatoes for two in the recipe, not one that sliced in on the bread. 

Rich Bennett 14:42
Right. Tomatoes are in the salad and. 

Michelle Love 14:45
And I played around with it in 2022. I couldn't get it. I was playing around with it in the wrong season. That's why. Because 

Rich Bennett 14:53
Because 

Michelle Love 14:53
you 

Rich Bennett 14:53
you 

Michelle Love 14:53
need 

Rich Bennett 14:53
need 

Michelle Love 14:53
the 

Rich Bennett 14:53
Marilyn's 

Michelle Love 14:53
Maryland. 

Rich Bennett 14:54
meat. Crab meat. 

Michelle Love 14:55
And. So one day I was in the shop and I said, I said, today's the day we're going to create this salad. I'm going to do it. I had all these people in the shop come in to taste test it. It 

Rich Bennett 15:07
It 

Michelle Love 15:07
took 

Rich Bennett 15:07
took me 

Michelle Love 15:07
me 

Rich Bennett 15:07
a 

Michelle Love 15:07
a 

Rich Bennett 15:07
while. 

Michelle Love 15:07
while. 

Rich Bennett 15:08
It 

Michelle Love 15:08
It was 

Rich Bennett 15:08
was 

Michelle Love 15:08
trial 

Rich Bennett 15:08
trial 

Michelle Love 15:08
and 

Rich Bennett 15:08
and 

Michelle Love 15:08
error. 

Rich Bennett 15:08
error. Trial and error because I gave. 

Michelle Love 15:09
Give up on it. The. 

Rich Bennett 15:10
Right. 

Michelle Love 15:11
And it was the beefsteak tomatoes. It was the farm. Because I'm a fan of shopping at the farm. I love the farms. 

Rich Bennett 15:17
And so 

Michelle Love 15:18
So we got some Marilyn Sweet crabmeat, fresh 

Rich Bennett 15:20
fresh 

Michelle Love 15:21
chicken, 

Rich Bennett 15:21
chicken. 

Michelle Love 15:22
shrimp, jumbo. 

Rich Bennett 15:23
Jumbo, large jumbo shrimp. 

Michelle Love 15:25
And it it all came together that day. It was the day it 

Rich Bennett 15:31
It 

Michelle Love 15:31
was. 

Rich Bennett 15:31
was supposed to come together. 

Michelle Love 15:33
And we had Jackie O from Bel Air New. 

Rich Bennett 15:36
News items. 

Michelle Love 15:37
And later with WFLA news Gio and Jackie. 

Rich Bennett 15:39
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 15:40
She happened to be in the shop that day. I said, you got to try this. She was the first one to try it. And she was like, Oh my goodness, this is so good because old Bay is my friend. 

Rich Bennett 15:52
Right. 

Michelle Love 15:53
Would open anything. 

Rich Bennett 15:54
My 

Michelle Love 15:54
And I'm 

Rich Bennett 15:54
daughter's, 

Michelle Love 15:54
a. 

Rich Bennett 15:54
too. 

Michelle Love 15:55
I'm not. I obey as I grew up with it. I know there are other knockoffs of it. That's fine. 

Rich Bennett 16:02
You do what you. 

Michelle Love 16:02
You do. I'm going. Baby girl. And 

Rich Bennett 16:05
And 

Michelle Love 16:05
so that day we coupled it with the old 

Rich Bennett 16:07
or 

Michelle Love 16:07
baby potato 

Rich Bennett 16:08
a safe 

Michelle Love 16:08
salad, and we 

Rich Bennett 16:09
working. 

Michelle Love 16:09
were handing out samples to everyone who came in and everybody was like. So good I could just eat this. Just like this. 

Rich Bennett 16:15
Mm hmm. 

Michelle Love 16:15
And so a lot of people are still asking for that. And the word that goes with it is, is basically, 

Rich Bennett 16:21
Basically 

Michelle Love 16:21
I can do all 

Rich Bennett 16:22
things. 

Michelle Love 16:22
things to Christ who strengthens me. And I know it just sounds like a recipe, but the way it made people smile and how excited people were that coming in, buying pounds and because it was expensive. 

Rich Bennett 16:31
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 16:31
It had like top quality stuff in it. But the way people were coming in and just like, this is like the best. Like, I need £4 of this for a party on Saturday or I 

Rich Bennett 16:42
Wow. 

Michelle Love 16:42
need. £3 of this because I'm going down to the beach for the week and I want to have this. And people were just going crazy over a salad and but it wasn't just a salad. It was the hype of I put it on the 

Rich Bennett 16:56
Back 

Michelle Love 16:56
back. 

Rich Bennett 16:56
burner. 

Michelle Love 16:56
How many times do we all do that? 

Rich Bennett 16:58
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 16:58
I put it on the back burner and I said, I can't. I can't get this. I'm just I'm going to stop trying cause I'm frustrated and and then all of a sudden, God saying, we're going to make this we're going to make this because you need to make this 

Rich Bennett 17:12
Mm. 

Michelle Love 17:12
for yourself, for the people it makes for you. And it's food. And and what happened when we created it and word got out and there was a buzz and people kept coming in and they keep and they were asking for it all year round. And I'm. 

Rich Bennett 17:23
I'm like. 

Michelle Love 17:24
We can't do it all. 

Rich Bennett 17:25
All year round because 

Michelle Love 17:25
You 

Rich Bennett 17:25
you. 

Michelle Love 17:26
have to 

Rich Bennett 17:26
I 

Michelle Love 17:26
have. 

Rich Bennett 17:26
have seasonal tomatoes and Maryland crab. 

Michelle Love 17:30
Hammy. That's sweet crab meat. 

Rich Bennett 17:32
And. 

Michelle Love 17:32
And it was like, I haven't made it yet this summer, which I'm shocked. So I'm probably going to make it for the party this Saturday in our house. But I want to make it because it brought me so much joy. Because if you think about it, you're putting all these ingredients. 

Rich Bennett 17:45
Ingredients together that normally don't go together. Right? 

Michelle Love 17:49
And then you're throwing chopped tomatoes on top of it and you're and you're putting all your seasonings in and. Herbs from the garden were going in it and it just it was like every bite full was just full of life. And you could taste the shrimp and the crab and the tomatoes and the chicken, and you just wanted more of it. 

Rich Bennett 18:11
I'm 

Michelle Love 18:11
God 

Rich Bennett 18:11
getting hungry now. 

Michelle Love 18:12
kind 

Rich Bennett 18:12
Kind of. 

Michelle Love 18:12
of what God's like if 

Rich Bennett 18:13
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 18:13
you. 

Rich Bennett 18:14
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 18:15
All those ingredients and God brings us all together to do something amazing and glorious. And people talk about it and people want to be a part of that. 

Rich Bennett 18:24
Mm hmm. 

Michelle Love 18:25
That's where I really that's what really happened to me. The revelation of, you know, doing something that you think might not be able to be done. 

Rich Bennett 18:34
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 18:34
Doing it for him and then letting him bless it. And look what happened from. Like, everyone's like, where's that Chesapeake chicken salad in there. Knock offs. 

Rich Bennett 18:43
Because I've 

Michelle Love 18:44
I've 

Rich Bennett 18:44
seen. 

Michelle Love 18:44
seen people have it on their recipes. 

Rich Bennett 18:46
And I look at 

Michelle Love 18:46
The 

Rich Bennett 18:46
the ingredients, 

Michelle Love 18:46
ingredients. I'm 

Rich Bennett 18:47
I'm 

Michelle Love 18:47
like, 

Rich Bennett 18:47
like, 

Michelle Love 18:47
They 

Rich Bennett 18:47
they don't. 

Michelle Love 18:47
don't have it. It is in here. It is. 

Rich Bennett 18:49
Cookbook. 

Michelle Love 18:50
The Chesapeake 

Rich Bennett 18:50
Chicken 

Michelle Love 18:50
chicken salad. 

Rich Bennett 18:51
salad is in the cookbook. 

Michelle Love 18:52
And I know a few people 

Rich Bennett 18:52
people who've 

Michelle Love 18:53
who've made 

Rich Bennett 18:53
made it 

Michelle Love 18:53
it and 

Rich Bennett 18:53
and 

Michelle Love 18:53
they're 

Rich Bennett 18:53
they're 

Michelle Love 18:53
like 

Rich Bennett 18:53
like. 

Michelle Love 18:53
Hama. It's they're having memories of being in the cafe. 

Rich Bennett 18:58
Which is cool. Yeah. So. 

Michelle Love 19:00
But that would be my favorite one. 

Rich Bennett 19:01
I know what I'm going to be trying to. 

Michelle Love 19:04
You'll love it. That recipe is actually 

shrimp salads in that recipe, too. So some recipes have more than one recipe. 

Rich Bennett 19:13
Right. 

Michelle Love 19:14
The recipe. So now everybody knows how to because they're. 

Rich Bennett 19:16
Everyone loved Archie. 

Michelle Love 19:17
Ashram salad. Everyone loved our shrimp salad. So. 

Rich Bennett 19:21
And everything in. It's good for you to. 

Michelle Love 19:24
I mean, depending on what you put it on, like I love it on rye bread. That that 

Rich Bennett 19:28
Chesapeake. Chickens 

Michelle Love 19:28
comes 

Rich Bennett 19:29
out 

Michelle Love 19:29
out 

Rich Bennett 19:29
on 

Michelle Love 19:29
on rye. 

Rich Bennett 19:29
Rye. 

Michelle Love 19:30
Amazing. Also evergreens with the the. 

Rich Bennett 19:32
Oh. 

Michelle Love 19:33
Fresh cucumbers and. And I don't even think you need a dressing. Just eat it with the greens. But you can. Any dish you can make. How? 

Rich Bennett 19:40
Healthy. 

Michelle Love 19:40
Depending on what you put with it. 

Rich Bennett 19:43
Right. 

Michelle Love 19:44
But eat everything in moderation. That's what I tell everybody. Don't. Don't sit there and eat £2 of Chesapeake chicken salad. First of all, you'll feel disgusting. 

Nobody should be taking in all that stuff at the same time, but do everything in moderation. 

Rich Bennett 19:57
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 19:58
Even the sweets in here do it in moderation. I do have 

Rich Bennett 19:59
The 

Michelle Love 19:59
a. 

Rich Bennett 20:00
healthy section in here. 

Michelle Love 20:01
So there is there is healthy because I was cognate. 

Rich Bennett 20:04
On the scent of that when. 

Michelle Love 20:05
When writing the cookbook that there are people who who might look at these recipes go chugga, chugga, chugga, bread, grain. And so we did a healthy section. 

Rich Bennett 20:15
The thing is to even like. There was a sugar substitute, something else for and try it because you don't know unless you try it, you know. 

Michelle Love 20:24
And you'll know if you if you start eating something like we haven't been doing sugar for a while. And now when I eat sugar, I'm like, 

Rich Bennett 20:31
Yes, It's disgusting. 

Michelle Love 20:32
I want it 

Rich Bennett 20:33
It's like 

Michelle Love 20:33
so 

Rich Bennett 20:33
so much 

Michelle Love 20:33
much. 

Rich Bennett 20:34
sugar, I think. 

Michelle Love 20:34
Think I'm going to die. 

Rich Bennett 20:35
In my stevia in the raw. And I'm happy, honey. All raw, honey. 

Michelle Love 20:40
We as well. We just bought some real honey we 

Rich Bennett 20:41
Oh. 

Michelle Love 20:41
have. And I'll tell you what, we make smoothies in the morning and we put. 

Rich Bennett 20:48
Huh? 

Michelle Love 20:49
Pollen seeds. 

Rich Bennett 20:50
We're in the. Palin since. 

Michelle Love 20:55
Child. So we start putting the we put the pollen seeds in our smoothies in the morning instead of doing honey. And it's pretty it's apparently it's got a lot of good nutritional value. I'm sorry, I haven't looked it up, but. 

Rich Bennett 21:06
I didn't know. I didn't know. Pollen seeds was. 

Michelle Love 21:08
I didn't either. I was kind of shocked. 

Rich Bennett 21:12
Wow. 

Michelle Love 21:13
And George, you saw it first at the little stand at a farmer's market in Georgia. We were in Georgia a few 

Rich Bennett 21:18
We 

Michelle Love 21:18
weeks 

Rich Bennett 21:18
used to. 

Michelle Love 21:18
ago visiting my family and. We bought it and we've been putting it in our. I guess we can get it from him again because. 

Rich Bennett 21:25
Yeah. But. 

Michelle Love 21:26
But they had a honey farm and we bought honey from raw honey from them too. And so I use honey in a lot of different things. Sometimes my husband doesn't 

Rich Bennett 21:33
Even 

Michelle Love 21:33
even. 

Rich Bennett 21:33
though. 

Michelle Love 21:34
I use honey in a lot of different things. Knock out the sugar. But it works. 

Rich Bennett 21:38
Hmm. 

Michelle Love 21:39
Flavor in. I believe that Honey brings a whole bunch of flavors together and speaks. 

Rich Bennett 21:43
It's good for you. 

Michelle Love 21:44
Honey, we always had a secret recipe in our chicken salad. That's what. 

Rich Bennett 21:48
Honey. That's 

Michelle Love 21:49
That's what 

Rich Bennett 21:49
what I 

Michelle Love 21:49
it was. It's 

Rich Bennett 21:50
really. 

Michelle Love 21:50
in the book. Mm hmm. People used to always say something in here. Like, they're sweet, they're salty. There's the pepper. There's like. There's all these cool flavors. But there's one thing I. 

Rich Bennett 22:01
I can't put my finger on 

Michelle Love 22:02
And 

Rich Bennett 22:03
it. 

Michelle Love 22:03
it was the Hornets and now every. We never. If you worked for me, you knew what it was. But so now everybody knows what 

Rich Bennett 22:10
What it is. 

Michelle Love 22:10
And that just that just pulled everything together. 

Rich Bennett 22:14
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 22:14
Honeys in the Bible, you know. 

Rich Bennett 22:16
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 22:17
How did they relate, honey, to your speech? Your speech should be sweet as honey. You know, honey, a lot in the Bible. And but, honey, it's just that natural sweetener that takes food to another level. 

Rich Bennett 22:31
Mhm. 

Michelle Love 22:31
You know, And I love it. I mean, I 

Rich Bennett 22:34
Oh 

Michelle Love 22:34
put 

Rich Bennett 22:34
I 

Michelle Love 22:34
it 

Rich Bennett 22:34
love. 

Michelle Love 22:34
I put it in as much as I can. You know, and and it just flavor. It's a flavor enhancer also. 

Rich Bennett 22:40
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 22:41
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 22:41
Yeah. Try it in your coffee? Definitely in your. 

Michelle Love 22:43
My brother in law does that. 

Rich Bennett 22:45
It's coffee. 

Michelle Love 22:45
Yes, he puts it in has come. I have. 

Rich Bennett 22:47
Substitution. 

Michelle Love 22:48
Enough to do it yet. 

Rich Bennett 22:49
Substituting sugar on the. 

Michelle Love 22:50
Yeah, I haven't. I haven't. I used zero sugar creamer, but then I feel like I'm eating. 

Rich Bennett 22:54
I put in my oatmeal, 

Michelle Love 22:56
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 22:57
honey and cinnamon. Yeah. 

Michelle Love 22:58
Mhm. 

Rich Bennett 22:59
Oh, that's good. So, besides getting the books started, what was the biggest challenge you faced? Whether it be marketing, publishing, George Trying all the recipes. 

What is the biggest challenge? 

Michelle Love 23:13
Um, I think after I wrote the book. 

What God is doing next with the book, which was the book gatherings in us getting the book. And he didn't say Maryland. He said, We're going all over the United States of America. And I was like, okay, I'm down with that. So we're slowly getting ourselves, God put a team of women together that are helping me. 

And we are just getting us out there. He put it on my heart to get it out to a bunch of influencers. So we just sent out a batch. I'm about to send out another batch to some influencers to get on television. We're offering them a cook, a segment, a cooking song. We're offering them treats for the whole staff. So 

Rich Bennett 23:54
So. 

Michelle Love 23:55
right now, all of those influencers are in Paris. So. 

Rich Bennett 23:59
I was going to say, though. 

Michelle Love 24:00
I'm waiting for them to come back. And 

Rich Bennett 24:02
I 

Michelle Love 24:02
I know 

Rich Bennett 24:02
know. 

Michelle Love 24:03
the Lord show me that he's touching their hearts with the book 

Rich Bennett 24:05
Uh huh. 

Michelle Love 24:05
and that we are going to be invited to get on one of their shows and we're going to do some cooking, some preaching. We're 

Rich Bennett 24:12
We're going. 

Michelle Love 24:12
going to give the word in more ways than one. So he says, And we're going to get this. 

Rich Bennett 24:19
Out there. I got news for you. I don't think it's going to be throughout the country. I think our folks are going to be throughout the world. 

Michelle Love 24:26
I hope so. This. 

Rich Bennett 24:27
I'm going to tell you what to do afterwards. 

Michelle Love 24:31
I really feel that we've met some important people that God placed specifically in our lives. They have this book in their hands now and have this book administered ministered to them in more ways than one. And I this book is. 

Rich Bennett 24:47
He's really special. 

Michelle Love 24:49
Like it. I knew when when I was writing it that he had a really amazing place. 

Rich Bennett 24:55
Plan for this book. 

Michelle Love 24:56
This is a pretty. They're into what else he's doing. 

Rich Bennett 24:59
Right. 

Michelle Love 24:59
But I also know that for 

Rich Bennett 25:00
Some 

Michelle Love 25:00
some folks, 

Rich Bennett 25:01
folks. 

Michelle Love 25:01
this is healing in this. 

Rich Bennett 25:02
This book. 

Michelle Love 25:03
And and you know, I get we've we've been not accepted in some bookstores. 

Rich Bennett 25:09
Their loss 

Michelle Love 25:09
They basically 

Rich Bennett 25:10
basically looked 

Michelle Love 25:10
looked 

Rich Bennett 25:10
at 

Michelle Love 25:10
at me 

Rich Bennett 25:10
me and 

Michelle Love 25:11
and. 

Rich Bennett 25:11
said. 

Michelle Love 25:11
No. Like with evil in their eyes. But it was okay. 

Rich Bennett 25:17
Hmm. 

Michelle Love 25:17
Right around the corner was the bookstore that God wanted it in to in the same day, they said. 

Rich Bennett 25:22
No. They said yes. Yeah. 

Michelle Love 25:24
And that's how God works. And 

Rich Bennett 25:25
And. 

Michelle Love 25:26
and though not only is this book going into different places because. Yeah, it's in Pasadena right now, too. The Lord is allowing me to minister to the owners of the shops and the bookstores that I'm going in to like four or 5 hours. I'm in there like lifting them up, praying over their stores because the books and boutiques and it's. 

Rich Bennett 25:46
Mm hmm. 

Michelle Love 25:47
Doors, poring over their stores, going live and and talking about different things. Once. 

Rich Bennett 25:54
I 

Michelle Love 25:54
I was in the bathroom getting 

Rich Bennett 25:55
get 

Michelle Love 25:55
ready to leave in Rehoboth, and he says to me, Go buy two $50 gift certificates and I'll give those a. 

Rich Bennett 26:01
Away with the books. 

Michelle Love 26:03
I said. 

Rich Bennett 26:03
Wow. 

Michelle Love 26:04
I don't. I don't question him. I walked out of the bathroom, I looked at the owner and I said, I need to buy two $50 gift certificates. And whoever buys this book gets those $50 gift certificates to your shop. He did it again in Georgia. 

Rich Bennett 26:20
We're in Milton, Georgia, 

Michelle Love 26:21
In 

Rich Bennett 26:21
and. 

Michelle Love 26:21
a little bookstore called 

Rich Bennett 26:22
Ow, Ow, 

Michelle Love 26:23
F Word. 

Rich Bennett 26:24
Ow, ow, 

Michelle Love 26:25
Allen 

Rich Bennett 26:25
Ow! 

Michelle Love 26:26
Poe her parents grew up in. So. 

Rich Bennett 26:28
Right. 

Michelle Love 26:29
And. 

Rich Bennett 26:30
Excuse me. 

Michelle Love 26:31
Called her the other day. I said, God's at telling me that a 

Rich Bennett 26:36
A 

Michelle Love 26:36
20. 

Rich Bennett 26:36
$25 gift card is to go with every book. 

Michelle Love 26:39
That people 

Rich Bennett 26:39
People purchase. 

Michelle Love 26:39
purchase. From your store, from your bookstore, because she's been hurt and she's really hurt and she's. 

Rich Bennett 26:45
Hmm. 

Michelle Love 26:45
In her like. 

Rich Bennett 26:46
Like. 

Michelle Love 26:47
She said, I'm out of the country. 

Rich Bennett 26:48
Right now 

Michelle Love 26:49
I sent 

Rich Bennett 26:49
center. 

Michelle Love 26:49
her the Venmo for all the gift cards. She said, I'm out of the country right now, but as soon as I get back, I will 

Rich Bennett 26:55
To 

Michelle Love 26:55
do 

Rich Bennett 26:55
do 

Michelle Love 26:55
that. 

Rich Bennett 26:55
that. I 

Michelle Love 26:55
I 

Rich Bennett 26:56
will 

Michelle Love 26:56
will 

Rich Bennett 26:56
go 

Michelle Love 26:56
go. 

Rich Bennett 26:56
live. 

Michelle Love 26:56
I 

Rich Bennett 26:56
I will 

Michelle Love 26:56
will 

Rich Bennett 26:56
take 

Michelle Love 26:56
take. 

Rich Bennett 26:57
a picture. 

Michelle Love 26:57
I 

Rich Bennett 26:57
I 

Michelle Love 26:57
will send it 

Rich Bennett 26:58
to 

Michelle Love 26:58
to you 

Rich Bennett 26:58
you. 

Michelle Love 26:58
and we will do this. And it's him. 

Rich Bennett 27:01
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 27:01
And so there's more coming than just this book. Like, he's like, No, we're going to it. It's not a sales ploy. 

Rich Bennett 27:08
It's. 

Michelle Love 27:09
God blessing. 

Rich Bennett 27:10
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 27:10
You know. And when he says. Go. 

We're going. 

Rich Bennett 27:15
Yeah. You don't question him? 

Michelle Love 27:18
You know, 

Rich Bennett 27:18
No. 

Michelle Love 27:18
we were in church a few weeks 

Rich Bennett 27:19
To 

Michelle Love 27:19
ago. 

Rich Bennett 27:19
go and. 

Michelle Love 27:20
And he says you're going to the White House today. Okay. So it's like in school. I slide a note over to my husband. We're going to the White House. Day and I asked for confirmation. This preacher from. 

Rich Bennett 27:34
Dominica the. 

Michelle Love 27:35
The next words out 

Rich Bennett 27:36
I'm 

Michelle Love 27:36
of. 

Rich Bennett 27:36
his mouth. 

Michelle Love 27:37
When I lived in Washington, D.C., I look at my husband, I said. 

We go to Washington today. Got a space right out front of the White House. 

Walked all the way around. Went like. Read 

about if my people. 

Rich Bennett 27:58
Mm. 

Michelle Love 27:59
Pray. He'll. And gave a word. White House right behind me. Never talk politics. Never said he she he it you they you. 

Rich Bennett 28:09
Right. The word. And 

Michelle Love 28:12
And we 

Rich Bennett 28:12
we 

Michelle Love 28:12
prayed. 

Rich Bennett 28:12
prayed. 

Michelle Love 28:14
And there was 

couldn't hear a pin drop. And there were people everywhere because people always go to the White House, I realize. 

Rich Bennett 28:23
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 28:24
And you? I heard nothing but his voice. I said exactly what? 

Rich Bennett 28:29
He told me this. 

Michelle Love 28:29
You say? I don't even know what I said. 

Rich Bennett 28:32
And then. 

Michelle Love 28:33
We ended 

Rich Bennett 28:34
They 

Michelle Love 28:34
it 

Rich Bennett 28:34
it 

Michelle Love 28:34
all. 

Rich Bennett 28:34
all up. 

Michelle Love 28:36
Hubby and I had a little. 

Rich Bennett 28:37
Plus. 

Michelle Love 28:41
Couldn't. He couldn't. You were it was the light was so bright. 

Rich Bennett 28:45
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 28:46
He couldn't see how to turn it off. So. 

We're real and transparent. 

Rich Bennett 28:53
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 28:55
We 

Rich Bennett 28:56
Wow. 

Michelle Love 28:56
laugh. He went down. Did. Did the did the call in? Had the dog and everything. A dog was on a leash. George was holding my phone. The dog barely moved. 

Rich Bennett 29:09
Just sat there 

Michelle Love 29:10
It was like, God, when 

Rich Bennett 29:11
one. 

Michelle Love 29:15
I have something to say. When I look back at the video. 

Rich Bennett 29:20
I'm. 

Michelle Love 29:20
I'm just like, This is so God. 

Rich Bennett 29:23
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 29:25
And when he says go. 

Rich Bennett 29:27
Not here. 

Michelle Love 29:27
Bear high tail it. 

Rich Bennett 29:28
Around you. That's amazing. 

Michelle Love 29:29
Oh, you just. You just go in the spirit and you say, 

Rich Bennett 29:34
All 

Michelle Love 29:34
All right, 

Rich Bennett 29:34
well. 

Michelle Love 29:34
Lord, does it matter who's around? Does it matter who says? And I said to my husband later, somebody was filming. Somebody was videoing the US videoing. 

Rich Bennett 29:43
Right. 

Michelle Love 29:44
It out of my peripheral vision. They were videoing the White House and then all of a sudden they took their camera and they were listening to the word. So I don't even know where that video is. I don't know who that. It doesn't matter, because if they showed it again, 

Rich Bennett 29:58
That is. 

Michelle Love 29:59
the word went out more and more 

Rich Bennett 30:00
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 30:00
and more and more so. That's what has. Pretty. I mean, I could The second book is about a lot of God. 

Rich Bennett 30:08
I can't. Yeah. I can't wait for you to come back 

Michelle Love 30:09
You 

Rich Bennett 30:09
on. 

Michelle Love 30:10
better go do this. Yep. He's a girl. You better go do this. 

Rich Bennett 30:12
You better go do that. And. 

Michelle Love 30:15
I do not question God ever. I do ask for. 

Rich Bennett 30:18
Confirmation sometimes. Mm. 

Michelle Love 30:20
Not all the time. And as some people say. Get the club promotion, but 

Rich Bennett 30:23
But 

Michelle Love 30:23
sometimes 

Rich Bennett 30:23
sometimes. 

Michelle Love 30:23
he's like, Now 

Rich Bennett 30:24
Now go. 

Michelle Love 30:25
go. 

Rich Bennett 30:25
You need to go right now. Yeah. 

Michelle Love 30:26
And I hear that voice and I'm like, you know, I know my husband sometimes gets scared. 

And I know we have a mission today, so I know we got to go. Got to get on that mission. 

Rich Bennett 30:39
Tell everybody the title of the book, 

Michelle Love 30:41
It's 

Rich Bennett 30:41
It's 

Michelle Love 30:41
Mom. 

Rich Bennett 30:41
Mom is 

Michelle Love 30:43
Story. I'm sorry. I'm looking at it. Mama meshes, dishes, stories and 

Rich Bennett 30:48
an 

Michelle Love 30:48
inspirations. 

Rich Bennett 30:48
inspiration. 

Michelle Love 30:49
It's all about food, faith and fellowship. 

Rich Bennett 30:51
And this is not just a cookbook. People can actually sit down and read this to other people, which is what I love. You've never seen a cookbook like that, and it's available where? 

Michelle Love 31:05
Right now it's in. 

Rich Bennett 31:07
A lot of bookstores. 

Michelle Love 31:08
It's in a post bookstore in Georgia. Milton, Milton, Georgia. It's in an e-mail company down in Pasadena, Maryland. 

Rich Bennett 31:15
Mm. 

Michelle Love 31:16
That's Glen Burnie area. It's in Beeches, the Green Bookshop in Rehoboth. 

Rich Bennett 31:22
Oh, yeah. 

Michelle Love 31:23
And it's in Bethany's bookstore. They they've sold out. The first time. I just took another batch down and all of the copies. I think that's all of them for right now. Oh, and Southern Soul is going to be carrying them. I have to get them delivered to them. I just. 

Rich Bennett 31:35
Southern Soul Shop. 

Michelle Love 31:36
Yep. I 

Rich Bennett 31:37
Okay. 

Michelle Love 31:37
love. He's a good friend of mine. I just did a book gathering there and all the books were sold the day that we were there. And we brought food. We bring 

Rich Bennett 31:44
Right. 

Michelle Love 31:44
food all the time. That doesn't cost anything. 

Rich Bennett 31:46
You 

Michelle Love 31:46
You just 

Rich Bennett 31:46
just 

Michelle Love 31:46
buy the book. If you 

Rich Bennett 31:47
can't 

Michelle Love 31:47
can't afford 

Rich Bennett 31:47
afford. 

Michelle Love 31:48
the book, I'll give you the book. 

Rich Bennett 31:49
Because that's 

Michelle Love 31:50
That's just what 

Rich Bennett 31:50
what we 

Michelle Love 31:51
we do. 

Rich Bennett 31:51
do. Yeah. 

Michelle Love 31:52
And then it's getting ready to go into Ohio. It's getting ready to go into Maine. We found a bookstore in Maine, and we also. 

Rich Bennett 31:58
Wow. 

Michelle Love 31:58
Found a bookstore in 

Rich Bennett 32:00
And 

Michelle Love 32:00
Chestnut 

Rich Bennett 32:00
Chestnut Hill 

Michelle Love 32:00
Hill, Pennsylvania is 

Rich Bennett 32:01
is 

Michelle Love 32:01
going 

Rich Bennett 32:01
going 

Michelle Love 32:01
to 

Rich Bennett 32:01
to 

Michelle Love 32:01
be 

Rich Bennett 32:01
be 

Michelle Love 32:01
going 

Rich Bennett 32:01
going 

Michelle Love 32:02
up 

Rich Bennett 32:02
up 

Michelle Love 32:02
there, 

Rich Bennett 32:02
there, 

Michelle Love 32:02
too. 

Rich Bennett 32:02
too. 

Michelle Love 32:02
We're trying to get near the colleges because that's what the Lord put in my heart. So it's it's going wherever God opens the door and 

Rich Bennett 32:10
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 32:10
we're knocking on the door, and soon it'll be Barnes Noble's denied us to carry it in their shops, but they have it online. And I always have books in my in my, you know, but. 

Rich Bennett 32:24
But you can. 

Michelle Love 32:25
Definitely get it on Amazon and Barnesandnoble.com or any of those bookstores. 

Rich Bennett 32:28
Actually with Barnesandnoble.com. Can people leave reviews? 

Michelle Love 32:31
Yes, I've 

Rich Bennett 32:31
Okay. 

Michelle Love 32:31
already gotten reviews on that. 

Rich Bennett 32:32
All right. 

Michelle Love 32:33
Yep. Yep. People can leave reviews. They do too. I'm probably shouldn't say this, but they do take a lot of money from your book. Which is fine. I 

Rich Bennett 32:41
I 

Michelle Love 32:41
just 

Rich Bennett 32:41
just 

Michelle Love 32:41
want. 

Rich Bennett 32:41
want the book. 

Michelle Love 32:42
Out there and sold. 

Rich Bennett 32:43
We've 

Michelle Love 32:43
We've 

Rich Bennett 32:43
done 

Michelle Love 32:43
done 

Rich Bennett 32:43
very. 

Michelle Love 32:43
very well on Amazon. 

Rich Bennett 32:44
Oh, I know. I checked this morning. Yeah. Those of you listening to today's July. What is July 31st? July 31st. And I think in the one category, your number, 

918 or something like that, which is awesome. 

Michelle Love 33:00
Which is awesome. Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 33:01
Yeah, yeah, 

Michelle Love 33:02
Yeah. We've get a lot of we get a lot of push on Amazon. A lot of people 

Rich Bennett 33:06
yeah. 

Michelle Love 33:06
like to order and it's the hard copy. 

Rich Bennett 33:08
Yes, Barnes Noble would not. 

Michelle Love 33:09
Not do a hard copy. They only do a soft copy. So that's this. 

Rich Bennett 33:12
This is actually the. 

Michelle Love 33:13
I don't know. It's they they make that decision. And the book is priced at $33.30, which is the Trinity. To how God priced it. And because you're getting so much in the book, I think that's where he went with it. Bought 

Rich Bennett 33:28
Right. 

Michelle Love 33:28
an Amazon actually reduce the price after the first week. And I've been I prayed and they took that reduction off and they had the right they can reduce your bill. 

Rich Bennett 33:37
I didn't realize it. 

Michelle Love 33:38
They reduced the book to 29 something, and 

Rich Bennett 33:40
And. 

Michelle Love 33:41
then they sent me an email saying. 

Rich Bennett 33:42
Saying. 

Michelle Love 33:43
The book is doing well, So 

Rich Bennett 33:44
So 

Michelle Love 33:45
we're 

Rich Bennett 33:45
we're going 

Michelle Love 33:45
going to 

Rich Bennett 33:45
to 

Michelle Love 33:46
take 

Rich Bennett 33:46
take it 

Michelle Love 33:46
it back 

Rich Bennett 33:46
back 

Michelle Love 33:46
to 

Rich Bennett 33:46
to 

Michelle Love 33:46
the. 

Rich Bennett 33:46
the right now. 

Michelle Love 33:47
Thanks. 

Rich Bennett 33:48
Wow. 

Michelle Love 33:49
You don't control that. But it was okay because 

Rich Bennett 33:52
Because. 

Michelle Love 33:53
books sell every day. 

Rich Bennett 33:55
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 33:55
Maybe it's only one book a day or two books a day. But however, it's getting out there and people that want it now will order it offline. 

Rich Bennett 34:03
Right when they come. 

Michelle Love 34:04
Come to the gathering, which we we just saw on Sunday. They it was like, no big deal. I'll pay it. I'll take it. That's 

Rich Bennett 34:12
I want 

Michelle Love 34:12
the 

Rich Bennett 34:12
the book 

Michelle Love 34:12
book. 

Rich Bennett 34:13
and once the website's done, it will be available on 

Michelle Love 34:15
Yes. 

Rich Bennett 34:16
the website. Actually, do you have the domain? 

Michelle Love 34:18
Yes. 

Rich Bennett 34:18
All right. What's the domain? 

Michelle Love 34:20
You ready for this? Mama. Mrs. Mission. 

Rich Bennett 34:23
Dot org or dot com 

Michelle Love 34:24
Come. 

Rich Bennett 34:25
dot com. 

Michelle Love 34:26
Smithsonian.com 

Rich Bennett 34:27
My s. 

Michelle Love 34:28
I. 

Rich Bennett 34:29
H. S. 

Michelle Love 34:29
And my mama misses no comma because she can't have a comma. Mama. Mission. I was going to spell M.A.S.H. H But then the Lord corrected me and said, It's not Mrs. Mission, 

Rich Bennett 34:42
His 

Michelle Love 34:42
it's 

Rich Bennett 34:42
mission. 

Michelle Love 34:42
my mission. 

Rich Bennett 34:43
You say that sometimes you'll face. 

Michelle Love 34:45
I know so. And everybody I haven't we haven't spread the word about that yet. This. First one who actually knows that that I don't even know if I told my husband that it was Mama Maria's mission. It was in prayer. And I wrote it down and I shared it with everyone who works with me. And they were all like, We I did. 

Rich Bennett 35:02
Three of. I gave him £30 

Michelle Love 35:03
Three of them to choose from. And everybody was hands 

Rich Bennett 35:04
£30 

Michelle Love 35:05
down there like Mama Misha's mission. 

Rich Bennett 35:06
that's 

Michelle Love 35:06
That's what 

Rich Bennett 35:06
what he's 

Michelle Love 35:07
it's 

Rich Bennett 35:07
got. 

Michelle Love 35:07
got to be. 

Rich Bennett 35:07
Wow. 

Michelle Love 35:08
It's got to be 

Rich Bennett 35:08
I 

Michelle Love 35:08
that. 

Rich Bennett 35:08
like that. 

Michelle Love 35:09
So it's hitting it's it's hitting as soon as I put everything on there that they're working on it. Right. 

Rich Bennett 35:14
Right, because 

Michelle Love 35:15
Cause I literally took 

Rich Bennett 35:16
took 

Michelle Love 35:16
care 

Rich Bennett 35:16
care. 

Michelle Love 35:16
of the domain last night. 

Rich Bennett 35:17
Okay. 

Michelle Love 35:18
So we got. 

Rich Bennett 35:19
The domain. 

Michelle Love 35:20
And it's getting ready to roll out and I'll be doing stuff on there and we'll put all the gatherings on there where you can buy the book on there. But I really would 

Rich Bennett 35:27
Would 

Michelle Love 35:27
like. 

Rich Bennett 35:27
like for people to buy the book off the website. Right. Well, what I'll do then, I won't post this until you say to me, Rich, the website's life. 

Michelle Love 35:35
Okay. 

Rich Bennett 35:36
That way people can go to the website. 

Michelle Love 35:38
Yeah, it should be. It should be in the next few days. Like I said, they're just waiting for me to just give them a few excerpts and. 

Rich Bennett 35:44
Right 

Michelle Love 35:44
But they're pulling a lot of things from 

Rich Bennett 35:45
from 

Michelle Love 35:46
the 

Rich Bennett 35:46
the 

Michelle Love 35:46
book 

Rich Bennett 35:46
bottom. 

Michelle Love 35:46
and they're pulling a lot of things, 

Rich Bennett 35:47
Okay. 

Michelle Love 35:48
you know, and and the voice 

Rich Bennett 35:49
The 

Michelle Love 35:49
of. 

Rich Bennett 35:49
truth. 

Michelle Love 35:50
Will be up in. 

Rich Bennett 35:51
And say coming soon and. 

Michelle Love 35:52
And I want to sell that on the website. 

Rich Bennett 35:54
Right 

Michelle Love 35:55
Specifically. I'm not giving that to 

Rich Bennett 35:57
there. 

Michelle Love 35:57
someone said I should give it to Amazon because they really do get it 

Rich Bennett 36:00
there. 

Michelle Love 36:00
out there. But so does Barnes Noble. When I go into Barnes Noble and do a gathering, which we 

Rich Bennett 36:05
Mm 

Michelle Love 36:05
have 

Rich Bennett 36:05
hmm. 

Michelle Love 36:05
our first one booked in Lancaster. They do all the promotions on the bus. 

Rich Bennett 36:10
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 36:11
So we'll see where. 

Rich Bennett 36:12
Do both. 

Michelle Love 36:13
Praying it out and walking it out. 

Rich Bennett 36:15
You both. 

Michelle Love 36:15
Maybe. 

Rich Bennett 36:16
Why not? I mean, you're just look at it this way. It's just like if you put it in the bookstore, the more places you carry it online, the more the words getting out there. 

Michelle Love 36:25
You're right. 

Rich Bennett 36:25
And, 

Michelle Love 36:26
Right. 

Rich Bennett 36:26
you know, not only that, if especially of Barnes and Noble on Amazon, because Amazon has good reach too. So people can leave reviews after they read it. And as you be listening, when you get the book, even if you get it as a gift, make sure you go on there and leave a review because it drives the algorithms up and it's just going to help you sell more books. 

Michelle Love 36:48
I think we only have five reviews right now on Amazon. 

Rich Bennett 36:50
When I was on 

Michelle Love 36:51
Yeah. 

Rich Bennett 36:51
the. 

Michelle Love 36:51
And I think there's one on on. 

Rich Bennett 36:53
Well, that's going to change. 

Michelle Love 36:54
Now? I hope so. 

Rich Bennett 36:55
It will. 

Michelle Love 36:55
And so he said he was elevating this. And I've had some people say it's just a book. And I'm like, It's really not. 

Rich Bennett 37:01
It's 

Michelle Love 37:02
It's. 

Rich Bennett 37:02
not just a book. 

Michelle Love 37:03
Not just a book. 

Rich Bennett 37:04
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 37:04
You know, it's. It's. 

Rich Bennett 37:05
It's a life lesson. 

Michelle Love 37:07
This whole thing is a friend, a good friend of mine, my best friend who's actually in here. She did one of the forwards. She read it in two evenings, the whole book. She's 

Rich Bennett 37:16
She's 

Michelle Love 37:16
like, 

Rich Bennett 37:16
like. 

Michelle Love 37:16
I read it because it's a book. She's like, Yeah, I'm going to make the recipes. I've known you for a hundred million years. I'm going to make the recipes. I know the recipes. They're wonderful. I don't even have to question them. But I wanted to re I wanted the message. 

Rich Bennett 37:28
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 37:29
Came from the book. And that's where we we try to get that out there when people. 

Rich Bennett 37:33
People come and talk. 

Michelle Love 37:34
Talk to me about the book. And I said, There's a message. 

Rich Bennett 37:35
Message in the book for everyone. 

Michelle Love 37:37
No matter where you are, this book will speak with 

Rich Bennett 37:40
It will 

Michelle Love 37:40
speak 

Rich Bennett 37:40
speak 

Michelle Love 37:41
to 

Rich Bennett 37:41
to you. 

Michelle Love 37:41
you. 

Rich Bennett 37:41
He will 

Michelle Love 37:41
Speak 

Rich Bennett 37:41
speak. 

Michelle Love 37:42
to you. 

Rich Bennett 37:42
Mm. 

Michelle Love 37:43
Book because he spoke through me the entire time. The finger. 

Rich Bennett 37:47
When you were sitting there typing. Yeah. 

Michelle Love 37:49
I would get stuck. 

Rich Bennett 37:49
Stock and people 

Michelle Love 37:50
Or 

Rich Bennett 37:50
like. 

Michelle Love 37:50
like, how did you come out with all these devices? 

Rich Bennett 37:52
How did you come up with? 

Michelle Love 37:53
It's all this word. And I'm. 

Rich Bennett 37:54
Like I didn't. 

Michelle Love 37:55
Because I'm not capable. And even the second book, it was like. I was like. 

Rich Bennett 38:00
Yeah. Yeah. 

Michelle Love 38:02
Oh, I remember. 

Rich Bennett 38:02
Remember that. I don't want to talk about. 

Michelle Love 38:04
About that, and he would have me close my laptop. And we would journey through something I went through that was not good. 

Rich Bennett 38:10
Now you're going to. And now you're in. 

Michelle Love 38:12
Now it's all out. 

Rich Bennett 38:13
You're going to be slow. You're going to be writing even more books. 

Michelle Love 38:16
Writing and speaking. 

Rich Bennett 38:17
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 38:18
You're going to be speaking about not only he said, you're going to be speaking about me. So get ready. So I've 

Rich Bennett 38:25
I 

Michelle Love 38:25
been 

Rich Bennett 38:25
love 

Michelle Love 38:25
preparing 

Rich Bennett 38:25
that. 

Michelle Love 38:26
and. And and he gave me gumption, which I love that word gumption, tenacity and charisma. And I've had that since I was young. 

Rich Bennett 38:39
Young. 

Michelle Love 38:40
And my grandma. 

Rich Bennett 38:41
Grandmothers used to always tell me 

Michelle Love 38:42
How 

Rich Bennett 38:42
how. 

Michelle Love 38:42
special I was. And they always used to pour into me, pray for me. 

Rich Bennett 38:48
And 

Michelle Love 38:48
And 

Rich Bennett 38:49
my 

Michelle Love 38:49
my 

Rich Bennett 38:49
dad. 

Michelle Love 38:49
dad, you know, would tell me all the time, you know, there's something about you. 

Rich Bennett 38:53
Mm. 

Michelle Love 38:54
And I never understood it. When I was younger, I just thought it was a curse. I thought it was a curse because there were relationships that I that were never right there. Still not right. But then 

Rich Bennett 39:05
I have the 

Michelle Love 39:05
the 

Rich Bennett 39:05
relationship 

Michelle Love 39:05
relationship. 

Rich Bennett 39:06
with Jesus Christ. 

Michelle Love 39:07
And that changed my whole. 

Rich Bennett 39:09
You. You give off a. 

I just met you today in person. But the positivity that comes off of you is just. It's just you brighten people up. From what I've seen already. 

Michelle Love 39:24
Thank you. 

Rich Bennett 39:25
And that's because not everybody can do that. 

Michelle Love 39:29
Yeah. It's his light, you know, and. And operating in the flesh. I'm a punk. I can be a punk in the flesh. I can be stubborn. My husband. I'll tell you, I can be stubborn. But the Lord's. He's cleared me of all. All the punk. 

Rich Bennett 39:46
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 39:47
He says, I need you to operate in the spirit. And that's been my mission since we closed mama issues to to be that that light. One of the words she gave me a few weeks ago. 

Rich Bennett 40:00
The goal was. 

Michelle Love 40:01
Stand out. You are to stand. 

Rich Bennett 40:05
You. 

Michelle Love 40:06
Ah, to be that voice and stay. 

Rich Bennett 40:09
Yes, you 

Michelle Love 40:09
You could have been would 

Rich Bennett 40:10
would 

Michelle Love 40:10
have 

Rich Bennett 40:10
have 

Michelle Love 40:11
been 

Rich Bennett 40:11
been. 

Michelle Love 40:11
were the black sheep of the family. You're not the black sheep of the. You're in the light of God in the family. And I mean, I just cried 

Rich Bennett 40:20
I. 

Michelle Love 40:21
when he would pour. He would just tell me who I was. I mean, I have pages and. 

Rich Bennett 40:27
She's 

Michelle Love 40:27
Of Journal notes of him 

Rich Bennett 40:29
telling. 

Michelle Love 40:29
telling me who I was. On days when I believed that I was 

Rich Bennett 40:32
Was 

Michelle Love 40:33
less. 

Rich Bennett 40:33
lesser than my. 

Michelle Love 40:35
Abby and I talk a lot about that in the second book because there are people out there that do not know their full. 

Rich Bennett 40:43
Mm. 

Michelle Love 40:44
And so I want to help those people understand. Every single one of us 

Rich Bennett 40:48
That's 

Michelle Love 40:48
has a 

Rich Bennett 40:48
a. 

Michelle Love 40:48
purpose and a calling. You know you do. 

Rich Bennett 40:51
Mm. 

Michelle Love 40:52
You're a voice. You're a voice of truth. You know it. You. 

Rich Bennett 40:54
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 40:55
Huge voice of truth. People like us who believe the word and speak it without any trepidation. That's 

Rich Bennett 41:05
That's 

Michelle Love 41:05
a. 

Rich Bennett 41:05
a call. 

Michelle Love 41:06
On your life and the enemy. Attack everything around you, your mayor, your 

Rich Bennett 41:11
Finances. 

Michelle Love 41:11
fire. You're. 

Rich Bennett 41:13
Kids. 

Michelle Love 41:13
Everything. 

Rich Bennett 41:14
She let them in. 

Michelle Love 41:15
You know why? Where did he live before he came? Got thrown out. He had the privilege of looking at our book of life. 

Rich Bennett 41:26
Mhm. 

Michelle Love 41:27
He knows everybody's calling. Not all of us walk in it. Many are called fewer chosen 

Rich Bennett 41:32
Right. 

Michelle Love 41:33
because they don't want to. 

Rich Bennett 41:35
He. 

Michelle Love 41:35
He only attacks the ones that he knows his hand is a. But he also knows he's not going to get through unless we turn into flesh. 

Rich Bennett 41:45
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 41:45
Spirit. We don't let the spirit lead us. We turn into the world. But. 

Rich Bennett 41:50
But as you were and this is what I've. 

Michelle Love 41:52
Told a certain person we were talking. 

Rich Bennett 41:55
Mm. You have to walk in the truth. 

Michelle Love 41:58
You have. You cannot. 

Rich Bennett 41:58
Not let that 

Michelle Love 41:59
The wiles of the enemy, 

Rich Bennett 42:01
be. 

Michelle Love 42:01
the arrows that he shoots at you. Or the gun that he. 

Rich Bennett 42:05
Yeah. 

Michelle Love 42:06
Cannot let that stop you. 

Rich Bennett 42:10
Keep going. That's 

Michelle Love 42:11
That's 

Rich Bennett 42:11
why. 

Michelle Love 42:11
why. 

Rich Bennett 42:12
Yeah. Fight the good fight. Before I get to my last question. Is there anything you'd like to add? Um, let's 

Michelle Love 42:18
Let's 

Rich Bennett 42:18
see 

Michelle Love 42:18
see what 

Rich Bennett 42:18
what you 

Michelle Love 42:18
you got 

Rich Bennett 42:18
got there. 

Michelle Love 42:18
there. 

Rich Bennett 42:19
Oh. 

Michelle Love 42:20
And whatever you do in order to do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus giving thanks to God the Father through Him, Jesus said, I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me. Prayer faith. If anyone out there doesn't know Jesus Christ. I just pray. You pray that. Pray your faith. Dear Lord, come into my life, come into my heart, mess me up, messed me up. Give me a holy go shake down, get the junk out of the trunk and turn me into your vessel. Your chosen one, the one you have called to do your purposes on this earth. Thank you, Lord, for forgiving me for all my sins up until this point. Keep me on the straight and narrow path and use me everywhere I go to be the bright light of you. Thank you, God, for saving me, forgiving me, keeping me with you always and for my eternity. Being in heaven. I love you, Lord, in Jesus name. Amen. 

Rich Bennett 43:19
A man. 

Michelle Love 43:21
That's the only way I know to.