WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Grandma’s Bed and Breakfast, that was the inspiration. Of course it was. Jamie Newman could not have adhered to such a strict diet, and his Wake Forest offense could not have taken off the way it has this season, without some help from the culinary hospitality of a woman named Susie Bigelow who lives less than an hour away from campus.



“Doesn’t matter who it is, whether it’s my friends or just anybody that comes by the house,” Newman says of his grandmother’s cooking. “She makes a great chicken pie, and she also taught me how to cook salmon and broccoli. And that’s one of her favorite meals, and that’s why it’s passed down to me as one of my favorite meals, as well.”



It is eggs and bacon with a little bit of yogurt for breakfast for Chef Newman. It is broccoli, spinach, potatoes and some kind of meat for lunch or dinner. Gone are the fried foods when dining out; in is...