Oprah Winfrey Says the Most Romantic Thing She Does for Stedman Graham Involves ‘Hot Water Cornbread’ (Exclusive)

The way to Stedman Graham’s heart is through his stomach.

In this week’s cover story, Oprah Winfrey tells PEOPLE she shows her love for her longtime partner by making a simple dish.

“The most romantic thing I do is make hot water cornbread,” she tells PEOPLE of the simple recipe.

Pan-fried cornmeal cakes are an old-fashioned, Southern dish. While other recipes usually include shortening, shortening, or butter in the dough, Winfrey’s version calls for just cornmeal, water, and oil.

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“Mothers all over the world are feeding their kids that, and you just add hot water to the meal and make these little cookies and fry them in a pan,” says Winfrey, a co-producer of the new film. Purple.

No matter how many times he makes a classic dish, Graham loves it. “Every time I do it, it’s like the most romantic thing I’ve ever done,” she says.

Graham shows his love in small ways too. “The most romantic thing he does for me at the moment is going to the corner every Sunday and getting it The New York Times and brings it to me,” says Winfrey.

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Graham’s favorite foods can be quite eclectic, Winfrey explains, saying that Graham likes to eat octopus.

“Stedman likes it for breakfast,” she says, adding that the mollusk is “regularly whole” in her refrigerator.

“The hooves and the head are there. He likes it baked [or] braised with okra and greens,” says Winfrey.

Oprah Winfrey talks gratitude in this week’s cover story.

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The media mogul does not share the same passion as Graham. She “never” tries it, she says. “He’s the only one who eats it.”

If fans are wondering where to get a whole octopus, A wrinkle in time star tells PEOPLE “you have to go to a special fish market to buy it.”

She also talked about her view of everyday gratitude as part of her candid cover interview with PEOPLE. Winfrey, who played Sofia in the 1985 Oscar-nominated classic Purpleshe said it changed everything” for her. “It was a spiritual opening for me to see my life in a different way,” she adds.

The musical film adaptation of the original 1985 film and Broadway play based on Alice Walker’s acclaimed novel will premiere on Christmas Day. Steven Spielberg and Winfrey co-produced the film.

Winfrey begins and ends each day with “Thank you,” a cornerstone of the time-honored gratitude practice she recommends for everyone. “If you train yourself to do that, you’ll walk through life feeling abundance instead of scarcity,” she says. “Obviously people are going to say, ‘Yeah, well, that’s easy for you to say, Oprah.’ But I’ve been doing it forever.”

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