If you don't follow your dream, who will?.

Food that's beautiful to look at seems to taste better than food that isn't..

Cooking is so popular today because it's the perfect mix of food and fun..

I think you've got to keep it simple, keep it fresh. Stay away from all that processed stuff, read the labels..

A lot of parents ask me how to get kids to eat more vegetables. The first thing I say is that it starts from the top..

Food is very representative of a city's culture. In order to really get to know a place and the people, you've got to eat the food..

It's okay to play with your food..

Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part..

In order to be big, you have to think big. If you think small, you're going to be small..

Get up every day and try a little harder than the day before..

What I go for in my cooking is sinful, bold and real..

I guess I feel that I was following my instincts, and at the same time being guided by the best. I became totally intrigued with Louisiana - the peop….

Cleanliness is very important. If you let kids make a total mess in the kitchen and then leave, you're not really teaching them anything..

Anything made with love, bam! -it's a beautiful meal..

You gotta have good olive oil. You should have a cooking olive oil and you should have a finishing olive oil, like an extra-virgin olive oil..

You can easily put together your own favorite spice blend, whether that's a salt and pepper mixture or you're adding herbs to it or Creole spice. Jus….

The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are doing it on weekends, they're doing their own chall….

My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily b….

I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules?.

Everyone needs a mentor..

I mean, if you love what you do-whether you're an auto mechanic or you sew clothes or you cook-it's all about personal passion and love that really m….