Occupation: Chef Birth: July 13, 1940 Death: October 8, 2015
We didn't do wrong things because we didn't want to embarrass our parents..
I opened my own restaurant when I was 17. I went broke, then traveled around the country, learning about different kinds of foods, had three other re….
We closed the restaurant in New Orleans and brought the entire staff to San Francisco. But we had to go home..
I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless..
I love people, and I'm excited that I can turn them on..
If you have acid in food, you need to sugar it. At a high temperature, the acids are changed to sugar..
I'd like to have the first restaurant that can deliver incredible quality food to your table at your house at any time-right where you live..
Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada..
I would work as a cook, get a little money, then open another restaurant..
When I travel I normally eat club sandwiches or I bring my own food. When you go into a new town, it's very had to find a good place to eat..
Some people absorb in different ways. I didn't realize until I was 15 years old how much I retained..
I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines..
One of the problems of our youth is that the family unit is broken up. When we'd sit down to dinner together as a family, we'd learn about each other….
My mother would put me on a wooden box at the stove and tell me to call her if certain things would happen. Like if the steam turns blue, that is dan….
When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!.
I'm a professional cook. I've worked with other cooks from all over the world, but my family is not that way - they're always lived within 25 miles o….
Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since..
One of my missions was to teach..
I wait for the next opportunity to have something to do with food. If I get rested, my mind just starts creating new dishes - click, click, click..
In '71 or '72 I returned to New Orleans and stayed there. I started cooking Louisiana food. Of all the things I had cooked, it was the best-and it wa….
I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food..