Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada..

We trust something in a grocery store and assume it's good. We don't learn about the most precious thing in life-the food we put in our body. Educate….

Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France..

Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since..

I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food..

When the taste changes with every bite and the last bite tastes as good as the first, that's Cajun..

I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers..

We're working people, and that's what we like to do, work..

I don't think life is to be taken too seriously. Take it too seriously, and it'll getcha..

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 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….

You don't need a silver fork to eat good food..

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..

Some people absorb in different ways. I didn't realize until I was 15 years old how much I retained..

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….

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..

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..

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….

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….

One of my missions was to teach..