Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada. |
Some people absorb in different ways. I didn't realize until I was 15 years old how much I retained. |
We're working people, and that's what we like to do, work. |
We closed the restaurant in New Orleans and brought the entire staff to San Francisco. But we had to go home. |
I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers. |
The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise. |
When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun! |
If you have acid in food, you need to sugar it. At a high temperature, the acids are changed to sugar. |
One of my missions was to teach. |
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 yourself! |
I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food. |
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. |
I don't think life is to be taken too seriously. Take it too seriously, and it'll getcha. |
I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines. |
Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since. |