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

The premise of 'The Originals' are places that have been open 50, 60, 75, 100 years or longer that are still doing it right that maybe a lot of people, particularly the younger generations, have not even thought about.

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

When it ceases to be fun, I'll stop and just stay in my restaurants.

Spice is life. It depends upon what you like... have fun with it. Yes, food is serious, but you should have fun with it.

When I first decided to open a restaurant, I was turned down by several banks. It was the late 80's and many restaurants were failing. I refused to give up because I knew I had a good concept.

Home base is the support system where we have a culinary team, my own writers because of the shows and the books and stuff, we have a culinary team of about six people. Marketing, public relations, accounting and all that sort of stuff.