Anything made with love, bam! -it's a beautiful meal.
My office in New York is overflowing with all kinds of cookbooks, and in New Orleans we have a huge culinary library. So yeah, I guess I'm a little bit obsessed.
If somebody has a chance to put my food in their mouth, that tells the story.
In the restaurant it's much more serious.
Whether it's books or TV, or whatever the case may be, the backbone of what I do is my restaurants.
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.