My family... always had the value of the family table and these cultural influences of growing up.

The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are doing it on weekends, they're doing their own challenges. It's back to cooking. And it's real cooking.

Spain has some of the richest culinary traditions and truly appreciates food that is simply prepared with top-notch ingredients.

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.

The most interesting thing I've ever heard about myrself that isn't true is that I'm not a nice guy.

I'm not impressed with presidents. I have met a few, but I'm not impressed with them.

I think you have to be careful with spices. Kids' palates can be very delicate, and they might not like things overspiced. In my cookbooks for kids, I do a milder version of my signature spice blend, Emeril's Essence, called Baby Bam, which has no cayenne pepper.