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

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

I guess I feel that I was following my instincts, and at the same time being guided by the best. I became totally intrigued with Louisiana - the people, the food. It is a part of my life. Everything that has happened for me since moving here has just been icing on the cake.

You gotta have good olive oil. You should have a cooking olive oil and you should have a finishing olive oil, like an extra-virgin olive oil.

My favorite Aspen memory is saving an upside-down cake that had exploded from the high altitude.

Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.

If kids can learn how to make a simple Bolognese sauce, they will never go hungry. It's pretty easy to cook pasta, but a good sauce is way more useful.