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

You are going to be what you put in your body, so I try to teach that to my kids, and the kids around me.

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

We'll be going to the fish market and a farmer's market this afternoon to get what we need to make and eat dinner as a family. I'm trying to expose my kids to going to a farmers market or the fish market and learning what that's all about.

Food is very representative of a city's culture. In order to really get to know a place and the people, you've got to eat the food.

My Food Network shows, 'Emeril Live' and 'Essence of Emeril,' are not in production right now, but I wouldn't say that I'm necessarily leaving Food Network. I have a lot of television still in me. I enjoy teaching people, so it's just a matter of time before I do something new.

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.