Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada.

We closed the restaurant in New Orleans and brought the entire staff to San Francisco. But we had to go home.

My mother would put me on a wooden box at the stove and tell me to call her if certain things would happen. Like if the steam turns blue, that is danger!

The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise.

We had no electricity, no gas. Food was probably our greatest entertainment - the most fun thing that we could do was food.

When the taste changes with every bite and the last bite tastes as good as the first, that's Cajun.

I don't think life is to be taken too seriously. Take it too seriously, and it'll getcha.