Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.

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!

I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.

When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!

Don't get fancy. Have you cooked an apple pie? You don't know what you did wrong? Do this: Take two or three apples. Put them on a table. Study them.

I wait for the next opportunity to have something to do with food. If I get rested, my mind just starts creating new dishes - click, click, click.

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