I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless.

We're working people, and that's what we like to do, work.

I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless.

I opened my own restaurant when I was 17. I went broke, then traveled around the country, learning about different kinds of foods, had three other restaurants that went broke. It didn't all start just a few years ago!

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

One of the problems of our youth is that the family unit is broken up. When we'd sit down to dinner together as a family, we'd learn about each other. We had something people don't get today.

I love people, and I'm excited that I can turn them on.