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.

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

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.

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!

If you have acid in food, you need to sugar it. At a high temperature, the acids are changed to sugar.

You don't need a silver fork to eat good food.

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