I would work as a cook, get a little money, then open another restaurant.

Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since.

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

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

We trust something in a grocery store and assume it's good. We don't learn about the most precious thing in life-the food we put in our body. Educate yourself!

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

In '71 or '72 I returned to New Orleans and stayed there. I started cooking Louisiana food. Of all the things I had cooked, it was the best-and it was my heritage.