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

I'm a professional cook. I've worked with other cooks from all over the world, but my family is not that way - they're always lived within 25 miles of my hometown!

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 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!

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

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

Some people absorb in different ways. I didn't realize until I was 15 years old how much I retained.