I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers.

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

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.

When I travel I normally eat club sandwiches or I bring my own food. When you go into a new town, it's very had to find a good place to eat.

I'd like to have the first restaurant that can deliver incredible quality food to your table at your house at any time-right where you live.

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.

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