I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines.

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!

Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.

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!

What I think and what the world thinks is totally different.

The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise.

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