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.

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

One of my missions was to teach.

Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada.

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!

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

I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless.