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.

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

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

One of my missions was to teach.

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!

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

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