I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.
After failing four times and after working for other people and realizing that nobody paid attention to the food like they should have, we wanted to just pay attention to the food and service.
I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless.
Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since.
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.
Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.
Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada.
I wait for the next opportunity to have something to do with food. If I get rested, my mind just starts creating new dishes - click, click, click.
I don't think life is to be taken too seriously. Take it too seriously, and it'll getcha.
We didn't do wrong things because we didn't want to embarrass our parents.
You don't need a silver fork to eat good food.
When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!
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.
When I am done with this meal you can have my life. It is heaven.
We're working people, and that's what we like to do, work.