“Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.”

“Those other 10 o'clock shows that come on, all you get from them is headaches and nightmares when you go to bed! At least we give you food, know what I mean?”

“A lot of food criticism has a similar flavor to it, and I'm probably going to write about it in a different way.”

“My Food Network shows, 'Emeril Live' and 'Essence of Emeril,' are not in production right now, but I wouldn't say that I'm necessarily leaving Food Network. I have a lot of television still in me. I enjoy teaching people, so it's just a matter of time before I do something new.”

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

“An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.”

“That's a big goal of mine, to try and grow as much of my own food as possible.”

“I loved everything about Spain - the people, the language, and the food!”

“We should all grow our own food and do our own waste processing, we really should.”