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

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

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

“I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.”

“I'd like to have the first restaurant that can deliver incredible quality food to your table at your house at any time-right where you live.”

“If you have acid in food, you need to sugar it. At a high temperature, the acids are changed to sugar.”

“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.”

“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.”

“In '71 or '72 I returned to New Orleans and stayed there. I started cooking Louisiana food. Of all the things I had cooked, it was the best-and it was my heritage.”

“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!”

“I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.”