“I guess I feel that I was following my instincts, and at the same time being guided by the best. I became totally intrigued with Louisiana-the people, the food. It is a part of my life. Everything that has happened for me since moving here has just been icing on the cake.”
“I'm just fortunate that now I have an audience of people on the show who don't have to pretend they have smell-o-vision. We're actually feeding these people. I'm putting my reputation on the line as an artist, as a chef.”
“Now that years have gone by and I look back at it and I can put one and two together, it was my childhood memories and cultural feelings and beliefs in the whole tie-in of the French Canadian/Portuguese thing.”
