Whether It's Books Or Tv,

In The Restaurant It's Much More Serious.

My Inspiration Was My Mom. She's A Great Cook, And She Still Cooks, And We Still Banter Back And Forth About Cooking. Growing Up In A Mostly Portuguese Community, Food Was Important And The Family Table Was Extremely Important. At A Very Young Age I Understood That.

Food Is Very Representative Of A City's Culture. In Order To Really Get To Know A Place And The People, You've Got To Eat The Food.

You Know, For 300 Years It's Been Kind Of The Same. There Are Restaurants In New Orleans That The Menu Hasn't Changed In 125 Years, So How Is One Going To Change Or Evolve The Food?

I Can't Tell You Enough About Cinnamon. Cinnamon Is An Awesome Spice To Use And It Goes Great With Something Like Apples In The Morning Or In A Mixture Of Fruit Or In Your Oatmeal Or Even In Your Cereal.