I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town. — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share Image
My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking.… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share Image
My food is Louisiana, New Orleans-based, well-seasoned, rustic. I think it's pretty unique because of my background being influenced by my mom,… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share Image
My office in New York is overflowing with all kinds of cookbooks, and in New Orleans we have a huge culinary library. So yeah,… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share
I think you've got to keep it simple, keep it fresh. Stay away from all that processed stuff, read the labels. — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share
The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are doing it on weekends, they're doing… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share
I'm not impressed with presidents. I have met a few, but I'm not impressed with them. — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share
I've been very fortunate, because I've cooked for a lot of actors and actresses and musicians. I've cooked for presidents and I've been to… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share
You can easily put together your own favorite spice blend, whether that's a salt and pepper mixture or you're adding herbs to it or… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share
I mean, if you love what you do-whether you're an auto mechanic or you sew clothes or you cook-it's all about personal passion and… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share
The premise of 'The Originals' are places that have been open 50, 60, 75, 100 years or longer that are still doing it right… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share
I try to teach my son about sanitation, especially when handling foods like chicken that could be dangerous. I remind him to wash his… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share
You gotta have good olive oil. You should have a cooking olive oil and you should have a finishing olive oil, like an extra-virgin… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share
I respected it. I submerged myself into it. So on a lot of days off I would go and fish with the fishermen and… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share
We're probably close to reaching 2,000 shows, which is more than Julia Child and Jacques Pepin together. — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share
