My family… always had the value of the family table and these cultural influences of growing up. – Emeril Lagasse
My inspiration was my mom. Shes 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. – Emeril Lagasse
Music is one of those things that is constantly going in my head all the time. Its sort of like the evolution and creation of doing food, or my philosophy about wine. Its always beating in my head, so it keeps the spirit moving. – Emeril Lagasse
Ive always done food that can work in a set time frame. The message Im trying to get across is, it doesnt have to take three days to do this. With planning, you can do a lot and really have quality food every day. – Emeril Lagasse
And thus the literary man has two fires in his body: the strain of his mental work and the overmuch of blood in his head…. Man, so rich in knowledge, has also become rich in diseases, but poor in health and physical strength. – Sebastian Kneipp, Thus Shalt Thou Live: Hints and Advice for the Healthy and the