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I started cooking when I was about 10. I have memories like when I was 6 or 7 with my mom, and when I was 12 I started getting real serious about cooking.
Emeril Lagasse
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Emeril Lagasse
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: October 15
Businessperson
Chef
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Restaurateur
Fall River
Massachusetts
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I've never really had a problem with people.
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I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules?
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A lot of parents ask me how to get kids to eat more vegetables. The first thing I say is that it starts from the top.
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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?
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