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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.
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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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 their own challenges. It's back to cooking. And it's real cooking.
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Start with a clean grill. Keep it clean by brushing with a wire brush after preheating, and again after cooking. Make sure to oil your grates and your food before putting it on the grill to keep it from sticking.
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Those other 10 o'clock shows that come on, all you get from them is headaches and nightmares when you go to bed! At least we give you food, know what I mean?
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In the restaurant it's much more serious.
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I'm pretty actively involved with the military because I think they're incredible human beings. If I can give back to them for what they're doing for us, it's a good thing. And I think to have happy soldiers, you need to feed them well.
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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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Cooking is so popular today because it's the perfect mix of food and fun.
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In order to be big, you have to think big. If you think small, you're going to be small.
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Music is one of those things that is constantly going in my head all the time. It's sort of like the evolution and creation of doing food, or my philosophy about wine. It's always beating in my head, so it keeps the spirit moving.
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I'm not impressed with presidents. I have met a few, but I'm not impressed with them.
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One big reason I do what I do is there's no two days alike. It's not work for me. It's my life. My passion.
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Food that's beautiful to look at seems to taste better than food that isn't.
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I ended up turning down a full scholarship of music at the conservatory to pay to go to cooking school.
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Mom ran the house, so we grew up Portuguese.
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I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules?
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When it ceases to be fun, I'll stop and just stay in my restaurants.
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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 love that really makes the thrust to the level that you want to get it to.
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If you don't follow your dream, who will?
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I've never really had a problem with people.
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Soups are a great way to introduce a lot of vegetables to kids. Stir-fries, too, because they contain so many different shapes and colors.
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