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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?
Emeril Lagasse
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Emeril Lagasse
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 15
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Fall River
Massachusetts
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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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I ended up turning down a full scholarship of music at the conservatory to pay to go to cooking school.
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You know, in 1975 I couldn't get a job in New York City because I was American. The kitchens were predominantly run by French, Swiss, German, and basically I got laughed at. I had education, I had experience, but got laughed at because I was American.
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I've never really had a problem with people.
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