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In the restaurant it's much more serious.

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Emeril Lagasse
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 15
Businessperson
Chef
Non-Fiction Writer
Restaurateur
Fall River
Massachusetts
Serious
Much
Restaurant
Restaurants

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Get up every day and try a little harder than the day before.
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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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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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Food that's beautiful to look at seems to taste better than food that isn't.
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When it ceases to be fun, I'll stop and just stay in my restaurants.
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