Spice Is Life. It Depends Upon What

Wrap Fish Fillets, Sliced Veggies, And Other Quick-cooking Items Inside Foil Packets With Bundles Of Fresh Herbs And Throw Them Directly On The Grill; The Steam Will Release The Herb's Perfume And Flavor Anything Contained Inside The Pouch.

My Office In New York Is Overflowing With All Kinds Of Cookbooks, And In New Orleans We Have A Huge Culinary Library. So Yeah, I Guess I'm A Little Bit Obsessed.

I Had A Fierce Curiosity About This Food Thing.

My Inspiration Was My Mom. She's 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.

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.