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I was on the board of Andre Agassi's foundation, and seeing the way it operated blew my mind. In 2002, I told my wife, I want to start a foundation to give back, I want it to be for kids in hard circumstances, and I want it to be culinary-driven, because that's who I am. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#am #andre #back #because #blew

You know, when I sit in meetings and things are very tense and people take things extremely seriously and they invest a lot of their ego, I sometimes think to myself, 'Come on, you know, there's life and there's death and there is love.' And all of that ego business is nonsense compared to that. ↗

— Christine Lagarde

#come #compared #death #ego #extremely

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

#cooking #getting #i #like #memories

Where hast thou wandered. gentle gale, to find the perfumes thou dost bring? ↗

— William C. Bryant

#dost #find #gale #gentle #hast

My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#about #basis #better #daily #daily basis

When I cook with my son, I might chop vegetables and have fun with different shapes. Cooking is a way to teach kids about other things, like reading or math with all of the weights and measures. There are so many things that are part of cooking that are also very educational. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#also #chop #cook #cooking #different

Being a food show and being me, I always kicked it up a notch, which means I would always elevate the spice level or the complexity of a particular dish. So, it was always like we're going to kick this up a little bit. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#being #bit #complexity #dish #elevate

Growing up in New England, being schooled and classically trained, it needed to shake, it needed to evolve. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#classically #england #evolve #growing #growing up

I came here because the city has a tradition and is a very respected food city. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#came #city #food #here #i

I ended up turning down a full scholarship of music at the conservatory to pay to go to cooking school. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#cooking #down #ended #full #go