With a radiology degree, and bored with my career, I decided to go to culinary school at the age of 30. My apprenticeships were at The Intercontinental Hotel-New Orleans, The Fairmont Waldorf Astoria Hotel- New Orleans, and Chef Emeril Lagasse.

in 1997, I opened the first “upscale take out” restaurant in an affluent area of New Orleans. The food was cooked a-la-minute, and weekdays

 

 
 
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Me, Mom, Aunt Bee