Emeril Lagasse

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?

Kids are now eating things like edamame and sushi. I didn't know what shiitake mushrooms were when I was 10 - most kids today do.

A lot of parents ask me how to get kids to eat more vegetables. The first thing I say is that it starts from the top.

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond.

Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.

I am thrilled to get the chance to write comics - and to tell Forgotten Realms tales, to boot!