“For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.”– Mary Schmich Related Quotes “Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France.”– Paul Prudhomme “Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.”– Peter De Vries “I think things like food, the food of the south is sort of the common tie that binds us all, Black and White, the sense memories. It’s a very particular part of the country.”– Sela Ward