Our friend Emeril's waistline is reflecting his love of butter, pork fat, and cream! He's gained a lot of weight over the last few years. Not good. He will soon look like Paul Prudhomme if he's not careful. Sure we'd ALL like to eat like that, but we gotta use some sense. I DO love his Essence, which I use all the time. It's great on veggies along with Butter Buds. So you CAN kick up veggies without makin' 'em fattening, Mr. Emeril!