We had no electricity, no gas. Food was probably our greatest entertainment – the most fun thing that we could do was food. – Paul Prudhomme
We trust something in a grocery store and assume it’s good. We don’t learn about the most precious thing in life-the food we put in our body. Educate yourself! – Paul Prudhomme
When I travel I normally eat club sandwiches or I bring my own food. When you go into a new town, it’s very had to find a good place to eat. – Paul Prudhomme
In ’71 or ’72 I returned to New Orleans and stayed there. I started cooking Louisiana food. Of all the things I had cooked, it was the best-and it was my heritage. – Paul Prudhomme
If you have acid in food, you need to sugar it. At a high temperature, the acids are changed to sugar. – Paul Prudhomme
When you’ve got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It’s fun! – Paul Prudhomme
My mother would put me on a wooden box at the stove and tell me to call her if certain things would happen. Like if the steam turns blue, that is danger! – Paul Prudhomme
I opened my own restaurant when I was 17. I went broke, then traveled around the country, learning about different kinds of foods, had three other restaurants that went broke. It didn’t all start just a few years ago! – Paul Prudhomme
The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I’ve got to eat everything on the plate, whether it’s good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise. – Paul Prudhomme
I wait for the next opportunity to have something to do with food. If I get rested, my mind just starts creating new dishes – click, click, click. – Paul Prudhomme
Some people absorb in different ways. I didn’t realize until I was 15 years old how much I retained. – Paul Prudhomme
Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada. – Paul Prudhomme
It’s the sense of what family is at the dinner table. It was the joy of knowing mother was in the kitchen making our favorite dish. I wish more people would do this and recall the joy of life. – Paul Prudhomme
I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I’m always excited about learning new things about food. – Paul Prudhomme
One of the problems of our youth is that the family unit is broken up. When we’d sit down to dinner together as a family, we’d learn about each other. We had something people don’t get today. – Paul Prudhomme
We closed the restaurant in New Orleans and brought the entire staff to San Francisco. But we had to go home. – Paul Prudhomme
