We closed the restaurant in New Orleans and brought the entire staff to San Francisco. But we had to go home. Paul Prudhomme More Quotes by Paul Prudhomme More Quotes From Paul Prudhomme You don't need a silver fork to eat good food. Paul Prudhomme eating-good cooking food I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food. Paul Prudhomme chef world thinking When the taste changes with every bite and the last bite tastes as good as the first, that's Cajun. Paul Prudhomme cajuns lasts southern 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 new-orleans cities people 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 things-in-life trust education I don't think life is to be taken too seriously. Take it too seriously, and it'll getcha. Paul Prudhomme taken life-is thinking One of my missions was to teach. Paul Prudhomme missions teach teaching Have fun. Do something nobody else had done before, or has done since. Paul Prudhomme having-fun done fun 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 clubs sandwiches travel 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 heritage new-orleans cooking I'm a professional cook. I've worked with other cooks from all over the world, but my family is not that way - they're always lived within 25 miles of my hometown! Paul Prudhomme hometown way world We didn't do wrong things because we didn't want to embarrass our parents. Paul Prudhomme parent want pregnancy I'd like to have the first restaurant that can deliver incredible quality food to your table at your house at any time-right where you live. Paul Prudhomme quality house firsts 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 broken together people 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 danger mother blue Some people absorb in different ways. I didn't realize until I was 15 years old how much I retained. Paul Prudhomme different people years I would work as a cook, get a little money, then open another restaurant. Paul Prudhomme restaurants cooks littles 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 comeback insult people 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 different country years Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada. Paul Prudhomme cajuns louisiana country
