American - Chef | July 13, 1940 - October 8, 2015
When I am done with this meal you can have my life. It is heaven.
Paul Prudhomme
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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!
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We didn't do wrong things because we didn't want to embarrass our parents.
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We closed the restaurant in New Orleans and brought the entire staff to San Francisco. But we had to go home.
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We're working people, and that's what we like to do, work.
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Some people absorb in different ways. I didn't realize until I was 15 years old how much I retained.
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One of my missions was to teach.
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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!
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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.
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I would work as a cook, get a little money, then open another restaurant.
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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.
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I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.
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