After failing four times and after working for other people and realizing that nobody paid attention to the food like they should have, we wanted to just pay attention to the food and service. – 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
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
We had no electricity, no gas. Food was probably our greatest entertainment – the most fun thing that we could do was food. – Paul Prudhomme
Working at the Food Bank with my kids is an eye-opener. The face of hunger isnt the bum on the street drinking Sterno its the working poor. They dont look any different, they dont behave any differently, theyre not really any less educated. They are incredibly less privileged, and thats it. – Mario Batali