68 Quotes by Paul Prudhomme

I'm just here and I'm doin' the best I can. If you don't understand that, then what can I do?

I don't think life is to be taken too seriously. Take it too seriously, and it'll getcha.

If you have acid in food, you need to sugar it. At a high temperature, the acids are changed to sugar.

I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers.

I would work as a cook, get a little money, then open another restaurant.

We had no electricity, no gas. Food was probably our greatest entertainment - the most fun thing that we could do was food.

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!

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.

I didn't want to do just another set of recipes. I think that's useless.