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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.

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Paul Prudhomme
Age: 75 †
Born: 1940
Born: July 13
Died: 2015
Died: October 8
Businessperson
Chef
Non-Fiction Writer
Restaurateur
Opelousas
Louisiana
Gene Autry Prudhomme
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Louisiana
Things
Orleans
Returned
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