Louis, Mo., Berra left school after the eighth grade and went on to play minor league baseball before serving in the U.S. New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra died of natural causes on Sept. In 1984, the cookbook Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen shot to the top of the bestseller list, becoming one of the first-ever major cookbooks, and turning him into one of America's first "celebrity chefs." Over the course of his career, he launched numerous restaurants, as well as careers: One of his early hires was Emeril Lagasse. In 1980, France named him a Chevalier (Knight) of the Order of Agricultural Merit for his contributions to Cajun and Creole cuisine.
Prudhomme - who at one point weighed more than 500 pounds, but later slimmed down to 200 - championed fresh ingredients, authentic spice blends, and recipes he grew up making in the kitchen with his mother. He opened his first restaurant, a burger drive-in, in 1957. Prudhomme was the 13th child of sharecroppers in Opelousas, a city about 20 miles north of Lafayette, La.
In addition to launching multiple restaurants, he created custom spice mixes and hot sauces and wrote cookbooks. Over the course of his career, he elevated the food and recipes of his native Louisiana to a globally recognized form of haute cuisine.
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