Cajun & Creole Cooking

Justin Wilson Looking Back: A Cajun Cookbook

New in paperback! Justin Wilson made his mark as a storyteller and humorist—a goodwill ambassador of the Cajun culture of South Louisiana. He took a culture slur and made it a label of distinction, proudly identifying himself, and his cooking, as “Cajun.” For this, his final retrospective, Wilson reminisces about times gone by, the recipes he created, …

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Buster Holmes Restaurant Cookbook, The: New Orleans Handmade Cookin’

From the 1960s to 1983, Buster Holmes cooked up classic Creole food, ending his career in the restaurant that bore his name at 721 Burgundy Street. The restaurant, at the center of a thriving New Orleans cultural community, offered unlimited servings of its famous red beans and rice for a modest price alongside shrimp, gumbo, butter beans, and …

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Court of Two Sisters Cookbook, The

A classic is updated for a new generation! The iconic Court of Two Sisters restaurant is known for the best Creole dining in the Crescent City. Joseph Fein III and his brother, Jerome, operated the business for years and wrote the original version of this cookbook with food historian Mel Leavitt. Now a new generation has stepped …

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Skinny Louisiana . . . in the Kitchen

Gumbo, jambalaya, and shrimp—these are the Louisiana dishes we love, and they’re packed with the flavors we crave. Yet so often, these are the very foods we avoid because of the dreaded f word: fat. Culinary dietitian Shelly Marie Redmond wants you to forget the myth that because it tastes great, it can’t be good for you. …

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Today’s Bayou Kitchen

I started this cookbook as a personal project, but it soon became much more to me. It started out as jotting down notes and getting recipes that worked. My goals were fairly simple; get a set of recipes that were authentic, tasted great, and could be consistently done. As a parent and ‘home’ cook, I needed recipes …

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Cotton’s Seafood: A Cajun Autobiographical Cookbook

Cotton’s Seafood is a Cajun autobiographical cookbook. From crawfish boils to cooking shows, from folk art to family traditions, interest in Cajun culture has never been greater. But how Cajun do you really want to be?Spanning five years of research, interviews, writing, and planning, Cotton’s Seafood is a cookbook like no other. Throughout the book, Jim LaBove recounts …

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Kajun King Trapper Joe’s Story

Noces Joseph LaFont, Jr. (Trapper Joe) is a veteran when it comes to south Louisiana hunting and fishing. His traditional Cajun roots implanted into him as a child has been show cased on the hit television show Swamp People that airs on the History Channel. Alligator season is the most exciting and most dangerous time of the …

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Easy Louisiana Cookbook: Authentic Creole Cooking

Authentic Creole Cooking Awaits. . . Gumbo is only the beginning. . . Get your copy of the best and most unique Louisiana recipes from Chef Maggie Chow! The Easy Louisiana Cookbook is a Cajun and Creole adventure. These delicious creole meals will deliver so many powerful tastes you may consider moving to Louisiana! Authentic …

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