Every Day's a Party : Louisiana Recipes For Celebrating With Family And Friends

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Summary: Enjoy!
Review: We love the regional influences and enjoy the spirit of this book and it's authors. Having a great time in the kitchen is imperative to success!!

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Summary: Emeril shares his joie de vivre again.
Review: New Orleans is very lucky that adopted son Emeril Lagasse is such a tireless good will ambassador.People who enjoy his show and who share is passionate outlook on life and food will enjoy this book with its "party through the year" format. Color photos make me wish I were there to join the fun. Lighten up, people, and smell the roses (and the gumbo) while you may.

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Summary: If you appreciate Emeril's point of view, you'll love this b
Review: Readers who share the Chef's joie de vivre and iconoclastic worldview will love this book. All the hallmarks of Emeril's style are here-from the title to the wonderful color pictures. He is certainly the Big Easy's greatest PR man. If his boisterous, larger than life persona offends you, then this is not the book for you. Hey, its only a cookbook.

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Summary: Love all the personal stories- Very coffee table friendly.
Review: This is a marvelous book to set on the coffee table for guests to peruse. I love the personal stories. I borrowed a friends to look at and had to buy it for myself.

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Summary: Hats off to Emeril!
Review: I enjoyed the book and would recommend it

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Summary: Very good book for those occasional cookers out there.
Review: Very good book for those occasional cooks who like to try new recipes. I like things that are so easy to read. Enjoy it.

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Summary: Let's talk about the Recipes ...
Review: Emeril creates polar opinions. Read some of the other customer reviews and you'll see what I mean. His "in your face" style forces people to make a love or hate decision. This book is a celebration of Emeril. But it is also a cookbook. It was given to me as a gift and I have thumbed through it several times and tried a few of the recipes. One thing first: Emeril's cookbooks are not for the first time chef. The show my be fun but his recipes can be pretty demanding and it takes a practiced eye to seperate the easy from the difficult. Finding ingredients can also be a challenge. One frustration about this book is the lack of food photos. Pictures of a finished dish can be helpful, especially when you're not sure things are going well in the kitchen. All of that said, the three recipes I have tried so far have turned out great. Just be prepared, cooking like Emeril takes time and makes a big mess. And, while you're cooking you have to try a few, "bams." They do actually make the food taste better...

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Summary: No visual appeal
Review: What can I say, it's EMERIL!! I have "wow-ed" many friends and family members with recipes from this book. The recipes are simply the best!! People ask me for the recipes I make from this book every time I make something.

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Summary: great ideas - but definitely for the gourmet
Review: I love Emeril's recipes, but unfortunately for me many of the ingredients are exotic or perhaps regional. So many of the recipes turn out to be difficult to shop for. The ones I've been able to pull off turned out excellent, however!

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Summary: Great book for entertaining
Review: While I wouldn't use every recipe in this book, the variety is extensive enough that you can find just about anything to match your tastes. I've used the pizza dough recipe and it came out a little more like the crust you'd expect on a frozen pizza, but the gumbo ya-ya recipe is a keeper.