Louisiana Real and Rustic

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Summary: You don't have to be an "Emeril Live" fan to enjoy this book
Review: You don't have to be an "Emeril Live" fan, and you don't have to be from the South, to enjoy this cookbook. It is a no hype, no fluff, no nonsense book, that lives up to it's title. It features down-home recipes, and provides an interesting, and concise, cultural background for the recipes. Recipes such as his simple Jambalayas, are the perfect vehicle for improvisation with local ingredients. His Skillet Corn Bread recipe has more corn content than typical northern corbread. His Creole Onion Soup recipe features a broth that is enriched with cheeses. I look forward to trying these, and many other,recipes in this book. (I don't recommend the Emeril recipes that are posted on the Food TV web site, due to significant accuracy problems that I have had with them.)