New Orleans Cookbook

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Summary: Best of the Best
Review: This is the best of the best New Orleans cookbooks. I bought my first copy in 1975. It is stained and falling apart and I will not part with it. The recipes are authentic,well written, easily understood and they all come out delicious. I have given copies of the book to each of my children and now my friends want copies, too. I can't recommend this book highly enough. the navy bean soup and the shrimp creole recipes are family favorites, along with the chicken gumbo, soaked salad...I could go on and on. if you like Creole food you can't go wrong with this book.

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Summary: I agree with the other reviewers,
Review: this is the best! I am not from Louisiana, but I love Cajun and Creole food and have a number of cookbooks on the subjects, including Paul Prudhomme's first. But this is one I use over and over. The pages are stained and spattered, and the book automatically falls open to the recipe for shrimp creole. All of the instructions in the book are very clear, and the food is delicious. I have never had a single failure with any recipe I have tried from this book, and I have at least eight hundred cookbooks and cannot make that claim about many of them. Shrimp creole, however, is on the top ten list of my favorite recipes, especially for company dinners. One night I put the plates down in front of my guests, a lively, convivial, gregarious and loquacious group of people. Every head bent down to eat, and not another word was spoken until each plate was clean - I am not exaggerating. This recipe alone is worth the price of the book. Do not be put off by the long list of ingredients or the time it takes to make the roux. Do not be tempted to cook the shrimp for less time than the recipe calls for. The effort of this dish reaps huge benefits, and all the time you put in up front allows you to get the meal on the table with a minimum amount of fuss at dinnertime. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. (Crabmeat Mandeville - a crab salad - is equally divine.) I hope you will buy this book. I know you will enjoy it.

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Summary: rubberkitty
Review: This is the real actual thing. I have inspected perhaps 40 books on the local cuisine. This book easily comes closest to the way regular N'awlins folks cook and eat. It is simple, unpretentious, and quality. People everywhere will be able to either find the ingredients or make simple substitutions with locally available items. Bon appetit!