The Top 100 NEW ORLEANS Recipes of all time (Hardcover)

by John Demers, Rhonda Findley, Rhonda Findley (Compiled by)

Overview

A collection of 100 classic recipes that have helped to make New Orleans food world-famous. For example, Shrimp Creole, Red Beans & Rice, Blackened Redfish, Oyster Loaf, Muffaletta, Beignets, Café au Lait and King Cake. This book was created as the companion book to the best-selling The Top 100 CAJUN Recipes Of All Time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780925417510
Publisher:	Acadian House Publishing
Publication date:	11/18/2003
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	1,029,055
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 7.25(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

JOHN DeMERS is a New Orleans native and author of more than 40 published books, including New Orleans by the Bowl, The New Orleans Seafood Cookbook, and The Food Lovers’ Guide to Texas. After graduating from LSU in Baton Rouge with a Bachelor’s then a Master’s degree in journalism, he was a globetrotting reporter and Food Editor for United Press International, eating his way through 126 foreign countries before concentrating on the foods of home. He has served as food and wine editor of New Orleans magazine, as a weekly commentator on WYES-TV’s “Steppin’ Out,” and as co-host of New Orleans food and wine radio shows.

RHONDA FINDLEY is a freelance food and wine writer and a former broadcaster on the subject of New Orleans cuisine. A resident of the Crescent City, she has co-hosted food and wine radio shows in both Houston and New Orleans. She designs and makes a line of clothing (To The Nines) as well as a line of jewelry, and she owns retail stores in the French Quarter. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Arkansas and co-authored a number of books, including The Food Lovers’ Guide to Texas, Houston Unleashed and New Orleans Unleashed.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	5
	Rice and Roux Recipes	8
	Breakfast, Brunch & Breads	13
	Appetizers	27
	Vegetables & Salads	37
	Soups & Gumboes	55
	The Multi-ethnic Origins of Gumbo	56
	Main Dishes	77
	How the Po-Boy Came to Be	78
	Seafood	109
	Dressings & Casseroles	145
	Cakes, Candies & Desserts	157
	History of the King Cake	158
	Adult Beverages	175
	Index	183
	About the Authors	188