Who's Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and Can You Make a Roux?: A Cajun/Creole Family Album Cookbook (Book 1)

by Marcelle Bienvenu

Overview

A 160-page hardcover book containing more than 200 Cajun and Creole recipes, plus old photos and interesting stories about the author’s growing up in the Cajun country of south Louisiana. Recipes include Pain Perdu, Couche Couche, Chicken Fricassee, Stuffed Mirliton, Shrimp Stew, Grillades, Red Beans & Rice, Shrimp Creole, Bouillabaisse, Pralines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780925417558
Publisher:	Acadian House Publishing
Publication date:	01/12/2006
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.25(w) x 10.25(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

MARCELLE BIENVENU of St. Martinville, La., is an accomplished chef, cookbook author, food writer and culinary school instructor.

She has authored numerous cookbooks, including Who’s Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and Can You Make A Roux? (Books 1 and 2), Cajun Cooking for Beginners, and No Baloney on My Boat!

In the early 1970s she worked as a researcher and consultant for Time-Life Books, contributing to a series of books titled Foods of the World. She’s been featured in Food & Wine, Southern Living, Redbook and The New York Times.

She has extensive catering management experience for restaurants including K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen, Commander’s Palace and Brennan’s of Houston.

For 10 years, until 2019, she was the chef/instructor at the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La.

Table of Contents

Introduction     6
Spring
Easter Bonnets, Painted Eggs and a Feast     14
From the Basin to the Bay     23
Spring Alfresco     30
Lazy, Crazy May     35
Summer
The Mystique of the Camp     42
Living Is Easy     50
Earthy Food     61
Holidays and Weekends     64
Too Hot to Move     70
Fall
The Hunt: A Male Rite of Passage     80
La Roulaison (The Sugarcane Harvest)     90
La Boucherie     93
Festival Time     98
In Thanksgiving     104
Sweet Treats     110
Ping! Crash! Roll! Rat-tat-tat!     114
Winter
Cold Nights, Warm Food     118
Joyeux Noel     124
Bonne Annee et Le Petit Bonhomme Janvier     133
Mardi Gras Beads     140
Lenten Fare     146
Index (Alphabetical)     153
Index (By Food Category)     156
About the Author     159