A Cultural Legacy Creole Gourmet Secrets of Louisiana, John La Fleur, Cookbook

Description: PorterMonkey presents ... A Cultural Legacy Creole Gourmet Secrets of Louisiana ISBN:0982423209 Author:John La Fleur II Publisher:Courtableau House, Inc. Publishing Release Date:2010-01-01 Seller Category:COOKBOOKS, FOOD & DRINK Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Very Good Sku: 1VG052924E6 Notes: Signed by photographer, Nimms Fontenot, w/ short personalized inscription on front free endpaper. 09780982423202 ISBN, Revised July, 2010 Ed. Text and recipes are clean and unmarked, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Decorative hardcover is clean and bright, light edge/shelf wear. No rips, tears or stains. No jacket as issued. Illustrated, color photos. Binding is solid, square. 2010. Revised Edition. Courtableau House, Inc. Publishing. John La Fleur. Photos are of actual book you will receive. A book that is currently Out-Of-Print, Uncommon, A First Edition, or Collectable. Ships quickly and with care. Description:A cooking book which celebrates Louisiana's oldest original culture, that of the Creoles, A Cultural Legacy, Creole Gourmet Secrets of Louisiana opens with a much needed cultural history which seeks to honestly trace the origins of the people, food and language of Louisiana to its' colonial French origins long before the Louisiana Purchase, to the founding of New Orleans and the birth of Louisiana Creole cooking, all before the arrival of the Acadians whose cooking and culture are direct outgrowths and adaptations of the Creole culture.-The author, a native Creole/Cajun gourmet, French language educator and historian provides an etymological dictionary to assist the reader in understanding the unique origins of these classic Louisiana Creole recipes which represent 3 generations of French Creole cooking in Louisiana.-Illustrated with 100 rich color photographs by award-winning photographer, Norris Fontenot, the books features everything from appetizers to winemaking, salads to gumbos and soups, desserts and vegetable/fruit canning along with numerous historic notes and anecdotes throughout this beautiful, authoritative hardcover book. Each page is surrounded by elegant borders and each image is a virtual still life, all of which food photos were shot on site of the old Jean-Batiste Andre la Fleur plantation house in historic Washington, La. the ancestral and present home of the author.-The book also contains a valuable tourist kiosque providing websites and phone numbers to both cafes, restaurants and food specialties markets in south Louisiana. Equipped with large print appendix, an exhaustive 16p table of contents and fleur de lis stamped commemorative edition, this book is destined to become a Louisiana culinary aficionado's classic! Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!

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