Product Description: From Cajun chow in Breaux Bridge to Creole specialties in New Orleans, folks in Louisiana know how to eat. In a world of homogenized dining in which every city is littered with chain restaurants serving up boring, play-it-safe meals from photocopied menus, Louisiana distinguishes itself.
A Louisiana kitchen can serve great meals from two fascinating cultures. The flavors are unique without seeming foreign or strange. The meals are spicy and flavorful without being tongue-burners. And it isn't that hard to learn how to prepare these classics, either. In fact, most of the great food you'll find in a Louisiana kitchen isn't too complicated. The Cajun school of cooking is practical, working person's food. Creole dining may be educated by the French culinary tradition, but it's been transformed into a solid, accessible kitchen work with the infusion of other ethnicities and techniques.
In other words...
Louisiana cooking is downright irresistible, and you can learn how to do it!
But you don't want to settle for a boxed gumbo mix or a recipe on the back of a supermarket soup can to experience real Cajun or Creole cooking. Those recipes may be inspired by the real thing, but they can't hold a candle to homemade Louisiana cooking.
And if you want learn how to do make the real thing, then "The Cajun Cookbook" is the perfect place to get started.
Inside, you'll learn:
- The secret to the perfect pain perdu (a/k/a French toast). - The right way to make a roux and why it matters. - The difference between a muffaletta and a po' boy and how to make both. - The secret to a mouth-watering efoutee. - How to make a King Cake that will bring a smile to even the exhausted Mardis Gras reveler. - The secrets of Cajun and Creole kitchens that have been handed down from one generation to the next.
...and much more!
"The Cajun Cookbook" is stuffed with recipes. It covers all of the classics and it does it the right way. It gives you more than an ingredient list and basic instructions. It takes you by the hand and marches you through the preparation process step-by-step.
So if you're ready to take your home cooking to the next level, and experience some authentic Louisiana cuisine, then "The Cajun Cookbook" is the perfect book for you.