100 Greatest New Orleans Creole Recipes, The (100 Greatest Recipes Series) [Paperback]

Roy Guste Jr. (Author)

Book Description

Series: 100 Greatest Recipes Series | Publication Date: November 30, 1994

From "Haute Creole" entrées to hearty red beans and rice, Roy F. Guste's recipes make Creole cooking elegant and effortless. Within these 100 recipes lies the key to the true flavor of Louisiana's Creole food: simplicity of process and fresh ingredients.

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INTRODUCING THE BEST of Louisiana cookery from restaurateur and French-trained chef Roy F. Guste, Jr. Anyone who has savored a favorite dish in New Orleans will find it in this definitive work. In his book, he presents a selection of choice recipes ranging from "Haute Creole" entreés like daube glaceé to hearty red beans and rice. Mr. Guste has simplified the steps of some of the grander recipes. He has tested each one using only four saucepans, a skillet, and the bare minimum of utensils. The key to producing authentic Creole food, as he emphasizes, is the simplicity of the process and the freshness of ingredients. Follow these recipes and you can create the true flavor of Louisiana. Accompanying these recipes are beautiful period illustrations, as well as reminiscences and anecdotes of the recipes' origins that only a few other true Louisianians would know. With gumbos, bisques, blackened dishes, appetizers, drinks, and desserts, this book makes Creole dining elegant and effortless.

About the Author

Roy F. Guste is a former proprietor and chef of Antoine's, the famous New Orleans restaurant. He is a food advisor to many restaurants, a frequent lecturer at conventions, and an author of several cookbooks, including The Tomato Cookbook, also by Pelican.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing; 1st Pelican ed edition (November 30, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565540468
• ISBN-13: 978-1565540460
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #476,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Deal, November 29, 2000

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This review is from: 100 Greatest New Orleans Creole Recipes, The (100 Greatest Recipes Series) (Paperback)

I've used this book for about six years now, and have never been disappointed. Mr. Guste's Chicken Creole is soulful and authentic, and his Gumbo is gospel truth. He does not trifle with passing fancies such as lite, fusion or lo-fat anything. His ingredients are unapologetically authentic: many cooks outside the South may need to do some creative substitution. A minor complaint is that this cookbook, like most nowadays, seems not to have been edited at all, and a few ingredients and steps are missing, so a smart user will read carefully and in some cases extrapolate. But the recipes are simple and honest, well within the skills of the average cook, and the results will make you appreciate the only high cuisine native to America.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adapts dishes for home use and simplifies many of the steps involved in producing the classics, July 3, 2006

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This review is from: 100 Greatest New Orleans Creole Recipes, The (100 Greatest Recipes Series) (Paperback)

The best of Louisiana cookery comes from a restauranteur and French-trained chief who uses his background to select the definitive and best dishes of New Orleans. Creole cooking has a reputation for complexity: not so in The 100 Greatest New Orleans Creole Recipes, which adapts dishes for home use and simplifies many of the steps involved in producing the classics. No color photos here - but the simplified dishes don't need them.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great easy to follow recipes, January 14, 2007

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This review is from: 100 Greatest New Orleans Creole Recipes, The (100 Greatest Recipes Series) (Paperback)

I love this cookbook so much that I am buying a replacement as I have worn out the first one over the 10 years I have it. A personal fav is the Jambalya, easy to make and delicious. The recipes give alternatives (chicken instead of shrimp etc) and the range of recipes is huge. If creole is of interest to you, this book will get you started in a great way.