Blueberry Peaches, Red Robin Pie: An Annotated Cookbook of Mississippi Gulf Coast Recipes [Hardcover]

Stella LA Violette (Author), Stella Estronza (Author), Paul Estronza (Author), Paul E. LA Violette (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2001

Stella La Violette enjoys cooking and has gained a well-deserved regional reputation for the wonderful meals she makes for both large and small dinner parties. In this her first cookbook, Blueberry Peaches, Red Robin Pie, she lives up to that reputation presenting wonderful examples of the favorite meals she has enjoyed preparing. All of the recipes are Stella’s own and have been tried many times on her built in recipe critic: her husband, Paul.

Paul Estronza La Violette interposes Gulf coast short stories between the chapters, bringing to life the subjects of the various courses of a full meal that they represent. The richly animated pen and ink drawings of Stig Marcussen add a note of delightful whimsy to Stella’s recipes.

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A wonderful group of local recipes by a Waveland cook ... -- Sun Herald, September 13, 2001

These are recipes which anyone would be proud to serve to their most honored guests... -- Sea Coast Echo, September 13, 2001

About the Author

Stella La Violette spends much of her week at a Navy facility located twenty-five miles from her home in a small town on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Except for weekends, she has little time to prepare her meals when she gets home. She has perforce been made to prepare simple meals that are easy to fix yet wonderful to eat. She has gained a reputation on the Coast as a fantastic cook and has served sitdown dinners for parties of twenty and more guests at the beachfront home of her and her husband and co-author Paul Estronza La Violette.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Annabelle Pub (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967393655
• ISBN-13: 978-0967393650
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,939,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars All about real food, real enjoyment, and real living, June 3, 2002

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This review is from: Blueberry Peaches, Red Robin Pie: An Annotated Cookbook of Mississippi Gulf Coast Recipes (Hardcover)

Blueberry Peaches, And Red Robin Pie is a wonderful cookbook for lovers of the foods and fruits of the Mississippi Delta. A believer in using fine, fresh ingredients, cook Stella presents her luscious no-nonsense recipes for salads, chowders, soups, of course seafood, meats, poultry, and side dishes such as Dolce Acorn Squash. Stella does not believe in substitutions or skimping on ingredients. Pasta dishes are also included, such as mouth- watering recipes for oysters and brie with pasta and shrimp and mushrooms with pasta. Breakfast dishes include recipes for Eggs Benedict A La Stella (with asparagus and ham) and a marvelous Spinach Omelet, delicious for either breakfast or supper. Casual eating experiences include recipes for sandwiches, drinks and desserts. One of the best parts of Blueberry, Peaches, And Red Robin Pie is the little essays and anecdotes between chapters written by both Paul and Stella. Also little helpful "frog" hints help the cook to do her best. Just reading the list of fish and shellfish recipes is enough to tempt anyone: Fried Soft Shell Crabs, Blackened "Any Fish", Crabmeat Quiche (good hot or cold), and Fresh Tuna Steak in A Garden (served with lettuce, tomato, green pepper, cucumber, sweet onion and Balsamic vinegar). Blueberry Peaches, And Red Robin Pie is all about real food, real enjoyment, and real living. It is an altogether delightful cookbook. Laissez les bon temps rouler!