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Chef John Folse's Plantation Celebrations

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John Folse knows more about Cajun and Creole cooking than do "carpet bagger" chefs like Emeril who come down to New Orleans from the North and try to pass themselves off as experts on Louisiana cuisine. This book shows Chef Folse as an expert on not only the food, but the people and the culture of Louisiana. If you want to learn how to cook "real" Louisiana food, do yourself a favor and get a couple of Chef Folse's cookbooks.

I am currently attending the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute @ Nicholls State University in Thibadoux, Louisiana. Many of our projects are the recipes from this book and every one has been fantastic. I use them on a daily basis and get many wonderful comments. I couldn't live without this or his other four books.

Thousands of tourists the world over are coming in greater numbers each year to visit the great plantation homes along the lower Mississippi River. They come to romanticize and relive "Scarlett and Rhett." But I can tell you, Scarlett never ate this well! Folse is a culinary genius. I've flown in people from around the country just to eat at his Lafitte's Landing restaurant. But if you can't hop a plane for tonight, get the next best thing: his cookbook. Frankly, I'm surprised he lets his secrets out! Plantation Celebrations will always be a classic because Folse is a classic.

While attending college for Food and Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts,I had the pleasure of working along side John Folse. He was extrodinary, and so are his techniques. The cookbooks have great recipes and are actually, pretty easy to make. But the quality and taste....make the food a feast to remember.

Love Chef John Folse's cookcooks books. First they are almost ready for the coffee table, with great pictures of food and of locations along the Mississippi River in LA. You just want to go back in time. But I take them to the kitchen.

The recipies are fairly easy to follow and so far I have never had what I would call a bad one. Be a little bit careful with any of the recipes from this part of America as they tend to spice the food up a little bit on the hot side. The first time hold back a little bit and use some of the famous LA hot sauces at the table.

Once you have looked over the cookbook. Think about an entire meal from start to finish with the side dishes. Then pick out a starter, main course, side dishes, and dessert from this cookbook or a little bit of mix and match. Then go shopping. You can find most of the ingrediants in most well stocked grocery stores. The start to cooking thinking about how much time each dish will take so that the entire meal is ready at the right time.

Also be warned. Most of these recipies are for a small group of 6 or so. So a little party of friends needs to be at hand. And some of your favorite adult beverages.

Enjoy. Your family and friends will all talk for years about how great of a cook you are. And about how great of a LA Plantation Cook you are.