Customer Reviews

The Food of New Orleans: Authentic Recipes from the Big Easy (Food of the World Cookbooks)

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Nice photos; good for preserving memories of a visit to NOLA. Otherwise, not of much practical application.

DeMers' collaboration with Jaeger on the later published "New Orleans Seafood Cookbook" is far superior. Save your money and buy the Seafood Cookbook.

I'm not from the Big Easy. Have only been there a handful of times. This cookbook has my favorite crawfish etoufe recipe.

I have been involved in gourment cooking for 20 years. I have many wonderful cookbooks and this one is in my top "5". The recipes are easy and the results are "high-end". For example....the bread pudding is almost as good as I have had at Arnauds. You won't be sorry...if you purchase this book.

My brother has lived in New Orleans for just under ten years and turned me onto this book. I have tried at least 5 recipes in the past year. My personal favorite is the Jambalaya recipe on page 76. I added more tabasco sauce and substituted chicken for the ham. The key to a a great Jambalaya is a well seasoned pot. I bought a Cast Iron Dutch Oven and only use it for my Cajun Dishes. Buy this book and Enjoy the Cajun Cooking Experience.

I made a number of these recipes for a Creole Thanksgiving we hosted this year and was incredibly pleased with the results. The recipes are easy and straight forward with amazing results, even if you are making them for the first time. We made the Oysters in Cream, Maque Choux, Bread Pudding and Whiskey Sauce and the Pecan Pie. All our guests raved about the food.

I thought the book was a great way of taking the recipes of New Orleans home... Also try reading this book before you go out to dinner in The Quarter... The recipes seem simple enough to execute. Next to Chicago - New Orleans is the Cooking Mecca!

A friend of ours bought this for us as a gift. I'm glad we didn't spend any money on it. Every time we've tried to make any of these recipes, they haven't turned out. I get the feeling most of these weren't tested before they were put into the book.