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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
A Cajun cookbook in a post-Katrina world is a delicate undertaking, but Wuerthner (Food for Life: The Cancer Prevention Cookbook) finds the right approach. In a soothing roux of memoir, gentle humor and classic dishes, she comforts the reader even as she turns up the spice. Family comes first, literally, with an opening section that lays out the author's family tree and its roots in their 120-year-old Louisiana farmland. Next comes a handy glossary and an exploration of the Cajun style of cookery. Wuerthner's recipes are mostly hearty hand-me-downs: from her father's first cousin, Madge, there's Pork Jambalaya, and Great-uncle Adolphe adapts a recipe from Central Grocery in New Orleans—Cayenne Roasted Pork Muffaletta, which employs the traditional olive salad. Her late Aunt Lorna, however, is the chief inspiration as well as the source for the majority of the concoctions. Her most intriguing choices include Chicken Maque Choux (a kind of stir-fry with corn and bell pepper). Wuerthner begins each recipe with a brief paragraph on what the dish means to her family and ends each with a lagniappe: for instance, readers learn that supposedly hush puppies got their name from outdoor cooks who offered fried batter "to keep the dogs from barking." (Oct.)
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“Terri Pischoff Wuerther’s In a Cajun Kitchen is the real thing---true Cajun cooking. This is an incredible experience spending time with an old Cajun family. You will treasure the stories and love the recipes!”
---Shirley O. Corriher, author of CookWise: The Secrets of Cooking Revealed

“In a Cajun Kitchen rings with the authenticity of food and memory shared across time and place and is destined to become a classic food memoir. Terri Pischoff Wuerthner brings us into her family’s Cajun kitchen not only with love, but with a keen cook’s eye for the details that make old family recipes work in the modern kitchen. I cooked grits for the first time following Terri’s recipe for Cheesy Grits and they are now a stand-by in my kitchen. She is a cook you can trust and a storyteller you can revel in.”
---Georgeanne Brennan, Author of The Food and Flavors of Haute Provence

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sweet hush puppies, medium roux, crawfish tail meat, cup corn oil, cup chopped green bell pepper, butter roux, pecan brittle, large heavy pot, dark roux, light roux, cup sliced green onions, cups raw rice, crispy bits, tablespoons corn oil, teaspoon white pepper, quick grits, cup raw rice, sauce piquante, teaspoon black pepper, teaspoon cayenne pepper, cup chopped fresh parsley, fil� powder, cups corn oil

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Lorna, New Orleans, Bourbon Vanilla Sauce, Great-Aunt Alice, Great-Uncle Adolphe, San Francisco, South Louisiana, Southwest Louisiana, Civil War, Crispy Cayenne French Toasts, Chicken Pie, Grandpa Theodore, Howse Place, Sauce Remoulade

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