New Orleans Cookbook Great Cajun and Creole Recipes

by Collin, Rima; Collin, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780394752754
• ISBN10: 0394752759
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-03-12
• Publisher: Knopf
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Summary

Two hundred eighty-eight delicious recipes carefully worked out so that you can reproduce, in your own kitchen, the true flavors of Cajun and Creole dishes. The New Orleans cookbook whose authenticity dependability, and wealth of information have made it a classic.

Author Biography

As food writers, RIMA and RICHARD COLLIN have written The Pleasures of Seafood and The New Orleans Restaurant Guide. Richard Collin is the author of the New Orleans Underground Gourmet and wrote a weekly restaurant column for the New Orleans States-Item for ten years. He died in January 2010. Rima Collin, who learned to cook while on a Fullbright Scholarship in France, founded her New Orleans Cooking School in 1975. She died in 1998.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 3
Culinary Notes
Definitions and Special Ingredients	p. 7
Useful Cooking Techniques	p. 10
Utensils	p. 11
The Spice Shelf	p. 12
Recipe Portions and Adaptability of Courses	p. 13
Gumbos and Soups	p. 15
Red Beans and Rice! and Jambalaya	p. 31
Crabs	p. 41
Crawfish	p. 51
Oysters	p. 61
Shrimp	p. 73
Fish	p. 81
Sauces	p. 111
Meats and Sausages	p. 121
Poultry and Game	p. 141
Vegetables and Salads	p. 159
Eggs, New Orleans Breakfasts, and Breads	p. 187
Desserts	p. 207
Drinks	p. 233
Shopping Guide	p. 239
Index	p. 241
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