Eula Mae's Cajun Kitchen: Cooking Through the Seasons on Avery Island

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Eula Mae's Cajun Kitchen: Cooking Through the Seasons on Avery Island

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Eula Mae's Cajun Kitchen: Cooking Through the Seasons on Avery Island Overviews

More than 100 traditional Cajun dishes are complemented with Eula Mae's reminiscences of her family and her years on Avery Island.

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Eula Mae's Cajun Kitchen: Cooking Through the Seasons on Avery Island CustomerReview

Eula Mae Dore's recipe for shrimp and sausage gumbo-- superb-- is worth the price of this cookbook.

I tried this particular recipe because it looked great in a December 2008 edition of the New York Times Magazine. I served it over black-eyed peas and rice on New Year's Day, 2009, and it was a hit. Do give it a trial. I intend to keep making it on New Year's Day and on other occasions.

The complete cookbook has many recipes that I will likely never attempt (too high in sugar and/or fat content), but the cookbook is a gem. The kindness, generosity, grit and creativity of the late, iconic Eula Mae Dore shine on every page, as does the story of the Tabasco company and its founders on Avery Island. If you read this cookbook, you will be transported to Avery Island, Louisiana and you may never want to leave. Eula Mae's admonitions to cook slowly and with care are wonderful lessons for cooking and for life.

I gravitated to the recipes that focused on main courses (black-eyed peas, Christmas Dinner, the above-referenced shrimp and sausage gumbo, for example), as well as to a tempting recipe for spoonbread, but by all means pick your favorites. You will be thrilled to make the acquaintance of Eula Mae Dore, her husband MoNeg, and her family; Marcelle Bienvenue, her brilliant co-author; the Tabasco Company and its founders; and Avery Island, Louisiana.

Hurrah for Eula Mae Dore, an America original, cher(e)...


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