Cooking With Cajun Women

Download or read book Cooking with Cajun Women written by Nicole Denée Fontenot and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this treasury of Cajun heritage, the author allows the people who are the very foundations of Cajun culture to tell their own stories. Nicole Denée Fontenot visited Cajun women in their homes and kitchens and gathered over 300 recipes as well as thousands of narrative accounts. Most of these women were raised on small farms and remember times when everything (except coffee, sugar and flour) was home-made. They shared traditional recipes made with modern and simple ingredients.

Download or read book Stir the Pot written by Marcelle Bienvenu and published by Hippocrene Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Despite the increased popularity of Cajun foods such as gumbo, crawfish etouffee, and boudin, relatively little is known about the history of this cuisine. Stir the Pot explores its origins, its evolution from a seventeenth-century French settlement in Nova Scotia to the explosion of Cajun food onto the American dining scene over the past few decades. The authors debunk the myths surrounding Cajun food - foremost that its staples are closely guarded relics of the Cajuns' early days in Louisiana - and explain how local dishes and culinary traditions have come to embody Cajun cuisine both at home and throughout the world." -- from the publisher.

Download or read book Pure Ambrosia written by Ramona LaJaunie and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think that authentic and delicious Louisiana and Mississippi cooking has to come with a side of obesity and heart disease? Think again!Ramona LaJaunie and her family changed their lives in a big way by adopting the whole food plant-based lifestyle. Collectively, they've lost over 1000 pounds and said goodbye to a bunch of diseases and medications. Plus they experience more joy and togetherness as family now that they're no longer "self-medicating" with the overly-rich fare that used to be the centerpiece of their gatherings. Ramona write: "Our weekends and vacations now revolve around activities. We are no longer spectators, watching and wishing as others do what we used to 'wish' we could do; we are participators in a style of living that keeps us fulfilled, fueled, and happy. Not only has this brought flavor to our collective lives in a way we have never experienced, but it has also brought flavors to our plates that we never expected to enjoy in a healthy lifestyle. "My son Dustin and I, being the cooks in the family, took on the role of creating healthier versions of our traditional comfort foods. These recipes are a combination of Louisiana and Mississippi meals that our family has enjoyed for years. "Not only are our new versions delicious, but that you can take your traditional comfort foods and remove the meat, dairy, and oil without sacrificing tradition or taste. You absolutely can honor your traditions while nourishing your family and sidestepping the chronic diseases that claim too many of us from this part of the world, far too young."Enjoy your food, your family, and your health at everyday meal times, and on special occasions."Recipes include: - Veggie Pastalaya- Okra Gumbo- Momma's Veggie Jambalaya- Meenie's BBQ Lentil Loaf- Oatmeal Casserole- Chickpea Nuggets- Fishless Sticks- Potato Corn Chowder- Stuffed Bell Pepper- Turnip Stew- Mushroom Rice- Cabbage Rolls- Beans and Rice- Mita's Vegetable Soup- Dustin's Jambalaya- Sauce Picante- Dynamic Breakfast Bowl- Heavenly Hash Browns- Veggie Kabobs and Tater Slabs- Mexi-ana Quinoa Salad- Blueberry Muffins- Pumpkin Bread- Banana Bread- Pecan Tart- Kiddie Bites

Download or read book The Kitchen Counter Cooking School written by Kathleen Flinn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the New York Times bestseller The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry tells the inspiring story of how she helped nine others find their inner cook. After graduating from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, writer Kathleen Flinn returned with no idea what to do next, until one day at a supermarket she watched a woman loading her cart with ultraprocessed foods. Flinn's "chefternal" instinct kicked in: she persuaded the stranger to reload with fresh foods, offering her simple recipes for healthy, easy meals. The Kitchen Counter Cooking School includes practical, healthy tips that boost readers' culinary self-confidence, and strategies to get the most from their grocery dollar, and simple recipes that get readers cooking.

Download or read book Cajun Women and Mardi Gras written by Carolyn E. Ware and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2024-03-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cajun Women and Mardi Gras is the first book to explore the importance of women’s contributions to the country Cajun Mardi Gras tradition, or Mardi Gras “run.” Most Mardi Gras runs--masked begging processions through the countryside, led by unmasked capitaines--have customarily excluded women. Male organizers explain that this rule protects not only the tradition’s integrity but also women themselves from the event’s rowdy, often drunken, play. Throughout the past twentieth century, and especially in the past fifty years, women in some prairie communities have insisted on taking more active and public roles in the festivities. Carolyn E. Ware traces the history of women’s participation as it has expanded from supportive roles as cooks and costume makers to increasingly public performances as Mardi Gras clowns and (in at least one community) capitaines. Drawing on more than a decade of fieldwork interviews and observation in Mardi Gras communities, Ware focuses on the festive actions in Tee Mamou and Basile to reveal how women are reshaping the celebration as creative artists and innovative performers.

Download or read book Chasing the Gator written by Isaac Toups and published by Voracious. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A badass modern Cajun cookbook from Top Chef fan favorite Isaac Toups and acclaimed journalist Jennifer V. Cole, featuring 100 full-flavor stories and recipes. Things get a little salty down in the bayou... Cajun country is the last bastion of true American regional cooking, and no one knows it better than Isaac Toups. Now the chef of the acclaimed Toups' Meatery and Toups South in New Orleans, he grew up deep in the Atchafalaya Basin of Louisiana, where his ancestors settled 300 years ago. There, hunting and fishing trips provide the ingredients for communal gatherings, and these shrimp and crawfish boils, whole-hog boucheries, fish frys, and backyard cookouts -- form the backbone of this book. Taking readers from the backcountry to the bayou, Toups shows how to make: A damn fine gumbo, boudin, dirty rice, crabcakes, and cochon de lait His signature double-cut pork chop and the Toups Burger And more authentic Cajun specialties like Hopper Stew and Louisiana Ditch Chicken. Along the way, he tells you how to engineer an on-the-fly barbecue pit, stir up a dark roux in only 15 minutes, and apply Cajun ingenuity to just about everything. Full of salty stories, a few tall tales, and more than 100 recipes that double down on flavor, Chasing the Gator shows how -- and what it means -- to cook Cajun food today.

Download or read book Foods a la Louisiane written by Louisiane Farm Bureau Women and published by Wimmer Cookbooks. This book was released on 1980-10-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can't go wrong with 13 chapters of backwoods Cajun cooking and lots of helpful hints. These are the favorite recipes of northern and southern Louisiana families. Join them in their best memories around the table. Benefits community projects.