Talk about Good!

by Floyd Sonnier and Junior league of Lafayette

Book Overview

This cookbook takes you on a journey through south Louisiana's traditions, cultural heritage, and the culinary artistries of Cajun food. With 790,000 copies sold, Talk About Good is in its 23rd printing and offers more than 1,200 cross-indexed recipes such as Snack Style Pickled Shrimp, United States Senate Bean Soup, Creole Eggs, Cheese Grits, Hot Tamale Pie, Fried Custard, and Boiled Cookies (no baking!).

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0935032029
• ISBN13: 9780935032024
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: Favorite Recipes Press (FRP)
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.8" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Best Southern Cookbook

My mother-in-law gave me this cookbook back in 1972 and I still refer to it. Recipes are simple and ingredients are easy to find.

What I grew up on

This is the first cookbook that I remember my Mom cooking from. It is what I first learned to cook from. While our cookbook collection now spans to well over 100 cookbooks, some for cooking, some for reading for ideas, both my husband and I reach for this book frequently.WOuld not recommend Talk About Good II, however.

have to give it them

i purchased a copy of this book while on a family trip to new orleans in the early 1990's...maybe it was 1989 on my belated honeymoon with my then husband. the recipes are compiled frommostly native louisiana women...i am thinking that this book wasfirst printed in the 1960's. this a very homemade kind of recipebook. straight out of some housewife that has been cooking for a while kitchen. it is nice to know that everyone has their own version on food. i tried the cheese puffs stuffed with olivesrecipe...yummmmm...very simple...it was made with food that mostof us keep as staples in the fridge or pantry at all times...nogourmet stuff here...just good louisiana cooking secrets from thesource...though my beignets bombed...the puffs were a hit. youwill find out things on how to make cakes from scratch and frosting from the start. it is like a cooking bible...just anew orleans version of 'the joy of cooking' classic...

Cajun Cookbook Bible

I LOVE this cookbook. Out of all the cookbooks I have collected, many of them claiming to be cajun cookbooks- this is the one I turn to when I want to cook something uniquely Louisiana. The recipes are easy to follow and the results are wonderful. I have not had one recipe I have tried fail. I only wish I lived in Louisiana where I would be able to get fresh shrimp and crab and tasso and andouille and on and on. However, barring that, these are wonderful recipes. I particularly like the recipe for benets. Yum.

The Cajun Cook's Bible

Anyone, Cajun or not who attempts to cook Cajun food should own this book. Forget Emeril, Paul Prudhomme and Justin Wilson. This is a cookbook for Cajuns by real cajuns which has been a standard in the kitchens of Acadiana for decades.

My Favorite Out of 600 Cookbooks!

Talk About Good is the backbone of creative cooking. I have a collection of over 600 cookbooks, collected over the past 20 years, and this continues to be my favorite. I am ordering a new copy for myself because my old, beat up copy, was loaned to a friend who doesn't want to give it back. Easy to follow format and realistic cuisine. Do yourself a favor and buy this.