Who's Your Mama, Are You Catholic & Can You Make a Roux?: A Cajun/Creole Family Album Cookbook

by Marcelle Bienvenu

Book Overview

A 160-page hardcover book containing more than 200 Cajun and Creole recipes, plus old photos and interesting stories about the author s growing up in the Cajun country of south Louisiana. Recipes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0925417556
• ISBN13: 9780925417558
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Acadian House Publishing
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Pure Louisiana Cooking

I'm pure Louisiana. This cookbook has authentic cajun/french recipies. The stories are delightful and has brought back many memories of my own family gatherings. The phrase we've heard all of our lives, you have used for a title. How clever. I bought books for both of my daughters to help keep up the Louisiana way of cooking and our wonderful Southern traditions. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys great food.

The real deal

My mamma's a Crochet, I am Catholic and my husband and I can each make a roux. I, also, am Cajun, know Marcelle and can attest to the authenticity of the recipes and accompanying stories. Many try to capitalize on the Cajun food craze, but few are the real deal. The only thing better than the recipes in Marcelle's book is enjoying them with she and her husband over dinner from their kitchen.

A tasty gumbo of recipes and life in Southern Louisiana.

Unless you live in Louisiana you've probably discovered Marcelle Bienvenu by watching Food TV's "Emeril Live." When it comes to cajun/creole food, she's the real deal. Who's Your Mama... is an excellent seasonal based regional cookbook. It's also a warm, charming memoir of life in a large family in Southern Louisiana. Bienvenu brings serious credentials to the table. In addition to this book and several others co-authored with celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse, she writes a food column for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and is a former restaurant owner. The cookbook contains a wealth of cajun classics. In addition, the memoir of times and events and their ties to food in the kitchen may well remind you of Marcel Pagnol's novels of life in Provence or Laurie Colwin's delicious essays on food and eating. A delightful book.

A marvelous resource for authentic Cajun/Creole recipes

Unlike other cookbooks in this genre, Marcelle Bienvenu does not bow to any trends, heat spicings to absurd extremes or present a faux version of what Louisiana cooking is all about. Bienvenu presents recipes for foods that she loves and grew up on, with wonderful stories that genuinely enhance your enjoyment of the food. Rather than pontificate about this wonderful collection of recipes, I would simply urge you to just buy this book, invite friends over for breakfast, and make her recipe for baked grits. I promise, you will never look at grits the same way again!