Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table, (Paperback)

from julied

" A cocktail is more than a segue to dinner when it's a Sazerac, an anise-laced drink of rye whiskey and bitters indigenous to New Orleans. For Wisconsin native Sara Roahen, a Sazerac is also a fine accompaniment to raw oysters, a looking glass into the cocktail culture of her own family-and one ...

from amaryann21

"People love New Orleans like they love a person." This book is a love letter to the city and her food culture. Food in New Orleans is life, and community, and identity. It's more than a meal, and this author found New Orleans, as someone not raised there, to be home. That's what New Orleans does...

from Neverwithoutabook

Wonderful, fascinating, mouth-watering book! Definitely made me crave New Orleans! Not just the food, either. This is a keeper!

from nemoman

I am drinking a Sazerac cocktail as I write this review. Roahen moved to New Orleans with her medschool student husband. With a limited background as a line cook, she becomes food editor for a local paper. In the process she explores the little nooks and crannies of New Orleans cuisine , learning...

from mfoltz80

very good book. It's a slow read though, like reading a cookbook. Also, much of what it said can be repeatative, as each chapter deals with a different food and how it is view by New Orleanians and chefs. What I didn't count on was how emotionally charged this book was. As a New Orleans native, t...