Stir the Pot: The History of Cajun Cuisine - by Marcelle Bienvenu (Paperback)

I'm happy to see the real story of the evolution of Cajun cuisine finally put in print.

Author(s): Marcelle Bienvenu208 PagesCooking + Food + Wine, Regional & EthnicDescription Book Synopsis "The real history of America's favorite cuisine.

The authors dish up a delightful blend of foodways and lifeways.

This book cooks!" -John Mack Faragher, Professor of American History, Yale University Cajun foods such as gumbo, crawfish étouffée, and boudin are increasingly popular, yet relatively little is known about the history of this fascinating cooking tradition.

Stir the Pot explores how Cajun cuisine originated in a seventeenth-century French settlement in Nova Scotia and came to be extremely popular on the American dining scene over the past few decades.