 | Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On!: What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters that the Rest of Y'all Should Know Too by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $5.89 Shellie's book, released May 6, 2008,is a big book -- more than 300 pages. Primarily it is a book of Southern wit and wisdom based on her life in Louisiana. At the end of each chapter, there are enough recipes to make the book qualify as a cookbook!
BTW, Shellie has a weekly television show on KNOE, Monroe, LA, called Front Porch Chat.
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 | The Collard Patch by Mary Lou Cheatham
Buy new: $22.97 / Used from: $17.00 Paul Elliott and Mary Cheatham (Yes, I'm Mary, and I'm telling you about our book) worked on this book for two years.
It is full of collard and cornbread recipes. Chef John Folse likes this book so much that he has featured it twice on"Stirrin' It Up", his nationally known radio show.
Paul's stories could stand alone as a bedtime reader.
This is a green reader.
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 | After the Hunt: Louisiana's Authoritative Collection of Wild Game & Game Fish Cookery by John D. Folse
Buy used from: $128.69 After the Hunt is a massive, beautiful book about cooking wild game and game fish. Anyone interested in eating wild game will love this book. It is a huge book full of helpful information.
Chef Folse considers this tome one of his best books.
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 | The Encyclopedia of Cajun & Creole Cuisine by John D. Folse
Buy used from: $49.45 I received The Encylopedia as a Christmas gift from Paul in 2006. My only complaint is that it is so big I get tired carrying it around. I love it! Chef John Folse has autographed it for me.
For Louisiana cooking and culture, get this book! Even if you never cook, this is an elegant book with lovely pictures, a must for a coffee table.
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 | Lessons Learned on Bull Run Road by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $6.40 Lessons Learned on Bull Run Road is a reader. It has more wisdom and more laughs packed in one book than I could imagine. It is about the childhood of Shellie and her two sisters. They grew up in north LA in the MS delta.
Shellie Tomlinson has included some great LA classic recipes. This book would make an excellent gift.
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 | Flavored with Love: Mary Lou's Family and Friends Can Cook by Jane Riley
Buy new: $22.97 / Used from: $14.95 In Flavored with Love Third Edition, I have mixed little stories about and by the authors of the recipes. The authors are my friends and family. The subtitle is Mary Lou's Family and Friends Can Cook.
Also there are some recipes from some great Louisiana recipes. Some people buy it just to get the information about the Grapevine in Donaldsonville.
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 | Talk About Good! Cookbook Lafayette Junior League by Members of the Lafayette Junior League
This cookbook will tell you how to cook everything Cajun and Creole you can imagine. The book is entertaining because the cooks have contributed their recipes using their own endearing language style. When you read it, you will laugh with these wonderful ladies, and you will enjoy the rich heritage of a unique superior cooking style.
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 | Frank Davis Cooks Naturally N'Awlins by Frank Davis
Buy new: $16.46 / Used from: $7.00 No kitchen recipe collection is complete unless it contains a book by Frank Davis. Here is one that my New Orleans relatives use frequently. Frank Davis includes detailed instructions for cooking. This is a classic.
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