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Rustic Home Cooking from Donald Link's Louisiana
Clarkson Potter
May 2009
On Sale: April 21, 2009
256 pages ISBN: 0307395812 EAN: 9780307395818 Hardcover
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An untamed region teeming with snakes, alligators, and
snapping turtles, with sausage and cracklins sold at every
gas station, Cajun Country is a world unto itself. The
heart of this area—the Acadiana region of Louisiana—is a
tough land that funnels its spirit into the local cuisine.
You can’t find more delicious, rustic, and satisfying
country cooking than the dirty rice, spicy sausage, and
fresh crawfish that this area is known for. It takes a
homegrown guide to show us around the back roads of this
particularly unique region, and in Real Cajun, James Beard
Award–winning chef Donald Link shares his own rough-and-
tumble stories of living, cooking, and eating in Cajun
Country. Link takes us on an expedition to the swamps and
smokehouses and the music festivals, funerals, and holiday
celebrations, but, more important, reveals the fish fries,
étouffées, and pots of Granny’s seafood gumbo that always
accompany them. The food now famous at Link’s New Orleans–
based restaurants, Cochon and Herbsaint, has roots in the
family dishes and traditions that he shares in this book.
You’ll find recipes for Seafood Gumbo, Smothered Pork Roast
over Rice, Baked Oysters with Herbsaint Hollandaise,
Louisiana Crawfish Boudin, quick and easy Flaky Buttermilk
Biscuits with Fig-Ginger Preserves, Bourbon-Soaked Bread
Pudding with White and Dark Chocolate, and Blueberry Ice
Cream made with fresh summer berries. Link throws in a few
lagniappes to give you an idea of life in the bayou, such
as strategies for a great trip to Jazz Fest, a what-not-to-
do instructional on catching turtles, and all you ever (or
never) wanted to know about boudin sausage. Colorful
personal essays enrich every recipe and introduce his
grandfather and friends as they fish, shrimp, hunt, and
dance. From the backyards where crawfish boils reign as the
greatest of outdoor events to the white tablecloths of
Link’s famed restaurants, Real Cajun takes you on a
rollicking and inspiring tour of this wild part of America
and shares the soulful recipes that capture its
irrepressible spirit.
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