
Recipes from our Louisiana Mansions
Chef John Folse's Plantation Celebrations
John Folse (born July 9, 1946 in St. James Parish, Louisiana, on the German Coast of the Mississippi River) is a Louisiana chef, restaurant owner, and television host, and a leading authority on Cajun and Creole cuisine and culture.
ISBN: 978-0962515224
335 color pages
Hardcover
8.5X1X10.5 in
Year Released: 1994
Publisher: Chef John Folse & Co
Discover the origin of many of Americas premier dishes in this 335-page cookbook. It was at the great plantations gracing the banks of the Mississippi River that most Cajun and Creole cuisine developed. With influences from the Native Americans, French, Spanish, English, Africans, Germans and Italians, the cuisine of South Louisiana is recognized worldwide. In this book filled with more than 300 recipes and 150 full-color photographs, Chef Folse documented the masterpieces of plantation kitchens. The 300-year-old story of Louisianas cuisine and cultures is also told in this book. Savor the history and recipes of those great mansions of Louisiana.



