The world's last authentic overnight wooden steamboat, the Delta Queen cruised America s inland waters from 1927 through 2008, offering passengers breathtaking views, luxury accommodations, rousing entertainment, and southern-style feasts. For over eighty-two years, chefs in the small galley served memorable meals from fried chicken and crawfish en croute to strawberry shortcake and beignets. The Delta Queen Cookbook brings the Delta Queen s story to life with an engaging historical narrative and over 125 recipes prepared by the steamboat s former chefs during their tenures in the cookhouse.

A member of the Newcomb College Culinary History Writers Group, Cynthia LeJeune Nobles contributed several chapters to New Orleans Cuisine. She lives in Baton Rouge with her husband.

ISBN: 9780807145371

Hardcover

296 pages

9 x 9

Bibliography, Index, Illustrated, Table of Contents

LSU Press, 2012