Name: The Dooky Chase Cookbook
Brand: Leah Chase
SKU: 9781455627660
Price: 27.95 USD
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Leah Chase

The Dooky Chase Cookbook

9781455627660

$27.95

Dooky Chase’s Restaurant, a New Orleans landmark and celebrated bastion of fine Creole food, has welcomed notable individuals as well as thousands of locals through its doors since opening in 1941. The unquestionable authority in the restaurant’s kitchen for many of those years, Leah Chase offers here a collection of recipes from the menu and her personal files that have delighted patrons for decades.

Spiced with exquisite works from the African American art collection that hangs in the restaurant’s dining room, this cookbook pairs the flavors of Leah Chase’s dishes with anecdotes recounting the restaurant’s traditions, origins of the recipes, and memories. This revised and expanded edition presents even more of the restaurant’s favorite offerings and features a new chapter on drinks. Dooky Chase’s longtime chef and proprietor passed away in 2019, but these pages honor Leah’s legacy through recipes and sentiments that will be forever intertwined with the history of New Orleans.

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Anne Butler

The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana

9781589806313

$16.99

Featuring homes such as the beautiful Merieult House in the French Quarter and Oaklawn Manor near Bayou Teche, this comprehensive guide highlights the finest plantation homes in all regions of the state. From Natchitoches's Melrose Plantation to Lafayette's Alexandre Mouton House, these homes have been an integral part of Louisiana, some from the periods of French and Spanish rule. Butler carefully describes each structure's architectural uniqueness and relates the home's significance. She notes private and public plantations and includes updated contact information, all organized by driving tours. This revised edition reflects recent restorations and includes a new section showcasing the homes in New Orleans' Garden District.

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Jeff Dwyer

Ghost Hunter's Guide to New Orleans

9781455621583

$18.95

It�s not hard to find restless spirits in the Big Easy. Let the popular paranormal investigator guide you through its winding streets and history.

Newly revised and updated, this installment in the much-acclaimed�Ghost Hunter�s Guide Series�is designed for locals, new residents, and travelers seeking the haunted history of the Crescent City and nearby locations. Detailed descriptions and historical background for more than two hundred locations guide readers to sites where they might encounter ghostly apparitions.

Sites and spirits in the Garden District and French Quarter include the ghosts of voodoo priestesses, victims of yellow-fever epidemics, several well-known French Quarter restaurants, and the famous Lalaurie Mansion, thought to be the most haunted house in New Orleans. A section on City Park, the Faubourg Marigny, and nearby Chalmette, the site of the Battle of New Orleans, is also provided. A chapter dedicated to day trips suggests the paranormal possibilities awaiting travelers destined for the famous River Road plantations and Baton Rouge.

Praise for Jeff Dwyer�s Ghost Hunter�s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area

�While sometimes scary, [the ghost stories] more often serve as reminders of the sometimes quirky, and oftentimes tragically haunting, history of the people of California.� �The Reporter (Vacaville, CA)

�I thought I knew everything about the wine country, but I apparently overlooked the protoplasmic �walk by night� world.� �Mick Winter, author of The Napa Valley Book

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Arcadia Publishing

Haunted Louisiana

9781455626649

$21.99

GHOSTLY ESCAPADES AND UNEXPLAINED HAPPENINGS CONJURE THE SPECTRAL SOUTH IN HAUNTED LOUISIANA! “Prepare to be engaged and entertained to a degree to which you are certainly unaccustomed.” —Phillip J. Jones, former secretary, Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism Spooky stories and behind-the-scene incidents from the award-winning PBS documentary The Haunting of Louisiana, written and produced by skilled raconteur Barbara Sillery, fill the pages of this tantalizing collection. Take a self-guided tour using her extensive list of sites and investigate the unexplained phenomena behind the facades of historic architecture, in the mists of the bayous, and beneath layers of history and intrigue in this glimpse into Louisiana’s richly haunted past.

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Michael D. Wynne

Haunted Central Louisiana

9781455628056

$21.99

Uncover tales of the strange and supernatural in Central Louisiana.

New Orleans doesn’t hold a monopoly on Louisiana’s haunted lore. Souls who brave the shadows along the bayous and byways of Central Louisiana will encounter a haunted heritage centuries in the making. From the legends swirling about Alexandria’s historic Hotel Bentley and the Old Pineville City Hall to an exploration of an abandoned speakeasy in downtown Alexandria, explore the spirted legacy of the Crossroads of Louisiana.

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Carol Stubbs

Louisiana Christmas, A

9781455619795

$17.95

An illustrated guide to seasonal recipes, local events, family activities, seasonal crafts, and more to help you celebrate in the Palmetto State!

The holidays in Louisiana feature a stunning array of festivities and events where good food, music, and camaraderie abound. This book presents a statewide tour of les fêtes de Noël and provides recipes and activities for the whole family. From the lighting of the bonfire at Oak Alley Plantation to Natchitoches’s Festival of Lights, experience the living culture that the Pelican State has to offer. After a tour of the local entertainment, gather up friends and family and enjoy some of the delicious appetizers, sweet and savory breads, entrées, and desserts included in this beautifully photographed collection.

Separated into geographical sections, the guide covers traditions and happenings in Cajun Country, Sportsman’s Paradise, the Crossroads, Plantation Country, and Greater New Orleans. Contact information is included, along with a description of each festivity. Featured are photographs of the exquisite Hanley-Gueno Neapolitan Presepio Nativity figures, crafted in the eighteenth century, and more than one hundred fifty recipes cover every course for every get-together. You’ll also find family-friendly crafts and activities to keep adults and children celebrating the season all winter long.

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Jim Gabour

Meow, Monsieur!

9781455625550

$16.99

Quirky vignettes tell the stories about various New Orleans cats, their lives, and the humans they interact with. The author is a writer, producer, and film director.