Cookin' with Queen Ida, Revised 2nd Edition: Bon Temps Creole Recipes (and Stories) from the Queen of Zydeco Music

Queen Ida is a phenomenon. From The Prairie Home Companion to Carnegie Hall, from UCLA to Harvard, she has brought audiences to their feet as they listen to her accordion playing, her Bayou-French singing, and the pulsating two-step rhythms of her zydeco band.Reflecting her family s traditions from rural Louisiana, her recipes are both authentic and tantalizing. Forget about New Orleans sophistication! This fare is fiery, stick-to-the-ribs, back-home cooking. Included are generation-to-generation favorites such as crawfish étouffée, jambalaya, gumbo, and red beans. You ll also discover such hard-to-find treasures as Thelma Lewis sweet potato pawn, Vera s Cane River meat pies, and Creole-style fresh corn. This newest edition also includes lowfat versions of traditional Creole dishes.In addition to these mouthwatering recipes, Cookin with Queen Ida is filled with stories recounting Ida s memories of her childhood in the Creole countryside of Louisiana.About the AuthorsQueen Ida Guillory gives over 200 concerts a year and makes numerous television and radio appearances. Between tours she makes her home in the San Francisco Bay Area. Naomi Wise is the co-author of Totally Hot! The Ultimate Hot Pepper Cookbook (Doubleday).
Author: Guillory, Ida

Publisher: Prima Lifestyles

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0761500065

ISBN-13: 9780761500063