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Chargement... Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table (édition 2009)par Sara Roahen
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. "People love New Orleans like they love a person." This book is a love letter to the city and her food culture. Food in New Orleans is life, and community, and identity. It's more than a meal, and this author found New Orleans, as someone not raised there, to be home. That's what New Orleans does- she chooses you to be part of her. Roahen divides her chapters by food (or cocktail) and delves into the history of each item just a bit, a nice touch. She references several sources in her exploration while relating her own experiences. This was fun to read, as well as great information about the city and its history. If you love New Orleans, or even just like her a little bit, this is a great read. very good book. It's a slow read though, like reading a cookbook. Also, much of what it said can be repeatative, as each chapter deals with a different food and how it is view by New Orleanians and chefs. What I didn't count on was how emotionally charged this book was. As a New Orleans native, there were many parts of the book that had me on the verge of tears in remembrance. All in all a good book, just not one to pick up if you are looking for a quick, easy read. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Celebrating New Orleans' food culture, one specialty at a time. A cocktail is more than a segue to dinner when it's a Sazerac, an anise-laced drink of rye whiskey and bitters indigenous to New Orleans. For Wisconsin native Sara Roahen, a Sazerac is also a fine accompaniment to raw oysters, a looking glass into the cocktail culture of her own family--and one more way to gain a foothold in her beloved adopted city. Roahen's stories of personal discovery introduce readers to New Orleans' well-known signatures--gumbo, po-boys, red beans and rice--and its lesser-known gems: the pho of its Vietnamese immigrants, the braciolone of its Sicilians, and the ya-ka-mein of its street culture. By eating and cooking her way through a place as unique and unexpected as its infamous turducken, Roahen finds a home. And then Katrina. With humor, poignancy, and hope, she conjures up a city that reveled in its food traditions before the storm--and in many ways has been saved by them since. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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It wasn't just the food porn that hooked me, though. The author's obvious love for her adopted city was just as wonderful to read about, and it makes me long to feel that way about a city of my own. Perhaps I should give New Orleans a try... ( )