The best of Creole cooking - Les Carloss

As New Orleans has opened its doors to welcome millions of visitors from around the world, a whole new world of culinary opportunities has been opened to us. This book offers a selection of creole recipes: sauces stocks and basics - including creole mustard sauce, seafood butter sauce, jalapeno tartar sauce, roux, and creole seasonings; appetizers - including cajun pate, hot seafood dip, tortilla pinwheels, bayou boundin, marinated shrimp and crawfish, oysters rockerfeller, and cajun caviar; soups, salads and side dishes - including corn chowder, cheese grits, corn pudding casserole, cajun 'dirty' rice, bayou house salad, and Mardi Gras rice; entrees - including creole crab cakes, crabmeat souffle, seafood gumbo, pasta jambalaya, chicken and sausage jambalaya, and New Orleans red beans and rice; desserts - including creole pralines, French silk pie, selina key lime pie, sweet potato pecan pie, cajan velvet pie, bayou bread pudding. The text is illustrated through out with colour photographs.