Louisiana Crawfish: A Succulent History of the Cajun Crustacean, Hardcover - Sam Irwin

The hunt for red crawfish is the thing, the raison d'etre, of Acadian spring. Introduced to Louisiana by the swamp dwellers of the Atchafalaya Basi...

Only in the Bayou State do Louisianans travel door to door on horseback collecting gumbo ingredients for Mardi Gras gatherings. Residents compete i...

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Only in the Bayou State do Louisianans travel door to door on horseback collecting gumbo ingredients for Mardi Gras gatherings. Residents compete i...

Reducere. The Ragin' Cajun: Memoir of a Louisiana Man, Hardcover

Reducere. Louisiana's unique multicultural history has led to the development of more styles of American music than anywhere else in the country. Encyclopedi...

Louisiana is home to two vibrant, spicy and famous cuisines - Cajun and Creole. This volume presents a collection of easy-to-follow recipes that su...

Reducere. A history of the unique sounds of the Cajun Bayous. Extensive research, fieldwork, and personal interviews combine to provide a fascinating look in...

Reducere. In recent years, ethnographers have recognized south Louisiana as home to perhaps the most complex rural society in North America. More than a doze...

Reducere. James Beard Foundation Book AwardsAn untamed region teeming with snakes, alligators, and snapping turtles, with sausage and cracklins sold at every...

Reducere. This ground breaking study is the first to comprehensively examine the history of yellow fever in Louisiana. As the state's largest city and princi...

Reducere. If you think of Cajun food, you are probably thinking spicy. Spices definitely dominate Cajun dishes. However, Cajun cuisine has its basis in Frenc...

Reducere. This is a unique Louisiana cookbook that teaches the fundamentals of Louisiana's Cajun and Creole cuisines and explains their similarities and diff...

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Reducere. DescriptionLeaving the crowded, tourist-driven French Quarter by crossing Esplanade Avenue, visitors and residents entering the Faubourg Marigny tr...

Reducere. The next shot from Cupid's bow may be fatal in USA Today bestselling, Agatha Award-winning author Ellen Byron's hearty and delightful seventh Cajun...

Reducere. Holocaust survivor, Sol Rosenberg, relates his inspiring story through his good friend Richard Chardkoff. From his stable family life in Warsaw to ...

Publisher: Kitchen PressAuthor(s): Sarah SavoyIllustration(s): Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 245 x 190 ...

Reducere. A. Hays Town changed the face of the Louisiana house. In a career that includes designing more than five hundred homes, he led architects, builders...

When a cultural historian writes a memoir it is likely to be interesting. When that person is William Irwin Thompson, author of numerous book and a...

Reducere. On March 30, 1891--less than four months after the military suppression of the Lakota Ghost Dance at Wounded Knee, South Dakota--twenty-three Lakot...

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War: The definitive Civil War classic as Sam wanted it revised complete with his edits, new pe...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Earl J. HessDuring the Civil War, neither the Union nor the Confederate army could have operated without effective transpor...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Reducere. Southwest Louisiana is famous for time-honored gatherings that celebrate its French Acadian heritage. And the culinary star of these gatherings? Th...

Reducere. With one of the longest and most controversial careers in Hollywood history, Blake Edwards is a phoenix of movie directors, full of hubris, ambitio...

Reducere. This anthology constitutes the first attempt to fill comprehensively one of the most enduring lacunae in Louisiana historiography--the French-Antil...

Reducere. Around the world Santa Claus has many names. But in a deep, swampy bayou of Louisiana, he's known as Papa Noe l. In such a hot and humid place, the...

Reducere. New Orleans is a city of many storied streets, but only one conjures up as much unbridled passion as it does fervent hatred, simultaneously polariz...

Reducere. C. Vann Woodward's The Burden of Southern History remains one of the essential history texts of our time. In it Woodward brilliantly addresses the ...

Provides a detailed history of each vessel and the events surrounding its loss. Includes exclusive accounts from divers and striking underwater ima...

Reducere. Survival in the swamp is hard work, especially for a delicious little mudbug. Couillon the crawfish is a whole lot of crazy. Despite his small size...

Reducere. Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People, 1803-1877 by Carl A. Brasseaux An enlightening assessment that provides understanding of how the Acad...

This comprehensive volume traces the history of Lafayette Parish, from its earliest beginnings and the struggle between the Attakapas Indians and t...

What kind of adventures can a small calico cat and a huge Great Dane dog dream up? Thrilling, wild, and fun explorations. Flossy and Pebbles are no...

Reducere. In the summers of the early 1970s, Morris Ardoin and his siblings helped run their family's roadside motel in a hot, buggy, bayou town in Cajun Lou...