The Acadians of Madawaska, Maine by Charles W. Collins - Price: 9.75

The Madawaska Region takes its name from a small river which falls into the St. John 30 miles above Grand Falls. It has been occupied since 1785 by Acadian refugees from the expulsion of 1755 and the descendants.

The History of Grand-Pré by John Frederic Herbin [Softcover] - Price: $24.95

First published in 1898 - one of the earliest books addressing the history and expulsion of the Acadians at Grand-Pré. John Frederic Herbin [1860-1923] was the only descendant of the Exiled People who lived in the Grand-Pré of the Acadians. In 1907 he purchased the land where the Grand-Pré National Historic Site now stands, protecting it as a cultural landmark.

The French Founders of North America and Their Heritage [Hardbound w/ dust jacket] by Sabra Holbrook - Price: $15.95

The book has excellent portraits, illustrations and maps.

The History of the Five Indian Nations Depending on the Province of New York in America by Cadwallader Colden [Softcover] - Price: $14.95

Colonial scholar and political leader, Cadwallader Colden was among the most learned American men of his time, and his history of the Iroquois tribes makes fascinating reading. The author discusses the religion, manners, eustoms, laws and forms of government of the confederacy of tribes composed of the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and gives accounts of battles, treaties, and trade with these Indians up to 1689.

“No collection pretending an interest in Indian or
Colonial affairs should be without this contemporary
account.”—Library Journal

This book Consists of Part I (1727) and Part 11(1747) of The History of the Five Indian Nations, by Cadwallader Colden. The text is reprinted (with few changes other than romanization of much of the italics, omission of beginning quotation marks except at the opening of a quoted sentence or paragraph, and the correction of some obvious typographical errors) from the 1866 reprinting of the 1727 edition of Part l and from the 1747 edition of Part 11.

Rachal of Old Louisiana by Avery O. Craven [Softcover] - Price: $14.95

Note: Rachel O'Connor was born Rachal Swayze. She was the half-sister of David Weeks who built The Shadows-On-The-Teche and a great-grandson of Weeks Hall, the last Master of The Shadows . Appendix I of the book has a genealogical chart. Appendix II has a copy of the Inventory in her Succession.

Info from back cover

Rachel O'Connor was an extraordinary woman. For nearly fifty years (from 1797 to 1846), she lived on a plantation near Bayou Sara in Louisiana's West Feliciana Parish. And for twenty-five of those years, after the death of her husband, she managed the plantation alone. Although they had, as she said, "begun poor," at the time of her death she owned about a thousand acres and seventy-five slaves. Not a biography in the conventional sense, Avery O. Craven's charming little book is rather the story of Rachel and the Louisiana in which she lived. Based largely on several hundred of her letters, it tells of her day-to-day activities, her relationships with slaves and overseers, her successes and failures with crops, as well as her health and legal problems. By focusing on the life of one woman, Craven brings to light the thoughts, emotions, and attitudes of Louisianians (and other southerners) during this period. Rachel of Old Louisiana is a significant addition to the literature on the Old South.

Weeks Hall, The Master of the Shadows by Morris C. Raphael [Collectible Like-New Hardcover with dust jacket autographed by the author] - Price: $19.50

Note: Weeks Hall was born as William Weeks Hall in New Orleans on Oct. 31, 1894 and died in New Iberia, LA on June 27, 1958. He was a great-grandson of David Weeks and Mary Clara Conrad. His great-grandfather began the construction of The Shadows-On-The-Teche in 1831. It was initially called Home Place and was completed in early Spring 1834. David Weeks lived in it for only a few days before leaving for a trip to the East Coast where he died in New Haven, CT on Aug. 23, 1834.

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Description from the inside of the front dust jacket

The main portion of this book portrays the life of William Weeks Hall who is regarded as one of the South’s most color- ful aristocrats. This biography dramatizes Hall’s lifelong struggle for the restoration and preservation of his beloved mansion, The-Shadows-on-the-Teche, and tells of his antics as a carefree bachelor.

The author researched the many phases of his subject’s unusual career. Hall was a multi-talented individual who excelled in art, photography, gardening and conversation. He was also an alcoholic, an eccentric, and a man who perpetrated idiotic pranks on friends as well as strangers.

This volume also includes an historical account of Hall’s prominent ancestors, his association with celebrities, the important role played by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and a myriad of rare photographs.

Weeks Hall was such an interesting subject that he was constantly pursued by noted authors, feature writers and newspapermen. This accounted for the numerous stories which appeared in books, magazines and newspapers.

This is the first full length book ever written about Weeks Hall. Most of the contents are exclusive, resulting from numerous interviews and prolonged research by the author. [Note: Mr. Raphael, who also wrote The Battle in the Bayou Country, died in New Iberia, LA, on July 1, 2011 at age 93.]

West Baton Rouge Families by West Baton Rouge Genealogical Society [Hard-Bound]- Price: $51.50

History of West Baton Rouge Parish and 222 Family Stories.

Dangerous Passage The Santa Fe Trail And The Mexican War by William Y. Chalfant [Hardcover W/D Lib Bk] - Price: $6.95

Includes info on Francois Xavier Aubrey, a French-Canadian - see excerpt from the Texas State Historical Association Online:

AUBRY, FRANÇOIS XAVIER (1824–1854). François Xavier Aubry (Aubrey) [1824-1854], explorer and merchant, was born near Maskinongé, Quebec, on December 3, 1824, to Joseph and Magdeleine (Lupien) Aubry. In his teens he went to St. Louis as a merchant clerk. At the outbreak of the Mexican War he borrowed money, purchased wagons, and entered the Santa Fe trade. He became very successful and was noted for his efficiency and reliability. His solo return trips from Santa Fe to St. Louis were accomplished so quickly and accompanied by such dangers that he received much publicity in the nation's press. He kept journals of most of his trips, and these were printed in papers from St. Louis to New York. By 1849 Aubry was one of the leading frontier merchants...

Frémont Explorer for a Restless Nation by Fred Egan [Hardcover, W/D lib bk] - Price: $9.95

John Charles Frémont, born Jan. 21, 1813, was the illegitimate son of a French exile and a Virginia aristocrat. He was an explorer, scientist, military governor of California, U.S. Senator, and, first Republican candidate for President. Between 1842-1853, he mapped and described more of the American West than the famous expedition headed by Meriwether & William Clark.

The Story of Old Ste. Genevieve by Gregory M. Franzwa - Price: $19.95

An Account of An Old French Town in Upper Louisiana; Its People and Their Homes with 82 Illustrations

Mapping Texas and the Gulf Coast The Contributions of Saint-Denis, Oliván and Le Maire by Jack Jackson, Robert S. Weddle and Winston DeVille with a Foreword by Jay Higginbotham [author of Fort Maurepas & Old Mobile] - [NEW] Price: $8.95

Note: This invaluable book provides the history of the period as well as the maps. At the time the Saint-Denis maps were made, the Capitol of Colonial Texas was at Los Adaes - current-day Robeline, Louisiana about 14 miles west of Natchitoches. Saint-Denis was the Commandant of Natchitoches who was imprisoned by the Spanish and later married the niece of the Spanish Governor who was at Los Adaes. See List of Maps in the Book

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Gregory of Tours - The History of the Franks translated by Lewis Thorpe - Price: $8.95

A vivid and ramatic narrative of French history in the sixth century. Gregory of Tours [A.D. 539-594] intended his History to be a chronicle of events which led up to and included the twenty-one years he spent as Bishop of Tours. This volume contains all ten books of the History the last seven describing Gregory's own time [in which he played an important role]...

The Barber of Natchez by Edwin Adams Davis and William Ransom Hogan [Softbound] - Price:$10.95

This book published by the LSU Press is an absorbing account of the rise of a slave to freedom, business success, and high community standing in Natchez - all before 1850. In his diary, letters, and business records, the remarkable William Johnson portrays his family life, recreations, and his friendships with people of both races. The book also describes his wanton murder and the trials of the man who shot him.

Special Collector's Item! New Orleans - Official Visitors Guide 2005 - see what Hurricane Katrina Interrupted! - Price: $5.95

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Strange True Stories of Louisiana by George W. Cable - Price: $9.95

Compilation of seven unusual, factual accounts of life and history in Louisiana

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E. J. Bellocq: Storyville Portraits - Photographs From The New Orleans Red-Light District, Circa 1912 - Price: $29.95

See KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana article on E.J. Bellocq and the portraits

Louisiana Families in Southeast Texas [1840s - 1940s] by Rev. Donald J. Hebert[Hardcover 548 pgs] - SOLD*

Although the title shows 1840s to 1940s, the book has birth and marriage information much earlier than 1840 from the Louisiana records.

* The extra copy has been sold. To have a surname checked, send an email to cajun@thecajuns.com and start the subject line with LFSETX

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All This Is Louisiana by Frances Parkinson Keyes [Collector Edition with dust jacket] - Price: $24.95

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Roadside Geology of Louisiana - Price: $14.95

After Hurricane Katrina, the fanlike pile of sand, mud, and silt that formed near a breached levee was unique in the urban environment of New Orleans. Over the 7,500-year history of the modern Mississippi River delta, however, it was just another splay deposit. Author Darwin Spearing explains the geologic forces behind the formation of the delta, shedding light on the human struggle to control the powerful river that breaches its own levees and switches its own deltas. With sections on wetland loss and land subsidence, Roadside Geology of Louisiana is a must-read for understanding the vulnerability of the Mississippi River delta to floods and hurricanes. First published in 1995, Roadside Geology of Louisiana is back in print by popular demand, with several updated sections. The introduction presents an overview of Louisiana's geologic history, and 57 road guides discuss the landforms visible from a car window including sand ridges, natural levees, oxbow lakes, and the Five Islands salt domes.

The Majesty of the River Road, Photography by Paul Malone, Text by Lee Malone - Price: $9.95

Master photographer Paul Malone captures the charm and grandeur of palatial homes and other notable structures in nearly 160 full-color photographs, including interior views. Ornate stairways and foyers, elaborate parlors, and spectacular bedrooms complete with period furnishings reflect the prosperous and opulent lifestyle of the antebellum period. The accompanying text by Lee Malone highlights the history of each home and provides an architectural description.

Story of Isaac Monroe Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau, and the September 8, 1900 Hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas and killed over 6,000 people

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Black Cloud - The Great Florida Hurricane of 1928 by Eliot Kleinberg - Price: $9.95

The unnamed hurricane of Sept. 16, 1928 in West Palm Beach, Florida took the lives of 1,836 persons according to the official death toll; however, in the summer of 2003, the National Hurricane Center prepared to change the toll to 2,500, making the storm the second deadliest in American history, behind only the Galveston hurricane of 1900.

Encyclopaedia of hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones by David Longshore [372 pages - Hardbound] - Price: $9.95

In this richly detailed encyclopedia, readers will find vivid, scholarly accounts of all major storm systems ever recorded. Over 200 entries cover hurricanes in science, history and culture, and folklore, including how storms have appeared in literature, music, and the visual arts. For many of the storms described, author David Longshore provides maps of their course, detailed chronologies of their progress, photographs of their aftermath, and comments about them from firsthand observers. Topics covered include meteorological terms, biographical data on key figures in the history of hurricane scholarship, geographical terms, and methods of hurricane tracking and data analysis. Other entries cover: meteorological instruments, such as Doppler radar and barometers; named hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones in an A-to-Z format; descriptions of storm activity by region; meteorological terms, such as advection, isobar, and the firefly effect; and the role of animals as harbingers of weather to come.

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Praeger Ilustrated Military History Series

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Illustrated History - has a great 3-dimensional map on inside cover

Traveling the Trans-Canada From Newfoundland to British Columbia [Harbcover w/dust jacket] - Price: $7.95

This National Geographic Society book by William Howarth and photographed by George F. Mobley is truly excellent with breath-taking photography. The 4,800 mile Trans-Canada is the world's longest national highway. The author and photographer traveled the highway for more than one year.

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Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know about American History but Never Learned by Kenneth C. Davis - Price: $5.95

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National Geographic - Content - Rivers to the Atlantic: St. Lawrence, Susquehanna, James; Rivers to the Gulf: Mississippi, Missouri, Rio Grande; Rivers to the Pacific: Columbia, Sacramento & San Joaquin, Colorado; and, Rivers to the Arctic: Yuukon, Mackenzie

In competition for a mostly unclaimed continent, the various Spanish, English, Dutch, French and Portuguese explorers guarded their maps as state secrets, aware that knowledge of the landscape was the key to acquisition - this book shows and explains how language differences and miscommunication with Native Americans, led to the wide-ranging variety and inconsistency that characterize early maps of North America. - To understand the nature of the quest to the Pacific, the University of Virginia Library and the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation have put together an exhibition of maps that were either in the personal library of Thomas Jefferson or were probably known to him. - The collection includes European productions, maps of continental penetration by French and Anglo-American explorers, as well as the map drawn in 1810 by William Clark as a result of the expedition. - Though technically inaccurate and consciously incomplete, the early maps reveal the active imaginations of their makers: from the narrow continent charted by Englishman John Farrer, in which a ten-day hike west from the head of Virginia's James River would bring one to the waterways of the "Indian Seas", to the fictional rivers conjectured by the Frenchman, Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de Lahontan, rivers that might carry explorers from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean; to the notions of pyramidal height-of-land and continental symmetry that influenced Jefferson's quest for a water route to the Pacific Ocean. - Foreword by John Logan Allen who has written more than twelve books, including his landmark, three-volume work North American Exploration.

Lewis and Clark Voices From The Trail by Michael Kerrigan [Large Size Coffe Table Quality] - Price: $14.95

Has specially commissioned photography by Rudi Holnsteiner. Includes excerpts from the original expedition journals. More than 50maps, documents, and period illustrations.

Note: Many of those at Post Vincennes ended up at Attakapas and Opelousas.

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Sherman's March by Burke Davis - Price: $7.95

The first full-length narrative of General William T. Sherman's Devastating March through Georgia and the Carolinas.

Huey Long by T. Harry Williams [948 page paperback] - Price: $7.95

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In 1680, a Scots- Irish mercenary named Robert Pollok fled war-torn Ireland with his family.  When he arrived in Maryland [now known as Polk], the only land available was a wretched piece of swampfront the locals derisively dubbed "Polk's Folly."  From this desperate and hardscrabble beginning, the Polk clan would flourish, and generate some of the most fascinating and colorful characters in American History.  Descendants include James K. Polk, the 11th President of the U.S. [1845-1849]; and Leonidas Polk who was a 3rd cousin of President Polk. Leonidas Polk was the Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana and also a Civil War General who was dubbed "the fighting Bishop."  He was killed in battle on June 14, 1864.  In 1945, his remains and those of his wife were re-interred at Christ Church Cathedral in New Orleans.

The Mighty Mississippi by Bern Keating; Photos by James L. Stanfield: National Geographic Society Book - Price: $7.95

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The Iroquois by Craig A. & Katherine M. Doherty - Price: $8.95

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Includes burial mounds in North Louisiana; and, possible routes taken by Desoto

Revolutionary War Genealogy by George K. Schweitzer, Ph.D.m Sc.D. [Softbound]- Price: $6.95

Heraldry & the heralds by Rodney Dennys [Hardbound w/dust jacket] - Price: $12.95

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American & British Genealogy & Heraldry: A Selected List of Books by P. William Filby - Price: $24.95

Withdrawn genealogy library 750-page Hardbound book in excellent condition with dust jacket

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America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers by William Dollarhide & Ronald A. Bremer - Price: $7.95

The book identifies research facilities with genealogy colelctions at local, state, regional and national levels. The top ten genealogy resource centers in the U.S. are listed first, followed by the locations of the best genealogy resource centers for each state. After the state listings, there are chapters for identifying the regional branches of the National Archives and the vital statistices offices for each state.

The Genealogist's Companion & Sourcebook by Emily Croom - Price: $7.95

A beyond-the-basics, hands-on guide to unpuzzling your past.

Genealogical & Local History Books in Print Compiled and Edited by Marian Hoffman 3-Vol. Set - Price: $24.95

Withdrawn genealogy library Softbound books in excellent condition. Each volume was originally published at $25.00

General Reference & World Resources Volume

U. S. Sources & Resources Volume, Alabama - New York

U. S. Sources & Resources Volume, North Carolina - Wyoming

Texas Local History: A Source Book for Available Town and County Histories, Local Memoirs and Genealogical Records compiled by Tom Munnerlyn [withdrawn genealogy library Hardbound book in excellent condition w/dust cover] - Price: $7.95

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The Spanish Empire in America by C. H. Haring [softcover] - Price: $7.95

Description from back cover:

The Spanish Empire in America is an effort to bring together within the compass of a single volume what we know about the institutional history of the Spanish colonies in America from the discovery of America in 1492 down to the Wars of Independence. It is concerned with the transfer of Spanish modes of government and society from the Old World to the New, and with their evolution in a remote and very different American environment. (First published by Oxford University Press in 1947.)

C. H. Haring was a distinguished student of Latin-American history and politics.

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time [Softbound] - Price: $5.95

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The Island Race - an abridgement by Timothy Baker of the four volumes of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Sir Winston Churchill - Price: $8.95

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Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe - Price: $9.95

Story of the four daughters of the Count of Provence: Marguerite, Eleanor, Sanchia and Beatrice who became Queens of France, England, Germany & Sicily.

My Life by Bill Clinton [1000+ pages Softbound] - Price: $7.95

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New Homes In a New Land : German Immigration to Texas 1847-1861 - Price: $9.95

Contents: I. History of German Immigration to Texas, pgs 1-42; I.A -The Germans in Texas before 1836; I.B - The Germans in the Texas War of Independence; I.C - German Colonization of Texas, 1836-1844; I.D - The Adeleversin Immigration to Texas, 1844-1847; I.E - Aftermath of the Adeleverin; I.F - German Immigration to Texas, 1847-1861; II - List of Immigrants, pgs 43-152; III - Bibliography, p. 153-158; and, IV - Index [Only of Narrative part of book], pgs. 159-166

World's Great Men of Color by J. A. Rogers [Hardbound] - Price: $7.95

The Templars by Piers Paul Read [Softbound] - Price: $8.95

The dramtic history of the Knights Templar, the most powerful military order of the crusades.

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Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen [Hardbound w/ dust jacket] - Price: $12.95

Here for the first time the famous food of Louisiana is presented in a cookbook written by a great creative chef who is himself world-famous. The extraordinary Cajun and Creole cooking of South Louisiana has roots going back over two hundred years, and today it is the one really vital, growing regional cuisine in America. No one is more responsible than Paul Prudhomme for preserving and expanding the Louisiana tradition, which he inherited from his own Cajun background.

Chef Prudhomme's incredibly good food has brought people from all over America and the world to his restaurant, K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen, in New Orleans. To set down his recipes for home cooks, however, he did not work in the restaurant. In a small test kitchen, equipped with a home-size stove and utensils normal for a home kitchen, he retested every recipe two and three times to get exactly the results he wanted. Logical though this is, it was an unprecedented way for a chef to write a cookbook. But Paul Prudhomme started cooking in his mother's kitchen when he was a youngster. To him, the difference between home and restaurant procedures is obvious and had to be taken into account.

So here, in explicit detail, are recipes for the great traditional dishes--gumbos and jambalayas, Shrimp Creole, Turtle Soup, Cajun "Popcorn," Crawfish Etouffee, Pecan Pie, and dozens more--each refined by the skill and genius of Chef Prudhomme so that they are at once authentic and modern in their methods.

Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen is also full of surprises, for he is unique in the way he has enlarged the repertoire of Cajun and Creole food, creating new dishes and variations within the old traditions. Seafood Stuffed Zucchini with Seafood Cream Sauce, Panted Chicken and Fettucini, Veal and Oyster Crepes, Artichoke Prudhomme--these and many others are newly conceived recipes, but they could have been created only by a Louisiana cook. The most famous of Paul Prudhomme's original recipes is Blackened Redfish, a daringly simple dish of fiery Cajun flavor that is often singled out by food writers as an example of the best of new American regional cooking.

For Louisianians and for cooks everywhere in the country, this is the most exciting cookbook to be published in many years.

The Little Gumbo Book [Hardbound] - Price: $8.95

Here are twenty-seven carefully created recipes plus explanations, definitions, and directions that will enable everyone to enjoy the special experience of gumbo. This dandy of a book is entirely dedicated to the process of preparing great gumbo. In addition to the wonderful collection of recipes, the book provides guidance in preparing all the characteristic elements that make up this unique Cajun dish. For instance, there are six recipes for preparing roux—the browning of flour, so important to the richness of gumbo. The book contains a step-by-step gumbo recipe which provides detailed instructions that will enable anyone to create a great pot of gumbo! There are also suggestions for how to prepare rice, and a special Cajun seasoning recipe for adding just the right Creole touch.
The Little Gumbo Book utilizes convenient microwaves, time-freeing crock pots, and dependable iron pots for preparing such delectable recipes as "Catfish Gumbo," low-calorie "Lean and Mean Chicken Gumbo," as well as "Crowd Pleasing Gumbo" for impressing a party of fifty people! It's all here. The mystery of gumbo preparation is revealed and explained in this one little book. Voila!

Also has excellent illustrrations of Cajun and New Orleans scenery.

Crescent City Cuisine - 1999 NTI-Souvenir Cookbook [Spiral-Bound Booklet] - Price: $5.95

The booklet contains recipes submitted by restaurants, cookbook authors and individuals to The Greater New Orleans Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses [AACN]

Dominique's Fresh Flavors Cooking with Latitude in New Orleans [Hardcover w/ dust jacket] by Dominique Macquet & John DeMers - Price: $6.95

What can you expect from a chef raised on Mauritius, who apprenticed in South Africa, traveled extensively within Latin and Asian cultures, mastered California cuisine as a Beverly Hills chef, and who now runs his own restaurant in New Orleans? Take it from legendary chef Jean-Louis Palladin: "A fabulous tour of global cuisine!" In DOMINIQUE'S FRESH FLAVORS, Dominique Macquet explores exotic culinary frontiers with the expertise and grounding of a classically trained French chef. "Cooking with Latitude" is how he describes both the poetic license he takes with traditional food and his culinary palate's tropical accents, which are garnered from his travels. The result is a stunning cuisine, at once local and global, surprising and familiar - and simply delicious!

Great Chefs of New Orleans II [1 Softbound; 1 Spiral-Bound] - Price: $7.95

Take a culinary journey with 60 new recipes from 13 of the most famous chefs in New Orleans. There are 101 pages of color photographs and complete menus from the following world-famous restaurants: Le Ruth's, Le Restaurant De La Tour Eiffel, Willy Coln's, Commander's Palace, The Versailles, La Riviera, Le Bec Fin, The Wong Brothers, La Provence, Christian's, La Savoie, Brennan's and Crozier's

Emeril's NEW New Orleans Cooking by Emeril Lagasse & Jesse Tirsch w/ Photographs by Brian Smale [Hardbound w/ dust jacket] - Price: $12.95

Emeril Lagasse fuses the rich traditions of Creole cookery with the best of America's regional cuisines and adds a vibrant new palette of tastes, ingredients, and styles. The heavy sauces, the long-cooked roux, and the smothered foods that were the heart of old-style New Orleans cooking have been replaced by simple fresh ingredients and easy cooking techniques with a light touch. Emeril serves up a masterpiece in his first cookbook, Emeril's New New Orleans Cooking.
Emeril offers not only hundred of easy-to-prepare recipes, but plenty of professional tips, shortcuts, and useful information about stocking your own New Orleans pantry and making your own seasonings.

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Emeril's TV Dinners: Kickin' It Up a Notch with Recipes from Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril by Chef Emeril Lagasse [Hardbound w/ dust jacket] - Price: $9.95

Are you ready to kick it up a notch? Wait -- forget that. Are you ready to kick it up notches unknown to humankind? Finally, Emeril has written the book his fans of Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril have been waiting for -- a collection of his very favorite recipes from both shows.
It's all here -- from cooking up Fall River memories like St. John's Kale Soup, Roasted Scrod with Parsley Potatoes, and Boston Cream Pie with his mom, Hilda, to Louisiana specialties like Creole Spiced Blue Crabs with Green Onion Dipping Sauce, Fried Eggplant with Shrimp Stew-Fay, and Blueberry Beignets.
Hey, this isn't rocket science, but it's good eating, with starters like Caramelized Salmon with Cilantro Potato Salad and Stuffed Morels with Crawfish Remoulade. This isn't Kansas anymore, Toto, and these are salads like you've never had them -- Herb-Tossed White Asparagus, Fresh Crabmeat, and Grilled Radicchio Salad, Emeril's BLT Salad, and Molasses Duck Salad.
Does pork fat rule at your house (and if it doesn't, why not?)? Then take your pick of the pig --- Homemade Bacon, Andouille Stuffed Jalapeqos, and Pork Burgers in Gravy with French-Fried Sweet Potatoes. And don't limit yourself to one part of the barnyard -- try Emerilized Chicken Cordon Bleu, Funky Lamb Shanks, Pan-Roasted Filet Mignon Stuffed with English Stilton and Walnuts, or Smothered Oxtails over Spinach and Sweet Corn Mash.
Emeril's TV Dinners not only includes more than 150 recipes, it is jam-packed with candid black-and-white photography of Emeril behind the scenes, in front of the cameras, on tour, and really live in his New Orleans restaurants.

Justin Wilson's Outdoor Cooking With Inside Help [Hardbound w/ dust jacket] - Price: $8.95

Everyone's favorite Cajun, Justin Wilson, has cooked up a collection of mouth-watering temptations. Many of the recipes featured have been demonstrated on Justinís PBS show. Photographs show Justinís dishes in various stages of preparation.

Quelque Chose Douce avec une Demi-Tasse [Something Sweet with a Cup of Coffee] Unusual Acadian Recipes for the Sweet Tooth, published 1965 [Autographed by the authoress][63 pages Spiral-Bound] - Price: $10.95

Tout de Suite à la Microwave by Jean K. Durkee, A gourmet's cookbook of French, Acadian & Creole recipes - Price: $10.95

Tout de Suite à la Microwave II by Jean K. Durkee, A gourmet's cookook of Mexican, Italian & French recipes - Price: $9.95

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La Bouche Creole by Leon E. Soniat, Jr. [Spiral-Bound] - Price: $7.95

Basic French cooking, gusty Spanish flavors, creativity, and a lot of love are Leon Soniat's ingredients for la bouche Creole (the Creole mouth). Interwoven with the recipes are the authorís recollections of New Orleans and of cooking with memere (grandmother) and mamete (mother).

Tell Me More A Cookbook Spiced With Cajun Traditions & Food Memories [Hard Cover Spiral Bound] - Price: $9.95

This cookbook is spiced with Cajun traditions and food memories, is bursting with recipies and stories chronicling Cajun ways, past and present. You'll learn to make dishes using basic pantry items. The book features prints and cover by the late nationally known Cajun artist Floyd Sonnier.

From the legendary cooks of Talk About Good! Winner of a Southern regional Tabasco Community Cookbook Award.

Recipes and Reminiscences of New Orleans by Paula Fields, Published 1971 by The Ursuline Academy Cooperative Club, The Ursuline Alumnae Association - Price: $8.95

Page 142 has a brief history of the King Cake [There is also a recipe for King Cake in the book]

"...among the Creole desserts that are with us still is the Gateau des Rois or "King's Cake," which is inseparably connected with the Mardi Gras and with the development of the city's now-famous carnival balls. The whole complex evolved out of the Creole custom of choosing a king and queen on Twelfth Night, January 6, called Le Jour des Rois. This feast day commemorates the visit of the three Wise Men of the East to the Christ Child in Bethlehem. It was much stressed by the Spanish and even today is considered the Spanish Christmas, at which time gifts are presented to family and friends recalling the gifts of the Wise Kings. With the Creoles the day became Le Petit Noel, or Little Christmas, and following the Spanish custom there were always grand balls. A King and a Queen were chosen for the occasion, and a new royal pair every week thereafter until Mardi Gras. Ever since those early days the period between January 6 and Mardi Gras Day has been the accepted carnival season, with the calendar of activities becoming more and more crowded as each year rolls around.

The method of choosing the first king was by cutting the King's Cake ... made of brioche batter, shaped into an enormous ring and decorated with bon bons, dragees and colored sugars. Generally some good mansion was chosen for the ball. At the stroke of midnight the guests were invited to be seated around the spacious dining room table and each was served a piece of the cake with a glass of champagne. Hidden cleverly within the cake was a bean or a pecan. Excitement would be at a high pitch until the bean was found, embedded within the slice of cake by one of the guests. If the finder were a lady, she chose her king by presenting him with a bunch of violets provided along with the cake. If the finder were a gentleman, he would choose his queen by offering her the flower in his lapel... ."

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Collector's Item: Mrs. Peterson's Simplified Cooking by Mrs. Anna J. Peterson, published 1927 - Price: $12.95

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Cajun in Your Pocket Keychain - Six Authentic Cajun Sayings - Price: $9.95

•Aieee!

•We Gon Pass A Good Time Yeah Cher

•You Gotta Suck Da Head On Dem Der Crawfish

•Oo, I Love You Like a Pig Loves Corn

•Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler!

•Oo, Cher, Look Like You Gotta Cajun In Your Pocket

Learn to Speak Spanish - 2 CD set.  Includes progress tracking, advanced speech recognition, simulated conversation, extensive vocabulary and grammar tools - Price: $10.95

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