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Gumbo Life: Tales from the Roux Bayou

Ken Wells

4.13/5 (98 ratings)

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Ken Wells grew up in the Cajun bastion of Bayou Black, eating his French-speaking momma’s gumbo and living what he calls the Gumbo Life—where the rhythms of the day cling to rituals of a previous century and gumbo begins with a chicken chased down in the yard. He later would roam the world as a journalist but never forgot his roots.

In Gumbo Life, Wells returns, taking readers on a lively tour that includes visits to a coot-cooking gumbo group, a factory producing gumbo in insane quantities, and Commander’s Palace, an iconic restaurant where high-style Creole cooking and reenergized Cajun cuisine merged to change the culinary landscape. Along the way, Wells explores the soup’s global profile—including how it got to China and who won New York City’s Gumbo War. A lively travelogue and moving memoir, Gumbo Life is a celebration—of a place, a dish, and the cultures that created it.

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ISBN10:: 0393254836

ISBN13:: 9780393254839

kindle Asin:: 0393254836

Gumbo Life: Tales from the Roux Bayou

Ken Wells

4.13/5 (98 ratings)

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Ken Wells grew up in the Cajun bastion of Bayou Black, eating his French-speaking momma’s gumbo and living what he calls the Gumbo Life—where the rhythms of the day cling to rituals of a previous century and gumbo begins with a chicken chased down in the yard. He later would roam the world as a journalist but never forgot his roots.

In Gumbo Life, Wells returns, taking readers on a lively tour that includes visits to a coot-cooking gumbo group, a factory producing gumbo in insane quantities, and Commander’s Palace, an iconic restaurant where high-style Creole cooking and reenergized Cajun cuisine merged to change the culinary landscape. Along the way, Wells explores the soup’s global profile—including how it got to China and who won New York City’s Gumbo War. A lively travelogue and moving memoir, Gumbo Life is a celebration—of a place, a dish, and the cultures that created it.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: First Edition

Language:

ISBN10:: 0393254836

ISBN13:: 9780393254839

kindle Asin:: 0393254836

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