Mosquito Supper Club, Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou by Melissa M. Martin
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The food of Louisiana was created by some of the most creative chefs ever, using ingredients unique to anywhere else in the United States. This book is as good as the cuisine.
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Beautiful and informative
Mosquito Supper Club by Melissa M. Martin is so much more than a (superb) cookbook - it's a history of Louisiana and "cajun" folk, a beautiful photo essay, and Ms. Martin's autobiography. The author is trying to preserve not only the area's recipes but also the memories of a way of life that is quickly disappearing with the land. I have already fallen in love with Louisiana; I have also now fallen in love with this book. Thank you Netgalley for my review copy and I look forward to purchasing a hard copy for my personal library.
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Delightful from Start to Finish
Every hour, Louisiana loses a football field's worth of land to the Gold of Mexico. Soon, the people and culture of South Louisiana, where chef Melissa Martin was born and raised, will disappear. In Mosquito Supper Club (named after Martin's restaurant in New Orleans) Martin combines traditional Cajun recipes with explanations of ingredients and the traditions behind them. This book was a delight from start to finish. A combination of gorgeous photographs, easy to understand recipes, and stories of the people and traditions behind the food, "Mosquito Supper Club" takes 'cookbook' to a whole new level. From how to properly clean a crab to shucking oysters, from dancing the shrimp to the story behind gumbo, readers will learn the truth behind the Cajun traditional way of life. Melissa Martin gives readers unfamiliar with the land, culture, and people of South Louisiana a perfect introduction to her home and the ways it has both changed and stayed the same over the generations. She encourages you- as a reader and a cook- to think about your ingredients and where they come from, to question the impact they have on the farmers, and fishermen. As a novice cook, I greatly appreciated how her recipes sounded like she was standing right there, talking to me about what to look for in a pot- from the color of the onion to the texture of a dough, these descriptions took the guess work out of what to look for and how to tell when something was ready. As a native of New Orleans, I greatly appreciated her discussions of the impact humans have had on the environment and how that has changed the resources and culture people experience today. Anyone who glances as just one photograph in this book will be drawn to discover more, and before you know it you'll be both reading and cooking while enjoying a whole new world. I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
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