The 100 Greatest Dishes of Louisiana Cookery; Presented with variations and notes on their preparation by the region's noted restaurateur and author
New York: W.W. NORTON & COMPANY, 1988. Hardcover. 214 pages. 24 x 19.5 cm. Signed on front free end paper: "Bon Appetite! Roy Guste." Many writings on Louisiana cookery have lost that essential ingredient that makes the cuisine so very pure and original - its simplicity. A native of New Orleans and trained as a chef in France, Roy F. Guste approaches cooking with wisdom and zeal. He accompanies the recipes here with reminiscences, anecdotes, and stories of the recipes' origin that only a few true Louisianans could know. Beautifully adorned throughout with period illustrations. Interior pristine. Boards lightly rubbed at edges. Dust wrapper sunned at spine. Covered in protective mylar. Blue boards. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. Item #4942
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