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Crescent City Cooking: Unforgettable Recipes from Susan Spicer's New Orleans
Crescent City Cooking: Unforgettable Recipes from Susan Spicers New Orleans | 
 enlarge | Authors: Susan Spicer, Paula Disbrowe
Publisher: Knopf
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 8.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 1400043891
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.59763
EAN: 9781400043897
Publication Date: October 23, 2007
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pOne of New Orleans#8217;s brightest culinary stars, Susan Spicer has been indulging Crescent City diners at her highly acclaimed restaurants, Bayona and Herbsaint, for years. Now, in her long-awaited cookbook, Spicer#8212;an expert at knocking cuisine off its pedestal with a healthy dash of hot sauce, and at elevating comfort food to the level of the sublime#8212;brings her signature dishes to the home cook#8217;s table.bribrCrescent City Cooking/i includes all the recipes that have made Susan Spicer, and her restaurants, famous. Spicer marries traditional Southern cooking with culinary influences from around the world, and the result is New Orleans cooking with gusto and flair. Each of her familiar yet unique recipes is easy to make and wonderfully memorable. brbrInside you#8217;ll find :br#8226; More than 170 recipes, ranging from traditional New Orleans dishes (Cornmeal-Crusted Crayfish Pies and Cajun-Spiced Pecans) to Susan#8217;s very own twists on down-home cuisine (Smoked Duck Hash in Puff Pastry with Apple Cider Sauce; Grilled Shrimp with Black Bean Cakes and Coriander Sauce) and, of course, a recipe for the best gumbo you#8217;ve ever tasted brbr#8226; Over 90 photographs by iTimes-Picayune/i photographer Chris Granger, which display the vibrant city of New Orleans as much as Spicer#8217;s wonderfully offbeat yet classy way of presenting her dishes brbr#8226; Instructions that make Spicer#8217;s down-to-earth but extraordinarily creative recipes easy to prepare. Spicer, who cooks for two picky preteens and packs lunch every day for her husband, knows how precious time can be and understands just how much is enough brbrThere is something else of New Orleans#8212;its spirit#8212;that imbues this book#8217;s every useful tip and anecdote. The strong culinary traditions of New Orleans are revived in iCrescent City Cooking/i, with recipes that are guaranteed to comfort and surprise. This is some of the best food you#8217;ll ever taste, in what is certain to become the essential New Orleans cookbook./p
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The cook-book you always wanted November 12, 2007
29 out of 32 found this review helpful
I had the pleasure of working for Susan Spicer many years ago, so I might not be the best judge of `crescent city cooking'. However, and on the other hand, I know that she is a one hundred percent perfectionist. Spicer will not let one plate out of her kitchen that does not pass her absolute hard-core standards. And I think that `Crescent City Cooking' is one of those cook-books that anyone who has spent even a little time in the kitchen will appreciate due to both its simplicity and shrewd advice. br /br /One thing that I would like to point out is that these recipes are in my opinion guidelines. Maybe you try a dish one time exactly the way it is spelled out here, but then half the fun is in playing slightly with the ingredients the next time. What is talked about here is how to get the most out of a dish... how to go about it the right way. br /br /In my mind, Spicer is a culinary god. I always compare every single restaurant to Bayona. Some have come close, but ultimately none match the quality over-all of dining experience. Lastly, if you have never eaten at bayona, if they still seat out on the patio, and you are in New Orleans in the spring or fall, book a table.
A treasure! January 2, 2008
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I've been hankering for this since 1996, when I first ate at Susan Spicer's enchanting Bayona. I love everything about it--the close-up, evocative photos, the author's candid, informative text and her inspiring, accessible recipes for the home cook. Over the years, I've told anyone visiting Nawlins not to miss a smoked duck PBJ with cashew butter, pepper jelly and apple-celery salad for lunch, and now, thanks to pages 166-167, I can replicate former sous chef Scott Freer's work of genius, which Ms. Spicer is honest and generous enough to credit. I also admire her international background, starting with her Danish mother, and the melange of cultures represented in her ingredients, recreations and inventions. Throughout are my favorite fare--creatures who live in the sea, bay, river and creek, once abundant, now farmed. Give a copy to every foodie on your list.
Great New Orleans memories December 17, 2007
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
Bayona's has always been my favorite New Orleans restaurant since I discovered it about 10 years ago. And it is my favorite because of Susan Spicer. Her recipes evoke happy memories, and are easy to follow. I need another cookbook like I need a hole in the head, but I am really glad I added this one to my collection.
I can't put it away March 22, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I received this book about three weeks ago, and have cooked almost exclusively from it since it arrived. Not one thing has disappointed. I sent my daughter a copy, since she spent most of a visit copying recipes from mine. We did the shrimp boil while she was here (delicious) with the epiphany lemon tart for dessert. Since then, my husband and I have enjoyed the shrimp with green chile cheese grits, and the Madeira mushrooms over goat cheese croutons. I've been reading it like a novel in bed at night, anxiously awaiting the next meal I can make from it. The photographs are beautiful, the writing approachable. Buy it.
Divinity November 29, 2007
16 out of 21 found this review helpful
To give you an idea of the impact one meal can have on a person, my husband and I almost named our first child "Bayona". I have been waiting with baited breath for this cookbook! It's finally here! I have lived in (San Francisco, Paris) and dined in (same and then some) some of the finest restaurants in the world, and none ever came close to Bayona. I can't quite explain it, but it was somehow the most "perfect" experience. The flavors, textures, and even the portions...left us perfectly fulfilled....not hungry but not uncomfortably full. Divine is the only word I can come up with. My husband was fortunate enough to visit New Orleans on several occassions on business and would call me each time he was there enjoying every morsel (torture, of course, though he didn't mean it) I agree with a previous reviewer, and I too compare every restaurant with Bayona. None can ever live up to it's perfection. Everyone we've ever steered toward Bayona's agrees. Susan Spicer's recipes are perfection.
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