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New Orleans Classic Desserts: Recipes from Favorite Restaurants | 
 enlarge | Author: Kit Wohl
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 301643
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 8.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1589804449
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.860976335
EAN: 9781589804449
ASIN: 1589804449
Publication Date: February 15, 2007
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Product Description
This gift cookbook is a collection of favorite delights from world-renowned New Orleans restaurants and chefs. The 45 recipes compiled include examples of signature New Orleans dishes invented or raised to their highest level in this city. Legends, lore, and musings accompany each recipe, topped off with delicious photographs. Selections include bread pudding from Bon Ton Cafe, bananas Foster from Brennan's, cherries jubilee from Broussard's, sweet potato pie from Dooky Chase, creme caramel from Galatoire's, pecan pie from Camelia Grill, creme brulee from Arnaud's, turtle cookies from the once-ubiquitous McKenzie's bakeries, pralines from the Poor Clares, and banana cream pie from Emeril's.
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 Beautiful book, but another error found March 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I received this cookbook as a gift from my cousin who lives in New Orleans. After admiring it for weeks I decided to make the Strawberry Shortcake on page 30. Fortunately I did not add all the half and half at once. The recipe calls for two pints, but it should be two cups. With all these errors I would hope the publisher would issue some corrections and recall the book and replace the ones that contain the defective recipes. Besides the obvious frustration over the errors, these can be very costly mistakes when you have to throw out the entire recipe. With that said I cannot give the book a high number of stars because I am hesitant to trust any of the recipes.
 Sweet, sweet New Orleans February 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a remarkable collection of local favorites and the kind of desserts visitors to New Orleans never forget. Whenever I get a hankering to return to New Orleans, I open my copy and drool over the spectacular photographs. The bread pudding recipes are right on, love the Cafe Brulot Pudding Cake and can't get enough of the Pecan Pie. I've given it as gifts for almost every occasion and it never fails to receive applause. That New Orleans chefs would offer their recipes to the world is just another indication of their warmth and generosity.
The behind-the-scenes side stories and history behind the city and the desserts make me long to return. It is as much a book to read with relish and delight as it is a cookbook.
Delicious Memories January 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
New Orleans is one of my favorite cities and the restaurants are remarkable. This book brought back so many good times in good places that I almost cried. The stories that accompany the recipes bring me back every time. I've made most of the desserts in the book and each have been outstanding recreations of the desserts I've enjoyed in the restaurants. Best of all was Cafe Brulot Pudding Cake, and then perhaps the Bread Pudding, or maybe it was the Bananas Foster. The photographs send me straight to the kitchen in a frenzy.
Absolutely Amazing! January 18, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
What an amazing dessert book! The recipes are well-written and easy to follow. The photography is stunning. Really brings out my sweet-tooth and makes me want to start cooking right away. Chef Robert Barker's Cafe Brulot Pudding Cake will knock your socks off! This dessert book is a must have, and given its reasonable price, is perfect for gift giving.
 5 Stars With Recipe Corrections December 17, 2007
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Update 8/24/2008:
The author was kind enough to send me the 2008 revised printing. The following recipes have been modified (that I know of)
-Mckenzie's Turtle Cookies
-Doberge Cake (cake recipe)still no salt, so add your own
The sweet potato pie and strawberry shortcake recipes have not changed. I asked the author about the lack of eggs in the pie filling. Here's the response. "No eggs - the consistency is like a regular pie - we have made it several times and it is delicious and holds up"
I am sticking with my own recipes for the pie filling, crust and strawberry shortcake.
Orignial Review 12/17/2007:
I received this book as a gift and I was so excited. Then, as others have pointed out, I discovered the recipe errors. I called the publisher and the only error they knew of was for the McKenzie's Turtle cookies on pg 60. The correction is 2 Tbs of water instead of 2 tsp.
I know the Doberge Cake on pg 21 is wrong; sugar and salt are missing. The sweet potato pie has no eggs in the filling and too much water in the crust. The publisher is supposed to call me back with these corrections. I will modify my review once I get them.
This book has almost 40 recipes not including the accompaniements, sauces and garnishes. Errors aside (yes I know these are a HUGE deal for a cookbook), the photography is beautiful -- each recipe has a color picture. The sidebars with each recipe are walk down memory lane. Even with the errors, I will treasure this book. It is a must for any New Orleans transplant or resident with a sweet tooth! Even those who enjoy a good dessert will appreciate this book.
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