La Cuisine Creole Author:Lafcadio Hearn The first Creole cookbook, published anonymously in 1885, was written by the famous American writer Lafcadio Hearn. It contains all types of recipes: soups, meat and fish dishes, sauces, eggs and omelets, vegetables, breads, cakes, desserts, candies, salads, pickles, puddings, preserves, alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks. It even contains "hin... more »ts for housecleaning." The quintessential source for nineteenth-century New Orleans cooking, it is a joy and fascination to read. Edited with many notes explaining what is meant by gill, salteratus, and other mostly-forgotten terms.« less