La Cuisine Creole

Published in New Orleans in 1885, one of the great classics of Creole cuisine, believed to be the first Creole cookbook in print. Although La Cuisine Creole was printed anonymously in 1885, Lafcadio Hearn is generally accepted as the author of this Creole culinary classic. In his introduction, Hearn describes the intriguing origin of this unique cuisine, explaining that, “it partakes of the nature of its birthplace—New Orleans—which is cosmopolitan in its nature, blending the characteristic