The Picayune's Creole Cook Book

A twentieth century cookbook featuring the food, cooking techniques and culinary history of the Creole people in New Orleans.   One of the world's most unusual and exciting cooking styles, New Orleans Creole cookery melds a fantastic array of influences: Spanish spices, tropical fruits from Africa, native Choctaw Indian gumbos, and most of all, a panoply of French styles, from the haute cuisine of Paris to the hearty fare of Provence. Assembled at the turn of the twentieth century by a Cres