Book Review: A. D. New Orleans After The Deluge by Josh Neufeld

A review of the book A. D. New Orleans After The Deluge, a graphic novel by Josh Neufeld.

Book Review: Damn Good Sweet By David Guas & Raquel Pelzel

A review of the new cookbook Darned Good Sweet by David Guas with Raquel Pelzel.

Book Review : Cooking In Cajun Country

Cajun recipes from the Rural Louisiana Parishes……..Authentic Real Cajun cooking, and not the Corporate faux Cajun food restaurants try to pass off as the real thing

Book Review: Cooking Up A Storm: Recipes Lost And Found from the Times Picayne of New Orleans

A Very Highly Recommended to Cooking Up A Storm: Recipes lost and found from the Times Picayune of New Orleans

Book Review: New Orleans Classic Gumbos & Soups by Kit Wohl

A review of the new book New Orleans Classic Gumbos & Soups by Kit Wohl with Alan’s own recipe for seafood gumbo included.

Book Review: Not Just The Levees Broke by Phyllis Montana-Leblanc

A review of the book Not Just The Levees Broke by Phyllis Montana-Leblanc. I have reviewed Katrina memoirs before and said I was waiting for the definitive one to come along. Is this it?

Junior Geography: New Orleans and Rapa Nui

Reviews of two Junior geography books– Built Below Sea Level: New Orleans by Laura Layton Strom and Easter Island: Unearthing Ancient Worlds by Michael Capek.

Susurrus OR Heart Like Water

A review of the memoir Heart Like Water by Joshua Clark.

Sugarcane Academy

I had thought that  I was burned out on reading about hurricane Katrina but when I happened upon Michael Tisserand’s Sugarcane Academy the other day I stayed up until after 2 a.m. reading… Continue reading →

Last, First Reilly, Ignatius

It almost feels like a cheat to blog about a book I first read more than twenty years ago, but the fact is the past few days I have been ignoring three new… Continue reading →