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Product Details:
Author:
Leon Galatoire
Hardcover:
224 pages
Publisher:
Pelican Publishing Company
Publication Date:
1994-05
Language:
English
ISBN:
0882899996
Package Length:
10.0 inches
Package Width:
6.9 inches
Package Height:
1.0 inches
Package Weight:
1.5 pounds
Average Customer Rating:
based on 7 reviews
Description:
This cookbook contains the home recipe versions of Galatoire dishes, such as asparagus salad vinaigrette, stuffed Creole tomato with grilled chicken, crabmeat au gratin, crawfish etouffee, steak au poivre, oysters bienville and coq au vin. All the recipes are simple enough for everyday meals, yet can be presented at the most formal occasion. The book also provides an historical guide to the many dishes which come under the heading of Louisiana cuisine.
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1 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Unemployed familyMar 20, 2006 This book is not worth it....hands down. It is simple, unispired food and not worthy of an association with Galatoire's. This is the first time that I have been disappointed in an Amazon buy this with offer. No wonder Leon Galatoire no longer works at the restaurant.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
New Orleans at its Best!!!Sep 16, 2005 The cookbook is spectacular with wonderful recipes and pictures of tasty dishes. Galatoires is without question one of the top 10 restaurants in the USA, and Leon has done a fantastic job of translating the aura of the menu onto the recipe page.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Great Creole RecipesApr 23, 2002 Cajun and Creole cooking are often lumped together as a single cuisine. There is some justification for doing this, as there is a lot of overlap between the two cuisines, and they share many of the same dishes. However, they are not identical. If Paul Prudhomme represents the far Cajun end of the Cajun-Creole spectrum, Galatoire represents the far Creole end. Traditional Creole cooking, such as that served up in New Orleans at Galatoire's, Antoine's and Brennan's, is not the fiery hyper-spiced food of Prudhomme. Traditional Creole cooking is subtle, refined, and Continental in character. Seasonings are used merely to accent the flavor of the food, rather than to overwhelm it. Galatoire's book is an excellent example of this type of cooking. The recipes are delicious, suprisingly easy, and yes, even somewhat low in fat. The chicken, shrimp, and ham jambalaya is nothing short of spectacular. My wife and I have cooked and eaten many different jambalayas, including recipes from Prudhomme, Justin Wilson, and from the excellent book by Terry Thompson. We have also had it in many restaurants in South Louisiana and elsewhere. We both agree that Galatoire's is the best we have ever tasted. His technique is somewhat unorthodox. The rice is cooked separately and then combined with the other ingredients for the last 10 minutes. This produces grains which are fluffy and separate, yet fully absorb the flavors of the meat, shellfish, vegetables, and seasonings. The Crawfish Etoufee, Shrimp Creole, and other recipes are also excellent. So why did I only give it four stars? While the recipes are great, there are some problems with the mechanics and layout of the book. 1) There are a fair number of typos 2) The recipe for Crawfish Cardinal has you produce a stock as the first step, which is then never mentioned again in the recipe. 3) Recipes for sauces are in another part of the book from the recipes which call for them. Listing the page numbers for the sauces in the main recipes would have been helpful. 4) A few recipes are repeated verbatim in different chapters of the book (i.e. appetizers and main dishes). This seems awkward and unnecessary. 5) For a few recipes, a variation is described for the main recipe, and what is traditionally used is mentioned at the end. For example: Cobia Courtboullion is described. At the end of the recipe, Redfish is mentioned as what is traditionally used in South Louisiana. I would prefer to have the traditional recipe given first. These problems are primarily editorial and easily fixed. I would love to see Galatoire come out with a competently edited second edition of this book. I believe it would become a classic among Cajun-Creole cookbooks. In conclusion, despite the problems mentioned, the recipes in this book are great and make it well worth owning. If you love Creole cooking and prefer flavor to heat, buy this book!
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
What a FindJul 01, 2001 I have been going to Galatoire's since I was a young child. On a recent trip to New Orleans, my husband and I were lucky enough to find this cookbook. As a wonderful birthday surprise, my husband made the stuffed eggplant. As anyone who has had the stuffed eggplant at Galtoire's knows, the name of the dish is a misnomer. The stuffed eggplant is a wonderful gastronomic event filled with shrimp and crabmeat. Later we made the crabmeat au gratin with the leftover crabmeat - it was sublime. I am looking forward to trying some of my other favorite dishes from the restaurant such as the crab maison and oysters en brochette. Anyone who has been to Galatoire's knows there are no descriptions of the food -- only names and prices. One of the things I love about the book is knowing what some of the dishes are. I will surely sample more on my next visit to New Orleans. Galatoire's is an institution and I am so pleased to have some of their recipes.
8 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Comment to review from Baton Rouge, La., U.S.A.Apr 09, 2000 I was born and raised in South Louisiana, in the town of Buras. I fined your opinion concerning the red beans and rice recipe completely inaccurate. If you read the package your hard red beans come in you will find they call for between 8 and 10 cups of water. Further more this is the way my grandmother, being of cajun ascent, has prepaired her red beans for many years with outstanding results, at home and church gatherings. Red beans and ricely yours Barry Brooks
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