Wells, Ken

Gumbo life : tales from the Roux Bayou / Ken Wells. - 1st ed. - New York : W W Norton & Company , 2019. - xxv, 259 p. : maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

In this culinary memoir, Ken Wells delves into the history and culture of gumbo, a dish that reflects the diversity of the people who cooked it up: French aristocrats, West Africans in bondage, Cajun refugees, German settlers, Native Americans. Wells travels his native Louisiana to spend time with chefs cooking gumbo, at gumbo contests, at a gumbo factory, and at an iconic New Orleans restaurant.

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