Gumbo life : tales from the Roux Bayou / Ken Wells.

By:

Wells, Ken

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : W W Norton & Company , 2019.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxv, 259 p. : maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9780393254839

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

641.81 WEL

Summary: 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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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
English Books	Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai	ENGLISH - LENDING BOOKS	மூன்றாம் தளம் / Third floor	641.81 WEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	240885
English Books	Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai	ENGLISH - LENDING BOOKS	மூன்றாம் தளம் / Third floor	641.81 WEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	240886
Reference	Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai	ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS	ஆறாம் தளம் / Sixth floor	641.81 WEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	240884

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.

Gumbo life : tales from the Roux Bayou / Ken Wells.

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