M幦鋨e Country Creole Cookbook ― Recipes and Memories from Louisiana's German Coast

The book offers a collection of historic recipes generally unique to Louisiana's German Coast-- located along the Mississippi River north of New Orleans . Readers will learn how to cook unusual dishes like blackbird jambalaya, red bean gumbo, and mirliton salad, as well as such regional specialties as butter beans with shrimp, gallettes (flattish fried bread squares), dry tea cakes, and l’il coconut pies. These recipes, combined with Wilson’s memories of life on the German Coast, document the culture and cuisine of this little-noticed region of Louisiana.

For almost 40 years, Louisiana native Nancy Tregre Wilson owned and operated Louisiana Gourmet Enterprises, Inc., a food specialty business which produced the Mam Papaul’s brand of dinner and cake mixes. Her other books include Mam Papaul’s Country Creole Basket, Louisiana’s Italians, Food, and Folkways, and Lorraine Gendron, A Louisiana Folk Artist.