The Little Gumbo Book

Library Bookwatch, Dec, 2004

The Little Gumbo Book

Gwen McKee

Quail Ridge Press

PO Box 123, Brandon, MS 39043

0937552178 $8.95 1-800-343-1583 www.quailridge.com

The Little Gumbo Book is a cookbook featuring twenty-seven gumbo recipes for anyone seeking to create and experience the unique flavors and varieties of this distinctive Cajun dish. Tips, tricks, and techniques for everything gumbo-related, from different ways for preparing roux (the browning of flour, crucial to the richness of gumbo) to using microwaves and crock pots, to low-calorie gumbo for the health conscious, and much more. A superb giftbook written with passion as well as practical advice, recommended for any Cajun food lover.