re: I need some new cookbooks

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American Pie fwiw is largely a travel book/ historical study of pizza, which some people roll their eyes at where cookbooks are concerned

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I realize you do acknowledge that the recipes are legit, but to call it "largely a travel book/ historical study" does not do it justice. The recipes are some of the best out there and Reinhardt is almost a pizza legend.

A local equivalent would be "The Plantation Cookbook", which, although it spends page after page describing the local plantations, also has 100 or so recipes, including 5 or 6 of the best Louisiana recipes you'll find.

Try Plantation Cookbook's Turtle Soup, Grillades and Grits, Crawfish Etouffee, Shrimp Creole and Crawfish Cardinale if you doubt. There's others in the TD Recipe Collection.