Blueberry Peaches, Red Robin Pie: An Annotated Cookbook of Mississippi Gulf Coast Recipes

Stella La Violette enjoys cooking and has gained a well-deserved regional reputation for the wonderful meals she makes for both large and small dinner parties. In this her first cookbook, Blueberry Peaches, Red Robin Pie, she lives up to that reputation presenting wonderful examples of the favorite meals she has enjoyed preparing. All of the recipes are Stella’s own and have been tried many times on her built in recipe critic: her husband, Paul. Paul Estronza La Violette interposes Gulf coast short stories between the chapters, bringing to life the subjects of the various courses of a full meal that they represent. The richly animated pen and ink drawings of Stig Marcussen add a note of delightful whimsy to Stella’s recipes.

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A wonderful group of local recipes by a Waveland cook ... -- Sun Herald, September 13, 2001

These are recipes which anyone would be proud to serve to their most honored guests... -- Sea Coast Echo, September 13, 2001 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stella La Violette spends much of her week at a Navy facility located twenty-five miles from her home in a small town on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Except for weekends, she has little time to prepare her meals when she gets home. She has perforce been made to prepare simple meals that are easy to fix yet wonderful to eat. She has gained a reputation on the Coast as a fantastic cook and has served sitdown dinners for parties of twenty and more guests at the beachfront home of her and her husband and co-author Paul Estronza La Violette. Read more Continue reading Read less