{"product_id":"gumbo-life-9781958888384","title":"Gumbo Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStraight from the roux bayou, a culinary memoir about how a centuries old Cajun and Creole secret―gumbo―has become one of the world’s most beloved dishes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe product of a melting pot of culinary influences, gumbo reflects the diversity of the people who cooked it up: French aristocrats, West Africans in bondage, Cajun refugees, German settlers, Native Americans―all had a hand in the pot. What is it about gumbo that continues to delight and nourish so many, in America and around the world? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA seasoned journalist, Ken Wells sleuths out the answers. His obsession goes back to his childhood in the Cajun bastion of Bayou Black, where his French-speaking mother’s gumbo often got started with a chicken chased down in the yard. In \u003ci\u003eGumbo Life: A Journey Down the Roux Bayou\u003c\/i\u003e, Wells shares his lifelong quest to explore gumbo’s roots and mysteries. He spends time with octogenarian chefs to make a gourmet gumbo; joins a team at a highly competitive gumbo contest; visits a factory that churns out gumbo by the ton; and observes the gumbo-making rituals of an iconic New Orleans restaurant where high-end Creole cooking and Cajun cuisine first merged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGumbo Life\u003c\/i\u003e, rendered in Wells’ affable prose, makes clear that gumbo is more than a dish: it’s an attitude, a way of seeing the world. This is a tasty culinary memoir―to be enjoyed like a simmering pot of gumbo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes recipe additions as well as a story about the author’s quest for authentic Cajun Dark Roux, which involved a hunt for (thankfully scarce) bear lard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ken Wells","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280107385083,"sku":"9781958888384","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781958888384.jpg?v=1772488279","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/gumbo-life-9781958888384","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}