Cookbook Reviews & Releases [«back to Reviews & Releases] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amy Kirk 504-368-1175 ext. 330, [akirk@pelicanpub.com] Kit Wohl 504-528-9900, [kit@wohlco.com] Arnaud's Restaurant Introduces New Cookbook Arnaud's Restaurant Cookbook: Legendary Creole Cuisine By Kit Wohl Photography by David G. Spielman and Paul Rico "One of America's oldest restaurants opened as World War I ended in 1918 and has been serving tradition and excellence ever since-and now there's a cookbook documenting its legendary reputation. Following the turn of the century, the French Quarter was the place for lowlife and high jinks far from residential neighborhoods uptown. The restaurant consists of 13 different buildings, including an opium den, a house of ill repute, private homes and a warehouse, all seamlessly linked by intricate mosaic floors. Founder "Count" Arnaud Cazenave swaggered through the "roaring 20s" and Prohibition using disappearing bars, secret stairways, a lovers' lookout over the main dining room and locked parlors with service bells for private rendezvous. The "Count" was jailed for flouting liquor laws during Prohibition, but a New Orleans jury, whose members may have cared more about a good drink than a bad law turned him loose. There are resident ghosts, tall tales and memories too delicious not to repeat. It continues to be one of the country's few family owned and operated establishments. After a series of polite nips and tucks, proprietor Archie A. Casbarian has restored Arnaud's Restaurant as a leader of old guard New Orleans restaurants and a world-famous monument to the enduring allure of classic Creole cuisine in a city known for its culinary excellence. Each of the famous recipes in Arnaud's Restaurant Cookbook has been carefully adapted for use in the home kitchen, including Arnaud's Oyster Soup, gumbo, Trout Meunière, Oysters Arnaud and Bienville, as well as the restaurant's spectacular dishes for special occasions from weddings to Mardi Gras. Evocative photographs capture diners basking in the joy of Arnaud's meals. They illustrate the elegance of the many richly appointed rooms and reveal behind-the-scenes moments with the restaurant's staff. Most significantly, the photographs display all the lusciousness of the completed dishes featured in the cookbook that can be recreated at home." [»top] [»website comments] Arnaud’s - New Orleans Restaurant ©2006 Arnaud's Restaurant, Inc.