Press Release
"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. [»view Full Release]
Advance praise for Arnaud's Restaurant Cookbook:
BOOKLIST
"This new cookbook displays the restaurant to great advantage through its sharply focused, attractively lit photographs, whose warm colors emphasize the dining rooms' turn-of-the-century elegance..." [»view Full Review]
The Times-Picayune
"With lavish photography . . . as well as historical photos, it no doubt will be one of the most attractive cookbooks published this year." [»view Full Review]
Louisiana Cookin' magazine
"Combine one part history, a dash of heritage and a full measure of authentic Creole cuisine and the result is an elegant coffee table book that doubles as your new favorite cookbook. Arnaud's Restaurant Cookbook is simply one of the best cookbooks to hit the shelves in years." [»view Full Review]
GambitWeekly
"The more than 200 pages in the book are filled not only with some 160 recipes that are surprisingly easy to follow, but also boast beautiful color pictures of food and elements of the restaurant by photographer David Spielman." [»view Full Review]
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