Among the many things Katrina's floodwaters destroyed in New Orleans,
hundreds of local caches of family recipes were lost or ruined.

An article in the NY Times describes one effort to gather together
recipes and rebuild collections lost in the flood.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/di...tml?ref=dining

The New Orleans Times-Picayune has published a collection of recipes
shared by survivors. The collection it titled "Cooking up a Storm"
and was edited by Judy Walker and Marcelle Bienvenu. I own a copy of
Bienvenu's perfectly titled "Who's Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and
Can You Make A Roux?" -- a cookbook she published a few years ago.

Info on the new collection can be found he
http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/...ng-Up-a-Storm/

The book blurb says:

"After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, thousands of people
lost their keepsakes and family treasures forever. As residents
started to rebuild their lives, The Times-Picayune of New Orleans
became a post-hurricane swapping place for old recipes that were
washed away in the storm. The newspaper has compiled 250 of these
delicious, authentic recipes along with the stories about how they
came to be and who created them. Cooking Up a Storm includes the very
best of classic and contemporary New Orleans cuisine, from seafood and
meat to desserts and cocktails. But it also tells the story, recipe by
recipe, of one of the great food cities in the world, and the
determination of its citizens to preserve and safeguard their culinary
legacy."

New Orleans is famously a food city, but the cultural significance of
traditional dishes would be hard to overestimate in any culture.
--
modom

ambitious when it comes to fiddling with meat

modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>
> Among the many things Katrina's floodwaters destroyed in New Orleans,
> hundreds of local caches of family recipes were lost or ruined.
>
> An article in the NY Times describes one effort to gather together
> recipes and rebuild collections lost in the flood.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/di...tml?ref=dining
>
> The New Orleans Times-Picayune has published a collection of recipes
> shared by survivors. The collection it titled "Cooking up a Storm"
> and was edited by Judy Walker and Marcelle Bienvenu. I own a copy of
> Bienvenu's perfectly titled "Who's Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and
> Can You Make A Roux?" -- a cookbook she published a few years ago.
>
> Info on the new collection can be found he
> http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/...ng-Up-a-Storm/
>
> The book blurb says:
>
> "After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, thousands of people
> lost their keepsakes and family treasures forever. As residents
> started to rebuild their lives, The Times-Picayune of New Orleans
> became a post-hurricane swapping place for old recipes that were
> washed away in the storm. The newspaper has compiled 250 of these
> delicious, authentic recipes along with the stories about how they
> came to be and who created them. Cooking Up a Storm includes the very
> best of classic and contemporary New Orleans cuisine, from seafood and
> meat to desserts and cocktails. But it also tells the story, recipe by
> recipe, of one of the great food cities in the world, and the
> determination of its citizens to preserve and safeguard their culinary
> legacy."
>
> New Orleans is famously a food city, but the cultural significance of
> traditional dishes would be hard to overestimate in any culture.
> --
> modom
>
> ambitious when it comes to fiddling with meat

Thanks for sharing! Major catastrophes like Katrina would have to
impact family recipes - it only makes sense! There are some family
recipes that are handed down more by word-of-mouth than by anything
hand-written. And, those that are hand-written tend to get lost when
something like Katrina hits. However, I think many recipes are
hopefully 'disaster-proofed' now with the onset of the 'internet' and
other things electronic. I bet a lot of folks scan their treasured
recipes to preserve them. Just thinkin' . . . . .

Sky, who'll do a "backup" soon!

--
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modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> Among the many things Katrina's floodwaters destroyed in New Orleans,
> hundreds of local caches of family recipes were lost or ruined.
>
> An article in the NY Times describes one effort to gather together
> recipes and rebuild collections lost in the flood.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/di...tml?ref=dining
>
> The New Orleans Times-Picayune has published a collection of recipes
> shared by survivors. The collection it titled "Cooking up a Storm"
> and was edited by Judy Walker and Marcelle Bienvenu. I own a copy of
> Bienvenu's perfectly titled "Who's Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and
> Can You Make A Roux?" -- a cookbook she published a few years ago.
>
> Info on the new collection can be found he
> http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/...ng-Up-a-Storm/
>
> The book blurb says:
>
> "After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, thousands of people
> lost their keepsakes and family treasures forever. As residents
> started to rebuild their lives, The Times-Picayune of New Orleans
> became a post-hurricane swapping place for old recipes that were
> washed away in the storm. The newspaper has compiled 250 of these
> delicious, authentic recipes along with the stories about how they
> came to be and who created them. Cooking Up a Storm includes the very
> best of classic and contemporary New Orleans cuisine, from seafood and
> meat to desserts and cocktails. But it also tells the story, recipe by
> recipe, of one of the great food cities in the world, and the
> determination of its citizens to preserve and safeguard their culinary
> legacy."
>
> New Orleans is famously a food city, but the cultural significance of
> traditional dishes would be hard to overestimate in any culture.
> --
> modom
>
> ambitious when it comes to fiddling with meat

Gee, I hadn't even thought of this aspect of the disaster. I
might just get that book.

I'd like to see a website on this, with requests for lost recipes.
If there was such a thing, I and others here, might be able to help.

--
Jean B.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:59:35 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:

>modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>> Among the many things Katrina's floodwaters destroyed in New Orleans,
>> hundreds of local caches of family recipes were lost or ruined.
>>
>> An article in the NY Times describes one effort to gather together
>> recipes and rebuild collections lost in the flood.
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/di...tml?ref=dining
>>
>> The New Orleans Times-Picayune has published a collection of recipes
>> shared by survivors. The collection it titled "Cooking up a Storm"
>> and was edited by Judy Walker and Marcelle Bienvenu. I own a copy of
>> Bienvenu's perfectly titled "Who's Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and
>> Can You Make A Roux?" -- a cookbook she published a few years ago.
>>
>> Info on the new collection can be found he
>> http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/...ng-Up-a-Storm/
>>
>>
>> New Orleans is famously a food city, but the cultural significance of
>> traditional dishes would be hard to overestimate in any culture.

>Gee, I hadn't even thought of this aspect of the disaster. I
>might just get that book.
>
>I'd like to see a website on this, with requests for lost recipes.
> If there was such a thing, I and others here, might be able to help.

I did a quick search of the Web and came up with this blog:
http://blog.nola.com/judywalker/exch...cipe_exchange/

The blogger is one of the cookbook's editors, and some of the posts
are part of the recipe restoration project. This post:
http://blog.nola.com/judywalker/2008..._coo.html#more
describes the cookbook and how it came to be. At the end of the post,
Walker writes:

"Check out the archive of Times-Picayune recipes at
blog.nola.com/recipes.

"Exchange Alley seeks to rebuild recipe collections. Send requests or
recipes (along with a phone number, your name and where you live) via
e-mail with ALLEY in the subject line to: .
Send mail to: EXCHANGE ALLEY, Food section, The Times-Picayune, 3800
Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70125-1429."
--
modom

ambitious when it comes to fiddling with meat

modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:59:35 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>
>> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>> Among the many things Katrina's floodwaters destroyed in New Orleans,
>>> hundreds of local caches of family recipes were lost or ruined.
>>>
>>> An article in the NY Times describes one effort to gather together
>>> recipes and rebuild collections lost in the flood.
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/di...tml?ref=dining
>>>
>>> The New Orleans Times-Picayune has published a collection of recipes
>>> shared by survivors. The collection it titled "Cooking up a Storm"
>>> and was edited by Judy Walker and Marcelle Bienvenu. I own a copy of
>>> Bienvenu's perfectly titled "Who's Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and
>>> Can You Make A Roux?" -- a cookbook she published a few years ago.
>>>
>>> Info on the new collection can be found he
>>> http://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/...ng-Up-a-Storm/
>>>
>>>
>>> New Orleans is famously a food city, but the cultural significance of
>>> traditional dishes would be hard to overestimate in any culture.
>
>> Gee, I hadn't even thought of this aspect of the disaster. I
>> might just get that book.
>>
>> I'd like to see a website on this, with requests for lost recipes.
>> If there was such a thing, I and others here, might be able to help.
>
> I did a quick search of the Web and came up with this blog:
> http://blog.nola.com/judywalker/exch...cipe_exchange/
>
> The blogger is one of the cookbook's editors, and some of the posts
> are part of the recipe restoration project. This post:
> http://blog.nola.com/judywalker/2008..._coo.html#more
> describes the cookbook and how it came to be. At the end of the post,
> Walker writes:
>
> "Check out the archive of Times-Picayune recipes at
> blog.nola.com/recipes.
>
> "Exchange Alley seeks to rebuild recipe collections. Send requests or
> recipes (along with a phone number, your name and where you live) via
> e-mail with ALLEY in the subject line to: .
> Send mail to: EXCHANGE ALLEY, Food section, The Times-Picayune, 3800
> Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70125-1429."
> --
> modom
>
> ambitious when it comes to fiddling with meat

Thanks. I'll peruse that.

--
Jean B.

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:00:20 -0600, Sky >
wrote:

>
>Thanks for sharing! Major catastrophes like Katrina would have to
>impact family recipes - it only makes sense! There are some family
>recipes that are handed down more by word-of-mouth than by anything
>hand-written. And, those that are hand-written tend to get lost when
>something like Katrina hits. However, I think many recipes are
>hopefully 'disaster-proofed' now with the onset of the 'internet' and
>other things electronic. I bet a lot of folks scan their treasured
>recipes to preserve them. Just thinkin' . . . . .

If the recipes are scanned - I hope they're on a thumb drive that's on
the same key chain as house and car keys.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West