9780688146917
Emeril's Creole Christmas share button
Emeril Lagasse
Genre Christianity
Format Hardcover
Dimensions 8.00 (w) x 8.00 (h) x 0.25 (d)
Pages 192
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date October 1997
ISBN 9780688146917
Book ISBN 10 0688146910
About Book

Emeril kicks it up a notch Louisiana-style for the holidays.

The holidays should be a time for fun and family, but the planning can be murderous. Let Emeril guide you through it in high Louisiana fashion. Equipped with New Orleans traditions and over 100 recipes, Emeril's Creole Christmas provides complete menus down to the shopping lists, for a Christmas Eve dinner, Christmas Day brunch, and New Year's Eve and Day suppers. Emeril likes a party and at the holidays he kicks it up a notch, with food that impresses and satisfies Corn Cakes with Caviar, Brandied Baked Ham with Sugarcane Sauce, Funky Stuffed Oysters, and Chocolate Truffles are just a few of the recipes that will make your celebrations memorable. Emeril also makes a gift a lagniappe of his very favorite dishes such as Quail and Sausage Christmas Gumbo and Lobster Cheesecake. And there are the stocking stuffers gifts from the Creole kitchen including Emeril's Homemade Worcestershire Sauce, Buttercream Mints, and Cocoa Rum Balls. Filled with beautiful color photography to celebrate the season, Emeril's Creole Christmas will be a gift to give yourself as well as family and friends.

The holidays should be a time for fun and family, but the planning can be murderous. Let Emeril guide you through it in high Louisiana fashion. Equipped with New Orleans traditions and over 100 recipes, Emeril's Creole Christmas provides complete menus down to the shopping lists, for a Christmas Eve dinner, Christmas Day brunch, and New Year's Eve and Day suppers. Emeril likes a party and at the holidays he kicks it up a notch, with food that impresses and satisfies—Corn Cakes with Caviar, Brandied Baked Ham with Sugarcane Sauce, Funky Stuffed Oysters, and Chocolate Truffles are just a few of the recipes that will make your celebrations memorable. Emeril also makes a gift—a lagniappe—of his very favorite dishes such as Quail and Sausage Christmas Gumbo and Lobster Cheesecake. And there are the stocking stuffers—gifts from the Creole kitchen—including Emeril's Homemade Worcestershire Sauce, Buttercream Mints, and Cocoa Rum Balls. Filled with beautiful color photography to celebrate the season, Emeril's Creole Christmas will be a gift to give yourself as well as family and friends.

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Put a little BAM! in your holidays with Emeril's Creole Christmas. Emeril gives you menus, shopping lists, timetables, and, of course, recipes to create traditional New Orleans versions of Christmas Eve dinner, Christmas Day brunch, and New Year's Eve and New Year's Day suppers. Corn Cakes with Caviar, anyone? How about Sugarcane Baked Ham with Spiced Apples and Pears, or Banana Cream Pie with Caramel Drizzle and Chocolate Sauces? Emeril's Creole Christmas is a recipe for festive holiday celebrations, Creole style.