Author: Kevin Belton
Celebrate like they do in The Big Easy with Chef Kevin Belton's newest cookbook.
The spotlight in this third book from the star of New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton is on the festivals and celebrations of the Big Easy and surrounding areas. New Orleans is known as the Festival Capital of the World, hosting dozens of annual festivals that showcase the unique food and multicultural heritage of the city.
Kevin Belton's New Orleans Celebrations will be a smorgasbord of delicious creations from vibrant festivals like the French Market Creole Tomato Festival, Bastille Day F te, the Crescent City Blues and BBQ Festival, and more. Recipes include Ham Croquettes with Pear Pepper Jelly, Bacon and Barbecue Quiche, Crawfish Enchiladas and Creole Tomato, and Crawfish Macaroni and Cheese.
A nationally and internationally recognized chef and educator as well as the star of PBS/WYES's New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton, and now Kevin Belton's New Orleans Kitchen, Belton is known for his expertise in creating New Orleans cuisine and sharing the culture and culinary heritage of the greatest city in the world. He resides in New Orleans.
Rhonda Findley is the coauthor of several New Orleans-centric books, including 100 Greatest New Orleans Recipes of All Time. Her thirty-year culinary career includes professional restaurant management, radio broadcast, and freelance food writing. She lives in the Bywater-Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans.
About the Author
Belton, Kevin: - Kevin Belton, a teacher of the fundamentals of Louisiana cooking for over twenty years, is an instructor at the New Orleans School of Cooking and has been recognized as one of the top thirty Louisiana chefs by the American Culinary Federation. Belton explores the distinctive Creole food of New Orleans in his PBS cooking series, New Orleans Cooking with Kevin Belton. He has been a featured chef and guest on numerous food programs including Emeril Live, Ready . . . Set . . . Cook!, Live Love Lunch, Food Fighters, Taste of America, and Eating in the Bayou.Findley, Rhonda: - Rhonda Findley is the author of several New Orleans-centric books including the best-selling 100 Greatest New Orleans Recipes of All Time and New Orleans Unleashed. Her 30-year culinary career includes professional restaurant management, radio broadcast, and freelance food writing. She makes her home in the Bywater-Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans with her 9th Ward dogs, Presston, Reni, and Mr. Big Stuff.
