"In 1900 Madame Bi1/2gui1/2 wrote her recipes down in a French cook book collectors have always prized. The instructions assume a basic knowledge of cuisine: the measurements are often left to taste, temperature is relative, and cooking times left to the best judgment of the chef. It takes a few pages to realize much of the cookery takes place not on a stove, but over an open fire."-Don Spiro, Zelda: The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau

Originally published in 1900 from the handwritten notes of Mme. Bi1/2gui1/2 herself, this collection of dishes from a quintessential New Orleans...