Creole Gumbo and All That Jazz: A New Orleans Seafood Cookbook

Howard Mitcham's Creole Gumbo and All That Jazz is not merely a cookbook. Instead, it synthesizes New Orleans' culinary and cultural tradition into a collection that becomes a musing on the intersection between music, race, memory, and history.

Take it from Anthony Bourdain, who remarked: "Hugely influential for me and my budding culinary peers of the time . . . both [Mitcham] and his books were fascinating depositories of recipes, recollections, history, folklore and illustrations, drawing on his abiding love for humble, working-class ethnic food of the area."

This book is perfect for those seeking a lesson inside the kitchen and beyond.