Get the Pan Ready: Miss Celestine’s Louisiana Kitchen — 103 Old-Fashioned Creole & Southern Recipes

“Get the pan ready before you get yourself ready.”

Nobody in Miss Celestine’s family ever cooked from a book. Her grandmother measured flour with the palm of her hand. Her mother cooked everything “till it’s right.” That works fine when you are standing next to them, and it is no help at all once they are gone.

This book is that standing-next-to-them, written down. It holds 103 recipes from a Louisiana kitchen, each one with exact measures and a plain explanation of what is happening in the pan, so you understand it and never skip a step again.

What’s inside

• 103 recipes in 12 chapters: The Black Skillet · Rice and Beans · The Roux and the Big Pot · Smothered · Fridays (Fish and Seafood) · Sunday Dinner · On the Side · The Holiday Table · Pies and Cakes · Puddings, Cobblers and Candy · Mornings · Put Up and Pour
• A “Why” under every step, so you know the reason, not just the instruction
• “How You Know It Is Done” for every recipe: what it looks, smells and sounds like, plus thermometer temperatures where they matter
• “If It Went Wrong” for every recipe: the most common problems, what caused them and how to fix them next time
• Storage, reheating and make-ahead notes for every dish
• A Kitchen Basics section covering:
• caring for cast iron
• the trinity
• the colors of a roux, step by step
• perfect white rice
• cooking with salt meat and smoked turkey
• safe cooking temperatures
• Large, easy-to-read type, designed to be printed and used, grease spots and all

A few of the favorites: Skillet Cornbread, Monday Red Beans and Rice, Chicken and Sausage Gumbo, Shrimp Étouffée, Smothered Pork Chops, Baked Macaroni and Cheese, Cornbread Dressing, Pecan Pie made with cane syrup, Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce, and old-fashioned Pralines.

Format

Instant digital download: one PDF file, 414 pages, US Letter size (8.5 × 11 in). Read it on your tablet or computer, or print it at home or at a print shop. No physical book will be shipped.