John Besh - Cookbooks

Cookbooks

Award winning cookbook author, Besh has written two books, My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking in 2011 and My New Orleans: The Cookbook in 2009. He was co-author of New Orleans Program: Eat, Exercise, and Enjoy Life, 2006 with David Newsome. My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking was nominated for the General Cooking Cookbook category of the 2012 James Beard Awards and received an International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Award in the Children, Youth and Family Category. In his cookbook, Besh invites us into his home and shows us how we can put good, fresh, healthy food on the table for our families every day. From organizing your kitchen and stocking your pantry to demystifying fish cookery, he shares his favorite recipes he cooks with his family every day.

My New Orleans: The Cookbook, is 16 chapters of culture, history, essay and insight, and pure goodness. Besh tells the story of his New Orleans by the season and by the dish. With over 200 New Orleans recipes, Besh spotlights New Orleans cooking like never before. It's the perfect blend of contemporary French techniques with indigenous Southern Louisiana products and know-how. From Mardi Gras, to the shrimp season, to the urban garden, to gumbo weather, boucherie (the season of the pig), and everything tasty in between.