Granny's Melting Pot

Mae T. Adams offers some of her favorite dishes with some recipes dating back 200 years. She is a native of New Orleans and has been influenced by many cooking cultures from several nationalities. German, French, Creole, Italian, and Cajun create the cooking structure of this book. Adams is of German and Irish ancestry, and she married a man of Italian-Cajun, French ancestry. She has two wonderful sons, and three grandsons, thus making her family an assortment of nationalities. Hence the name Granny's Melting Pot, which truly describes her family.

With over a 100 recipes within this book these are just a few:

Dirty Rice or Cajun Dressing - Italian Chicken Spaghetti Casserole -Alligator Sauce Piquant - Old Fashion Italian Meat balls and Spaghetti- Creole Red Rice-Jambalaya - Cajun Green Beans - Chicken and Sausage Gumbo - touffe - Hot Crab and Cheese Dip - Italian Zucchini Casserole - Shrimp Fettuccine - Crawfish Pie - Shrimp Pie - Stuffed Green Peppers - Honey BBQ Chicken - Eggplant Parmesan.