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Cajun Country Bibliography 2011 Southern Foodways Alliance Field Trip Cajun Country Bibliography 2011 Southern Foodways Alliance Field Trip Books and Articles (Academic journal articles are available through www.jstor.org. Newspaper and magazine articles are available online through the websites of their respective publications.) Anderson, Brett. “Hawk’s: The Chez Panisse of Boiling Pots?” The Times-Picayune, March 21, 2008. ----. “Cajun Food Has Long Enjoyed a Complicated Relationship with New Orleans Cuisine.” The Times-Picayune. April 18, 2010. Ancelet, Barry Jean. Cajun Country (Folklife in the South Series). University Press of Mississippi, 1991. ----. “Zydeco/Zarico: Beans, Blues and Beyond.” Black Music Research Journal 8:1 (1988), 33–49. ----. “A Perspective on Teaching the ‘Problem Language’ in Louisiana.” The French Review 61:3 (1988), 345–356. Bernard, Shane K. The Cajuns: Americanization of a People. University Press of Mississippi, 2003. Bernard, Shane K., and McIlhenny, Paul C.P. Tabasco: An Illustrated History. University Press of Mississippi, 2007. Bienvenu, Marcelle. Who’s Your Mama, Are You Catholic, and Can You Make a Roux? A Cajun/Creole Family Album Cookbook. Times of Acadiana Press, 1991. (Now in its fourth edition from Acadian House Publishing, 2006.) Bienvenu, Marcelle, Brasseaux, Carl A., and Brasseaux, Ryan A. Stir the Pot: The History of Cajun Cuisine. Hippocrene Books, 2005. Brasseaux, Carl A. Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People 1803–1877. University Press of Mississippi, 1992. ----. (With photographs by Philip Gould.) Acadiana: Louisiana’s Historic Cajun Country. Louisiana State University Press, 2011. Bruce, Clint, and Gipson, Jennifer. Cajun French Dictionary and Phrasebook. Hippocrene Books, 2002. Coen, Chere. “The French Press.” Country Roads, April 2010. Cajun Country Bibliography 2011 Southern Foodways Alliance Field Trip p. 1 Dore, Eula Mae, and Bienvenu, Marcelle. Eula Mae’s Cajun Kitchen: Cooking Through the Seasons on Avery Island. Harvard Common Press, 2002. Dubois, Sylvie, and Horvath, Barbara. “Creoles and Cajuns: A Portrait in Black and White.” American Speech 78:2 (2003), 192–207. Emoff, Ron. “A Cajun Poetics of Loss and Longing.” Ethnomusicology 42:2 (1998), 283–301. Follett, Richard J. Sugar Masters: Planters and Slaves in Louisiana’s Cane World, 1820-1860. Louisiana State University Press, 2005. Folse, John D. The Encyclopedia of Cajun and Creole Cuisine. Chef John Folse & Company Publishing, 2004. Fontenot, Nicole Denée. Cooking with Cajun Women: Recipes and Remembrances from South Louisiana Kitchens. Hippocrene Books, 2002. Fry, Macon, and Posner, Julie. Cajun Country Guide. Pelican Publishing Company, 1999 (2nd edition). Gaudet, Marcia, and McDonald, James C., eds. Mardi Gras, Gumbo, and Zydeco: Readings in Louisiana Culture. University Press of Mississippi, 2003. Gault, LeAnne. “Q&A with Chef Donald Link.” 2008. (Available at www.vikingrange.com) Gutierrez, C. Paige. Cajun Foodways. University Press of Mississippi, 1992. Link, Donald, and Disbrowe, Paula. Real Cajun: Rustic Home Cooking from Donald Link’s Louisiana. Clarkson Potter, 2009. Mattern, Mark. “Let the Good Times Unroll: Music and Race Relations in Southwest Louisiana.” Black Music Research Journal 17:2 (1997), 159–168. Mintz, Sidney. Sugar and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History. Viking Penguin, 1985. Pitre, Glen. The Crawfish Book. University Press of Mississippi, 1993. Prudhomme, Paul. The Prudhomme Family Cookbook: Old-Time Louisiana Recipes by the Eleven Prudhomme Brothers and Sisters and Chef Paul Prudhomme. William Morrow and Company, 1987. ----. Chef Paul Prudhomme’s Louisiana Kitchen. William Morrow and Company, 1984. Read, Mimi. “Real Cajun Food, from Swamp to City.” The New York Times, January 20, 2009. Roahen, Sara. “Adventures of a Boudin Junkie.” Garden & Gun, February/March 2009. Cajun Country Bibliography 2011 Southern Foodways Alliance Field Trip p. 2 Schweid, Richard. Hot Peppers: the Story of Cajuns and Capsicum. UNC Press, 1999. Stivale, Charles J. “‘Spaces of Affect’: Versions and Visions of Cajun Cultural History. South Central Review 11:4 (1994), 15–25. Vidrine, Malcolm F. The Cajun Prairie: A Natural History. Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society, 2010. Walls, Jerry G. Crawfishes of Louisiana. Louisiana State University Press, 2009. *** Films (Available for streaming on www.folkstreams.net unless otherwise noted) Blank, Les. J’ai Été au Bal (I Went to the Dance). 84 minutes, color. 1989. (Available from Flower Films, www.lesblank.com.) ----. Hot Pepper. 54 minutes, color. 1973. (Available from Flower Films, www.lesblank.com.) Blank, Les, and Gosling, Maureen. Dry Wood. 37 minutes, color. 1973. Bohl, Allison, and Castille, Connie. Raised on Rice and Gravy. 30 minutes, color. 2008. (Available from www.store.documentarychannel.com. Trailer online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=jseMhRhrBUA) Lomax, Alan. Cajun Country. 56 minutes, color. 1991. Mire, Pat. Dance for a Chicken: The Cajun Mardi Gras. 56 minutes, color. 1993. *** Music Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin. La Musique Creole. Arhoolie, 1996. Amede Ardoin. Mama I’ll Be Long Gone: The Complete Recordings of Amede Ardoin, 1929–1934. Tompkins Square, 2011. The Balfa Brothers. The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music. Swallow, 1994. Cedric Watson et Bijou Créole. L’Ésprit Créole. Valcour, 2010. ----. Cedric Watson. Valcour, 2008. Clifton Chenier. The Best of Clifton Chenier. Arhoolie, 2003. Cajun Country Bibliography 2011 Southern Foodways Alliance Field Trip p. 3 ----. Bogalusa Boogie. Arhoolie, 1993. ----. Bayou Blues. Specialty, 1989. Feufollet. Cow Island Hop. Valcour, 2008. ----. Belle Louisiane. Louisiana Red Hot, 2002. ----. La Bande Feufollet. Swallow, 1999. Lost Bayou Ramblers. Vermilionaire. Bayou Perdu, 2008. ----. Live a la Blue Moon. Swallow, 2007. Pine Leaf Boys. Back Home. Valcour, 2010. ----. Blues de Musicien. Arhoolie, 2007. Red Stick Ramblers. My Suitcase is Always Packed. Sugarhill, 2009. ----. Made in the Shade. Sugarhill, 2007. Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys. Best of Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys. Rounder, 2008. Various Artists. Allons Boire un Coup: A Collection of Cajun and Creole Drinking Songs. Valcour, 2006. *** Online Resources “The Boudin Link,” www.boudinlink.com The International Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana. http://www.ricefestival.com/ “Lunch Houses of Acadiana.” A Southern Foodways Alliance Documentary Project [in progress]. Photographs available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/southernfoodwaysalliance/collections/72157626408220027/. Oral histories coming soon. “The Southern Boudin Trail.” A Southern Foodways Alliance Documentary Project. http://www.southernboudintrail.com/ “The Southern Gumbo Trail.” A Southern Foodways Alliance Documentary Project. http://www.southerngumbotrail.com/ Cajun Country Bibliography 2011 Southern Foodways Alliance Field Trip p. 4 .
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