Food is powerful. When we sit down with someone and break bread, it is a spiritual experience as well as a physical act of satiating an appetite. For the first time ever, I am sharing some of my most treasured recipes, some come from my family in Louisiana, passed down for generations. Others, I have created myself or found and tweaked to my own satisfaction. Several are my old stand-bys for church dinners and Sweet Sundays. Whatever the case, they are all delicious In this book I will share my recipes (and fun anecdotes) for: Louisiana Gumbo Apricot Chicken Chocolate, Raspberry Shortbread Bars Paprika Chicken Chewy Toffee Cookies Jambalaya German Chocolate Cookies Beef Stew Sweet Potato Pudding Creole Green Beans Okra and Tomato Stew Lazy Apple Pie Creole Red Beans and Rice And much more