The Cajun Cookin’ Bible: the Science of Everything Series

THIS BOOK IS NOT APOLOGIZING Cajun cooking is not delicate. It is not refined. It does not whisper. Cajun cookin’ is what happens when poor people, good ingredients, bad geography, aggressive weather, and stubborn pride decide to cooperate just enough to keep everyone fed. This is not cuisine born of choice. It is cuisine born of consequences. If you came to this book looking for “elevated Cajun,” “modern interpretations,” or “lightenedup classics,” you have misunderstood both Cajun people and the concept of survival. Cajun cooking does not want to be elevated. It wants to sit exactly where it is, sweat a little, and remind you that hunger is a very persuasive teacher. Cajun food exists because: • refrigeration was optional • refrigeration was unreliable • refrigeration was sometimes imaginary • and neighbors were judgmental This book is called The Cajun Cookin’ Bible not because Cajuns follow rules—but because they absolutely will judge you if you break the important ones and then pretend you didn’t.