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Cynthia Lejeune Nobles

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Cookbook editor for LSU Press. Freelancer and former columnist for the Baton Rouge/New Orleans Advocate. Member of Newcomb College Culinary History Writers Group. Certificate of boulangerie from le Cordon Bleu, Paris. BA from the University of New Orleans, American History. Member, Association of Food Journalists. Writing specialties: Food history, recipe development, developmental editing.

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	A Confederacy of Dunces Cookbook: Recipes from Ignatius J. Reilly's New Orleans 4.21 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Preserving Our Roots: My Journey to Save Seeds and Stories by John Coykendall, Christina Melton, Cynthia Lejeune Nobles (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.52 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Delta Queen Cookbook: The History and Recipes of the Legendary Steamboat 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fonville Winans Cookbook: Recipes and Photographs from a Louisiana Artist by Melinda Risch Winans (Goodreads Author), Cynthia Lejeune Nobles (Goodreads Author), John Folse (Foreword) 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jay Ducote’s Louisiana Outdoor Cooking by Jay Ducote, Cynthia Lejeune Nobles (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mémère's Country Creole Cookbook: Recipes and Memories from Louisiana's German Coast by Nancy Tregre Wilson, Cynthia Lejeune Nobles (Goodreads Author) (Series Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Celebrating with St. Joseph Altars: The History, Recipes, and Symbols of a New Orleans Tradition by Sandra Scalise Juneau, Cynthia Lejeune Nobles (Goodreads Author) (Series Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Southern Food & Beverage Museum Cookbook: Recipes from the Modern South by Elizabeth M. Williams (Goodreads Author), Maddie Hayes, Cynthia Lejeune Nobles (Goodreads Author) (series_editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.”
― W.C. Fields

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“All soul food is southern food, but not all southern food is soul food.”
― Cassandra Harrell, Soul Food Lovers' Cookbook

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“When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip”
― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

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“How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex?”
― Julia Child

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Goodreads Authors/Readers — 55903 members — last activity 5 hours, 5 min ago
This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more

Books and Food — 14 members — last activity Jul 10, 2016 05:23AM
This is that one club you can join that no one looks at you weird because you were salivating over food that either looks good or sounds good. Book-lo ...more

Foodie Fans (Fiction, Baking, & Cooking) — 183 members — last activity Jan 03, 2023 09:23PM
This group is for anyone who enjoys reading foodie books and/or baking and cooking.

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"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

What's Cookin' — 504 members — last activity Nov 12, 2018 04:37AM
This group is a place where people who enjoy cooking and all things "food" can come to discuss recipes, books, wine and food-related topics. Feel free ...more

Books for Cooks — 393 members — last activity Nov 12, 2018 04:43AM
Lets talk cookbooks, what do you like and what are your favorite books and chefs? What is your style of cooking??

Authors & Appetizers — 34 members — last activity May 07, 2015 08:40AM
Good food. Great books. The Goodreads group for the Authors & Appetizers blog. Authors share their FAV recipes and we review their books. Known as Aut ...more

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Here we can share our photos and come up with photography challenges! You can also share tips and ask for tips. :)

Fonville Winans, Photographer — 14 members — last activity Nov 06, 2017 05:55PM
For fans of the photographer Fonville Winans. Winans famously photographed Louisiana's Depression-era Cajuns, and in doing so documented a hardscrabbl ...more

Southern Grits — 8 members — last activity Sep 16, 2015 04:52PM
Welcome all Southern belle's to this site. Tell me your favorite books. And favorite sites in Savanah AGa and surrounding beautiful places. Islands, T ...more

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