October Thrifty Week #2 ~ #3 Rockport and 1984 World's Fair

Rockport Collection: Fish, Game, Fine Art, published in 1986.  The book was a fund raiser for the Rockport ( Texas) Art Center, a non-profit community center that provides youth and adult art education in addition to their art collection. As can expected from the title, the recipes focus on fish and seafood - including shrimp, oysters and squid, plus game - pheasant, quail, duck, goose, dove, venison and rabbit . The recipes run the gamut from appetizers, soups, gumbos & chowders, salads and entrées.

Jambalaya (1984 World's Fair), published in 1984. The official cookbook of the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, the recipes were compiled by the Junior League of New Orleans.  The recipes lean heavily towards Creole cooking or are infused with the flavor of New Orleans. Of course seafood, especially crawfish, figure prominently in the entrées. There are also a surprising number of recipes featuring veal and duck. I think I may have found the perfect BBQ shrimp recipe among the pages!

The best BBQ shrimp I ate while living in New Orleans, was from Deanie's in Bucktown,  the same place I stopped in a few times a month to pick up cooked to-go crawfish from their seafood market located next door to the restaurant.