A Confederacy of Dunces Cookbook: Recipes from Ignatius J. Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic and always the closely-guarded

and always the closely-guarded

From the James Beard Award-winning chef Ashley Christensen comes a bold and revelatory reinvention of Southern food

You'll find all the old-time flavors and textures embodied in such classic delights as black-eyed peas

James Beard award-winning author Adrian Miller vividly tells the stories of the African Americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs

to local favorites like the Shenandoah Apple Cake and Appalachian Pie with Ramps and Morels

A Confederacy of Dunces Cookbook: Recipes from Ignatius J. Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic and always the closely-guardedAuthor: Cynthia Lejeune Nobles In John Kennedy Toole's iconic novel, Ignatius J. Reilly is never short of opinions about food or far away from his next bite. Whether issuing gibes such as canned food is a perversion, or taking a break from his literary ambitions with an occasional cheese dip, this lover of Lucky Dogs, caf&eacute au lait, and wine cakes navigates 1960s New Orleans focused on gastronomical pursuits. For the novel's millions of fans,