Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou

Martin, Melissa M.

A female Cajun chef and a fresh voice in the culinary world shares the unique and compelling recipes, customs, and stories of her homeland—a disappearing land in the Louisiana bayou—to capture this way of life and its food before it is lost to the gulf forever.

An NPR Best Book of the Year

A Saveur, Washington Post, and Garden & Gun Best Cookbook of the Year

A Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Eater, Epicurious, and The Splendid Table Best New Cookbook

Long-Listed for The Art of Eating Prize for Best Food Book of 2021

“Sometimes you find a restaurant cookbook that pulls you out of your cooking rut without frustrating you with miles long ingredient lists and tricky techniques. Mosquito Supper Club is one such book. . . . In a quarantine pinch, boxed broth, frozen shrimp, rice, beans, and spices will go far when cooking from this book.”
—Epicurious, The 10 Restaurant Cookbooks to Buy Now

“Martin shares the history, traditions, and customs surrounding Cajun cuisine and offers a tantalizing slew of classic dishes.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review