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HEIRLOOMS OF THE GERMAN COAST

“I DID THIS FOR MY CHILDREN. I WANT IT TO BE THERE FOR THEM, TO KNOW THESE KINDS OF THINGS. IT WAS INVALUABLE FOR ME TO KNOW . . . WHERE WE CAME FROM.”
—NANCY TREGRE WILSON

IN THE SOUTH, meals are often inextricably linked to heritage and home, a trait that is (Louisiana State University Press, 2018), Nancy Tregre Wilson narrates each chapter and recipe with recollections of her family’s traditions at their home on Louisiana’s German Coast, or Côte des Allemandes.

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