Synopses & Reviews
Mixing elegance with an island attitude, Louie's Backyard is an award-winning Key West, Florida restaurant famous for its fine food and relaxed oceanfront ambience. Lunch regulars say the Conch Fritters are the best in Key West, and dinner regulars praise the Conch Chowder. Everything is homemade in the restaurant, from the tangy Balsamic Vinaigrette to Louie's famous Key Lime Pie. The entrees are an artist's creation with the finest ingredients, from the Jerk-Rubbed, Free-Range Chicken Breast with Black Beans and Papaya Salsa to the Sauteed Key West Shrimp with Bacon, Mushrooms, and Stone-Ground Grits.
Louie's Backyard Cookbook not only contains the creative recipes of Executive Chef Doug Shook but also takes you to the edge of the sea with photos and stories that will make you feel the ocean's breeze. It is the next best thing to experiencing the islands themselves. This important addition to the Roadfood(TM) Cookbook series is sure to be a favorite with people in the Keys and throughout the country.
Synopsis
Key West is a world apart. People come for one reason or another and never want to leave. Ernest Hemingway, Robert Frost, and Jimmy Buffett are well known. Lesser known?except to Louie's regulars?are Phil Tenney, Doug Shook, Ben Harris, Darlene Ciulla, and others, all of whom call Louie's "our home and our family."
What marks the food at Louie's backyard is innovation. Chef Doug Shook likes to create new variations daily. "Inventing is the joy of cooking," he says, Which means the recipes in The Louie's Backyard Cookbook are the best of many recipes Shook has created over the years. They are for people who enjoy the entire process of creating a meal, from procuring the ingredients to making a handsome presentation of a finished dish.
The Louie's Backyard Cookbook contains not only 150 of Doug Shook's most creative recipes, but through photos and stories it takes you behind the scenes to learn about the restaurant and the Key West culture that lures people with its bauty and keeps them with its liberty. The Louie's Backyard Cookbook is the next best thing to experiencing the islands themselves.
Synopsis
Mixing elegance with an island attitude, Louie's Backyard is an award-winning Key West, Florida restaurant famous for its fine food and relaxed oceanfront ambience, and what marks the food at Louie's backyard is innovation.
Chef Doug Shook likes to create new variations daily. Inventing is the joy of cooking, he says, which means the recipes in?The Louie's Backyard Cookbook?are the best of many recipes Shook has created over the years. They are for people who enjoy the entire process of creating a meal, from procuring the ingredients to?making?a handsome presentation of a finished dish.
In this cookbook, you'll discover delicious dishes such as:
- Conch Fritters,
- Key Lime Pie,
- Jerk-Rubbed Free-Range Chicken Breast,
- Sauteed Key West Shrimp with Bacon and Stone-Ground Grits,
- Conch Chowder, and more
The Louie's Backyard Cookbook?contains not only 150 of Chef Shook's most creative recipes, but takes you behind the scenes through photos and stories to learn about the restaurant and the Key West culture that lures people with its beauty and keeps them with its liberty.
This cookbook is the next best thing to experiencing the islands themselves