Review: Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2012
The Man Cave Mardi Gras Cookbook: More Than 50 Awesome Mardi Gras Recipesis the latest from Matt Thompson, author of the Mancave series of Kindle cookbooks.  Matt has gathered together a very nice selection of recipes specifically from New Orleans and the surrounding area that will allow almost anyone to throw a Mardi Gras party at almost the drop of a pin.  BTW, today is Mardi Gras, at least for those who do not have to work tomorrow.  If you are not among them, then just skip the extensive section of Mardi Gras beverages, everything from Hurricane Punch to traditional Mint Juleps, with a whole lot in between.Matt does sometimes (not all or even most) use a mix or canned product rather than one made from scratch, but not so often as to become assembly rather than cooking. I am particularly enamored of his recipe for Muffuletta Dip - various olives, pepperoncini, a couple of kinds of cheese and some fresh veg chopped small, marinated overnight and served up with crostini.  Matt says you can store leftovers for about 5 days, but I wouldn't have any leftovers of this one - at least not past breakfast the day after.The author has done a very good job with the formatting.  I particularly liked that he thought to include an individual link to each and every recipe as part of the Table of Contents and was thoughtful enough to place a link back to the Table of Contents following each recipe.  Now, if he had only thought to make that Table of Contents show up in the Kindle navigation menu I would be a very happy camper!You'll want to add this one to your shelf.