Meanwhile, Back at Café Du Monde . . .: Life Stories about Food
 "Marking the 150th Anniversary of Café Du Monde, the southern cookbook of Peggy Sweeney-McDonald is a humorous and heartfelt compilation of personal food essays accompanied by tasty recipes and candid photographs." -Southern Seasons Magazine "With the Super Bowl being held in New Orleans on Feb 3rd, there is no better time to pick up a copy of this book and sink back into these amusing tales .  Then, cook up a few of these Louisiana recipes and see what memories they help you create." -Texas Home and Living Magazine"The stories in Meanwhile Back at Café Du Monde on the surface are amusing and uplifting, but they contain so much more depth. They explain a society that uses food for much more than simply eating. Americans use food for comfort, hope, escape and symbolism." - Okra Magazine"A Louisiana native turns a conversation into a popular, standup play and now a new book with some amazing recipes." - Chili Pepper Magazine"We eat, drink, and tell the tales of our lives, our loves, our hopes, and our dreams. Sweeney McDonald has hit on the fabulous idea of putting that experience between the covers of a beautiful, glossy coffee table book. Actually, it feels weird to call it a coffee table book. It's certainly visually sumptuous--courtesy of photographer Troy--but we rarely read coffee table books. We just think of them more as decorative objects d'art--and this is a book that deserves to be read"  -Sam Bernstein, West Hollywood News