LuLu’s Kitchen Cookbook Review With LuLu’s Perfect Peel and Eat Shrimp Recipe

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LuLu’s Kitchen: A Taste of the Gulf Coast Good Life

• By Lucy Buffett, Foreword by Jimmy Buffet
• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Life & Style (April 26, 2016)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1455566489
• ISBN-13: 978-1455566488
• Cover price $19.99
• Purchase on Amazon

About the author – Lucy Buffett is a restaurateur of the award winning, fun-loving LuLu’s which serves more than one million guests a year at two locations, one in Gulf Shores, Alabama and the other in Destin, Florida. Lucy has also been recognized for her tireless work on behalf of sustainability and the environment. However, the greatest passion of this self-proclaimed gypsy rebel and reluctant entrepreneur is cooking good food for the people she loves. LuLu’s Kitchen: A Taste of the Gulf Coast Good Life (formerly Crazy Sista Cooking) is her first cookbook and is full of recipes and stories that made her restaurant the famous destination it is today. You can find more information on Lucy at www.LucyBuffett.com  and you can follow her on Facebook and Twitter.

The chapters in this book include:

• How to Lulu
• Cocktail Hour
• In The Beginning
• Gumbo Love & Other Deep South Soups
• Sassy Salads
• Sandwiches & Such
• Perfect Sauces & Salad Dressings
• Sweet Things
• Child’s Play
• Life Is Good Grits
• Party Favors

The recipes in this book are all based on popular Gulf Coast dishes. Each chapter contains a listing of the recipes included in it, something I find very helpful when I am searching for something in particular. The recipes are easy to understand. Many include a personal story or anecdote on the dish and/or the author’s childhood memories. I didn’t see any exceptionally unusual ingredients, which means you should be able to get everything at your local grocery store. The cooking time is only included in the recipe, so you must read through the recipe to determine how long it will take to make. I would have found it a bit more helpful if it was listed individually at the top of the recipe as well, as I do often use prep and cooking time as one of the determining factors when I am trying to figure out if I have time to try a new dish. While many of the recipes are not accompanied by a photo of the dish, the book is chock full of color in the form of photos, clipart and formatting. I would have greatly preferred it had more photos of the dishes but can say it is a cheerful book to look at. This book would be a great fit for anyone that enjoys foods of the region or wants to learn more about preparing them.

Here’s a recipe from the cookbook.

LuLu’s Perfect Peel and Eat Shrimp

Excerpted from LuLu’s Kitchen: A Taste of The Gulf Coast Good Life (Grand Central Life & Style; April 2016) by Lucy Buffett

Recipe photo credit: Sara Essex

Makes: 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 ½ – 2 gallons water
• 1 cup LuLu’s Perfect Pepper Hot Sauce ™
• ¾ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 ½ cups liquid Zatarain’s ® crab and seafood boil
• 1 (3 ounce) bag Zatarain’s ® dry crab and seafood boil
• 5 bay leaves
• ½ cup LuLu’s Crazy Creola Seasoning ™
• ¼ cup salt
• 2 – 3 pounds larges headless shrimp with shells

Instructions

Combine all ingredients except shrimp in a large stockpot. Bring to a full rolling boil. Be prepared to have the spices “tickle” the back of your throat. Gesundheit!

Add shrimp. Cook for 2 minutes.

Turn off heat and cover for 1 minute. Drain shrimp in a colander and place a layer of ice on top to stop cooking process.

Allow to cool for at least 5 minutes. Drain and refrigerate. Serve with my Red Horseradish Sauce.