A review by hyacinth_girl
Gumbo Life: Tales from the Roux Bayou by Ken Wells

3.0

This was a fun read and desperately made me want to go back to New Orleans. I enjoyed all the food talk and the history of gumbo but it felt like something was missing. Even though the Wells grew up in the area eating gumbo from the minute he was born, the writing felt a bit too reporter-y and near the end I noticed quite a few errors (which always bothers me, maybe more than it should). Overall I liked the book and it took me back to one of my favorite places on Earth.