A chronicle of John Coykendall's four-decade mission to preserve the farm heritage of rural southeastern Louisiana, drawn from more than eighty illustrated and handwritten journals of oral histories, recipes, and agricultural knowledge gathered from Washington Parish families since 1973.
Organized by season, the book follows Coykendall's annual pilgrimages to the region, highlighting staple crops, traditional agricultural practices, and recipes from the families who hosted him. Accompanied by drawings, journal pages, photographs, and over forty recipes, it captures the rhythms of daily life on farms and in kitchens across generations.
- John Coykendall, Author
- Christina Melton, Author
- Cynthia Lejeune Nobles, Editor
- Published in 2019
- Hardcover
- Published by LSU Press
- ISBN: 9780807170366
A chronicle of John Coykendall's four-decade mission to preserve the farm heritage of rural southeastern Louisiana, drawn from more than eighty illustrated and handwritten journals of oral histories, recipes, and agricultural knowledge gathered from Washington Parish families since 1973.
Organized by season, the book follows Coykendall's annual pilgrimages to the region, highlighting staple crops, traditional agricultural practices, and recipes from the families who hosted him. Accompanied by drawings, journal pages, photographs, and over forty recipes, it captures the rhythms of daily life on farms and in kitchens across generations.
- John Coykendall, Author
- Christina Melton, Author
- Cynthia Lejeune Nobles, Editor
- Published in 2019
- Hardcover
- Published by LSU Press
- ISBN: 9780807170366