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Rien Fertel

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OrderedDict([('@textformat', '02'), ('#text', 'Rien Fertel is a Louisiana-born and based writer, historian, and teacher. He grew up in his family’s chain of restaurants across the country, and, after graduating from college, ran a grocery-deli in downtown New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina exiled him to New York, where he started writing about food. His work has appeared in Oxford American, Garden & Gun, Southern Living, Spirit, Saveur, The Local Palate, and many other publications. He holds a PhD in History, teaches in New Orleans, and divides his time between the banks of the Mississippi River and a 100-plus year old church in St. Martinville, Louisiana.')])

Rien Fertel Books

Brown Pelican book cover

Brown Pelican

Rien Fertel
The One True Barbecue book cover

The One True Barbecue

Rien Fertel
Imagining the Creole City book cover

Imagining the Creole City

Rien Fertel
The Larder book cover

The Larder

Andrew Warnes
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