The creators of the nation's number one best-selling community cookbook series welcome you to celebrate all of life's ordinary and extraordinary occasions. Warm Welcomes includes 48 inspiring menus and over 300 new and innovative recipes from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where we celebrate life through our cooking and our culinary history is legendary.

This community cookbook with over 1.2 million copies sold is considered by most to be the textbook of Louisiana cuisine. Cajun, Creole, and Deep South flavors are richly preserved in authentic gumbos, jambalayas, courts-bouillons, pralines, and more. Inducted into the McIlhenny Hall of Fame, an award given for book sales that exceed 100,000 copies

While an ex-con sets out to exact revenge against his former wife for her role in his imprisonment, a woman in Florida is convinced by a seductive stranger to quit her dead-end job in order to pursue a more exciting life.

Welcome to a second helping of the dishes that reflect Louisiana's love affair with food. Full of flavor from the Cajun-Creole region, River Road Recipes II serves up more traditional recipes from the Junior League of Baton Rouge, making Creole cooking simple for everyone. Recipes, which come from homemakers and chefs alike, include Seafood Gumbo, Quick and Delicious Jambalaya, Shrimp and Corn Soup, Grillades and Grits (a traditional Louisiana Sunday Brunch), and Bourbon Peach Pie!