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From the dilemma of deciding who gets the third and final beignet to the art of poaching ladders at Mardi Gras parades, the laugh-out-loud essays in Yat Wit: Chicken Gumbo for the New Orleans Soul celebrate the quirks and perks of life in the Big Easy. Among the essays is one that laments... read more

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Funny chapters include Lies that New Orleans Parents Tell Their Children, Beignet Gris-Gris, Souffle Sojourn, Isle Be There, and Everything I Needed to Know in Life I Learned at a Crawfish Boil.

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  • Vincent, the Flying Cockroach: Vincent reveals the secrets of eons-old tactics that roaches have perfected to bug the hell out of humans.
  • Ms. Emily Peaust: Answers tough etiquette questions like "how to eat a sloppy roast beef po-boy," how to poach ladders during parades," and "how important is a toilet on Mardi Gras Day?"
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  1. Yvonne Perret (Author)
  2. Yvonne Spear Perret

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