The cooking of eastern Louisiana lends authenticity to many scenes in True Blood. This book celebrates the Bayou country cooking served up at Merlotte's and in the home kitchens of the show's characters, rounded out with drinks from Fangtasia and with a few maenad feasts. The book includes 82 recipes true to the cooking of the region and, whenever possible, relevant to the food and drinks seen in the episodes (examples: Gran's Pecan Pie, Cajun-style ‘Eggs' Benedict, Alcide's Breakfast Hash).
All recipes are introduced by headnotes (written in the voice of the cast character to whom the recipe is attributed) and gathered into 3 chapters, each introduced by a chapter intro (written in the different characters' voices). The book opens with a main introduction (in Sookie's voice) and approximately 25 sidebars run throughout, featuring ‘recipes' and relevant quotes (such as babyvamp Jessica's musings about not cooking, from her blog on HBO's homepage).
