Stir slow. Love hard. Never rush a roux.

They’ll guard your heart, watch your back, and ruin you for store-bought roux.

From the swamps of the Bayou Brotherhood Protectors comes a cookbook as smoky, slow-burning, and dangerous as the men and women who inspired it.

Twenty-two Cajun recipes from the members, lovers, and friends of the Bayou Brotherhood Protectors.

With nineteen more recipe delights from the family coffers of the intrepid authors Elle James and Paige Yancey, one simmering question remains:

Can you handle the heat?