Dupre comprises memoirs and recipes in new book
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Charmaine Dupre is pictured in her kitchen as she stirs in a pot. Dupre is the author of a new book Life Around the Table: Living the Spirit of Hospitality at Home and Abroad that can be purchased online or at Cottage Couture in Ville Platte. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
People of Cajun and Creole descent have a distinct joie de vivre that the enjoy sharing with people of other cultures. Charmaine Dupre, a Ville Platte native, encapsulated this enjoyment of life in a new book Life Around the Table: Living the Spirit of Hospitality at Home and Abroad. But, do not call it a cookbook.
“I didn’t want to write a cookbook per se because recipes done correctly in detail…
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