The New Orleans Underground Gourmet: Where to find great meals in New Orleans for less than $3.75 and as little as 50¢

A wonderful pre-Internet restaurant guidebook, a perfect encapsulation of the dining situation in New Orleans circa 1973.The author is highly opinionated but open-minded, fussy but not without a sense of humor, and a touch gossipy but always fair-minded. He is a man who clearly loves eating and loves New Orleans cuisine, which he differentiates from both French and Cajun cuisine in a way that's easy for outsiders to understand but wouldn't make locals roll their eyes.