Jon Laiche

Jon (aka Jerry) Laiche retired from teaching History, Religious Studies and Computer Studies in 2010. Since then, he has been reading and writing history. In 2014, he published a culinary history of colonial New Orleans, The Petticoat Rebellion. The work provides an insight into the origins of Creole Cuisine embedded in a retelling of the history of the founding of the city and the Louisiana colony.

Madame Langlois' Legacy is the continuation and completion of The Petticoat Rebellion. Containing many more chapters, as well as revisions to the original and the addition of a variety of new recipes, this work is part of a multiple media research project including 1718: A TriCentennial Memo and blogs to be found at www.tssi-no.com .

A native of New Orleans, he currently lives with his wife at Beltane Cottage surrounded by a couple of acres of gardens, groves, and lawns 30 miles north of New Orleans’ Lake Pontchartrain.