Johnny Cace's Cace Family Cookbook

Page by page, unearth a collection of multi-generational recipes, the memories surrounding them, and the legend that started it all. During its years of serving the best Creole cooking this side of New Orleans, Johnny Cace’s Seafood & Steak House has established itself as an East Texas staple since 1949. In 2016, Cathy and Chelsea Cace reinvigorated the inheritance of hospitality and the gift of preparing delicious seafood with Cace’s kitchen, a casual eatery, a ‘grab and go’ distributor, and a catering service. In this new cookbook, Cace’s owners, Cathy and Chelsea, share tried and true recipes that have delighted taste buds in their homes and restaurants. An added plus is the story of Johnny’s life!

Johnny Cace’s Seafood and Steak House opened in Longview, Texas, in 1949 as the first fine dining restaurant in the region, and over the years it became a beloved local institution for its wide variety of scratchmade Cajun classics. Johnny passed the restaurant down to his son Gerard, who in turn passed it to his wife Cathy, who ran it with their daughter Chelsea until it unfortunately closed its doors in 2015. But that wasn’t the end of the story: the Cace’s family recipes were so beloved that, at the urging of longtime regulars, Cathy and Chelsea opened Cace’s Kitchen in 2017, serving up the restaurant’s greatest hits and keeping their family recipes alive.