An expatriate of New Orleans - and professional chef - who has lived in Los Angeles since her childhood, blogs about the journey from New Orleans to Los Angeles back to New Orleans, and points along the way.
Remembering Paul Prudhomme and Crawfish Cornbread Dressing
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New Orleans lost two towering figures this fall - legendary music producer and singer/songwriter, Allen Toussaint from the music world, and seminal American (...)
Braised oxtails are one of those French peasant dishes my mother used to make occasionally when I was a child. They are certainly worth the time and effort of (...)
Candied yams recipe: sweet potatoes in a series on sweet potatoes
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For years I kept away from candied yams in the kitchen, mostly because my few attempts at making them didn’t produce results anywhere near my Aunt Eura’s, the (...)
Five Easy Bites for Holiday Entertaining Part 3 – Gougères
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I can't think of many easy little bites that go better with Champagne than Gougères, a savory bite of choux paste (the same pastry used to make Profiteroles) (...)
Breakfast pasta with eggs bacon and sautéed onions
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I needed comfort food this weekend - you know, starchy, fatty, salty, chocked full of umami cheesy goodness comfort food - to get through these days, and (...)
A jar of Preserved Lemons used in Preserved Lemon Aioli help to ease my transition back into my daily life after a long road trip, and from the last days of (...)
There are three items you’ll find on almost every holiday table throughout the city of New Orleans. They are oysters, sweet potatoes and mirlitons. In fact, (...)
Moroccan spiced olives: easy appetizer for holiday entertaining
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Right before a holiday meal is no time for assembling fussy hors d'ouevre. Moroccan Spiced Olives is the first in a series of 5 very easy and champagne ready (...)
