You may have seen, heard or read in the news yesterday and today about the recent reported cases of salmonella outbreaks related to tomato consumption, specifically to the plum or Roma and round tomato varieties. Food safety is always a concern as there are many parts to the food chain with each link as equally […]
Entries from June 2008
Tomato recall and another food borne illness outbreak!
June 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Tomato recall and another food borne illness outbreak!
Tags: Commentary · Food · In the News · Produce
Potato Salad ~ Momom Boudreaux Style
June 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on Potato Salad ~ Momom Boudreaux Style
On a recent trip back to New Orleans last month I decided it was time to capture and document some of the ole family recipes which were a part of the traditional fare during holiday reunions. My late grandmother Sadie Boudreaux, more affectionately known as Momom made a great potato salad and was always a […]
Tags: Food · Heritage · Recipes · Salads · Traditions
Food On Television
June 5th, 2008 · Comments Off on Food On Television
The other night Monique and I were just surfing the channels and I ran across the show Good Eats with Alton Brown on the Food Network, and there were two shows back to back, the first one covered Puff Pastry Dough and the second installment was all about Pâte à choux. Both shows were very informative and refresher courses if you will, reminding me of the ole culinary arts pastry classes I had taken during my culinary apprenticeship back in 1984.
Tags: Commentary · Food · Heritage · Julia Child · Pastry · Television
Columns Hotel Dinner Specials – Part II
June 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on Columns Hotel Dinner Specials – Part II
Well I finally documented all the dinner special menu items including appetizers and entrees from the Columns Hotel during my 2 year stint there and the chefs were creative in their style and use of ingredients, some sauce preparations are shared between various items such as rabbit, chicken breast, veal and sweetbreads being the primary […]
Tags: Appetizers · Columns Hotel · Entrees · Menus
