I received an inquiry email from Shawn Holahan who was at Tulane University, New Orleans in the 1970’s and remembers dining at Nature’s Way Salad Shop, which at the time was located on Magazine Street in Uptown New Orleans. He did some searching online for their original Tahini Dressing recipe and found a blog post […]
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Tahini Dressing and Memory Lane
June 26th, 2017 · Comments Off on Tahini Dressing and Memory Lane
Tags: Dressings · Heritage · History
When The Saints Go Marching In…
February 8th, 2010 · 19 Comments
1 billion: Number of chicken wings consumed on Super Bowl Sunday.
Tags: Culture · Events · Heritage · History · Mardi Gras
King Cake & Twelfth Night
January 6th, 2010 · 23 Comments
This traditional King Cake recipe goes back to before the 1980’s and is a classic. It will yield 1 average 12 to 14-inch ring of King Cake. In the restaurant I would make a much larger batch that would yield 6 King Cakes this size.
Tags: Cajun · Desserts · Heritage · Holidays · Mardi Gras · Recipes
Welcome to Mardi Gras 2010
January 5th, 2010 · 25 Comments
It marks the day the wise men brought gifts to the Christ Child. By doing so they ‘revealed’ or ‘made known’ Jesus to the world as Lord and King. As the Mardi Gras season starts this year Fat Tuesday falls on February 16, 2010, always the day before Ash Wednesday, which is the beginning of Lent for fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church.
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