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Entries Tagged as 'Holidays'

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.

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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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Tags: Cajun · Creole · Culture · Events · Heritage · History · Holidays · Mardi Gras · Traditions · Travel

Cabbage Rolls

January 4th, 2010 · 23 Comments

…we set out to make our cabbage roll stuffing with some Italian sausage, which contains ground pork, and stuffed inside the cabbage, this combines two of the required ingredients.

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Tags: Entrees · Holidays · Recipes

Pizza Hand Made

December 30th, 2009 · 19 Comments

If you want that crisp, restaurant-quality pizza crust in your own home, cook your pizza on a pizza stone. A pizza peel is a handy tool, too, for transferring your pizzas to and from the oven. A Pizza Stone and Peel Set is inexpensive and adds professional pizzazz to the pizza making event.

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Tags: Entrees · Holidays · Italian · Recipes