My first cooking venture was during the summer of 1974 and I was 13 years old with not much to do but sit and watch TV all day. The local PBS station WYES in New Orleans would air the French Chef and then the Frugal Gourmet back to back around 10 or 11 am every morning. I […]
Entries Tagged as 'Recipes'
How an omelet changed my life
August 29th, 2008 · 18 Comments
Tags: Breakfast · Commentary · French Cuisine · Julia Child · Recipes
Beignets at Home
August 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on Beignets at Home
On a recent trip to The Tipsy Gourmet in Wake Forest we saw they had the Cafe du Monde Beignet Mix, and Ben said he wanted to have some beignets at home so we bought the box. This past Sunday (08/24/08) I took the box and prepared one batch of the mix which is 2 cups […]
Another Foodie Weekend Passed
August 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Another Foodie Weekend Passed
On Friday a met Monique for lunch at Firehouse Subs in the Brier Creek shopping area and we both got a sub, I got the new BBQ Smoked Brisket Sub and she got the Hook and Ladder Sub. Both were good, but not like a good ole messy Hot Roast Beef Po-Boy like in NOLA. […]
Tags: Food · Recipes · Restaurant Reviews
Battle of the Banana Breads
August 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Sunday we found ourselves with two bunches of over-ripe bananas and decided the best thing would be to make some banana bread. One bunch of the regular yellow variety and the other a bunch of the sweeter baby Costa Rica variety. Well, my all time favorite banana bread is a Coconut Banana Bread that I […]
