Coffee Rani Brownies
Coffee Rani is a charming neighborhood cafe in Covington and Mandeville Louisiana. They are known throughout the region for their...
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Salmorejo Cordobes, Cold tomato soup from Spain
Instead of the usual gazpacho, this is a thicker, creamier, but without cream, cold tomato soup. This style of cold...
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Casse Croute, Tunisian Spicy Tuna Sandwich
Casse-croute literally means a snack or a little food to eat between meals and is the Tunisian version of a...
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Cold Stuffed Tomatoes from Turkey
Outside of traveling and tasting throughout the Mediterranean region over the years, I learned much of what I know about...
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Cherry Clafoutis
Sometimes when I grow a little weary of fruit cobblers, I remember the cobbler’s cousin, clafoutis. A clafoutis is a...
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Hatch Chile Verde Stew
I call myself a locavore and I prefer for the majority of the foods I prepare and consume to be...
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Fig, Roasted Pecan, and Blue Cheese Salad
My friend Roma called the other day and told me that the figs on her tree were ripe. Then she...
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Redfish on the Half Shell
Redfish or red drum inhabit the Gulf of Mexico waters from Texas to Florida and are a favorite for grilling....
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Cucumber Cilantro Margarita
As the temperatures rise, I am always looking for solutions to beat the heat. Last year when I was visiting...
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Hartwood Lentil and Papaya Salad with Honey Lime...
Hartwood restaurant in Tulum combined the earthy flavors of lentils with the sweet and tart flavors of papaya, grapefruit and...
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Coffee Almond Ice Cream Cake with Dark Chocolate...
Another no cook recipe to add to my “turn off the stove ” series of summer recipes. This Coffee Almond...
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Turn off the stove!
Summertime in south Louisiana means porch sitting, floating down cool, lazy, Louisiana rivers, and inventing every possible way to avoid turning on the stove or the oven and heating up the kitchen. Sometimes I feel too hot to cook, but eating is always an option especially when you have access to summer produce. As the […]