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Finger Food Friday: Roast Beef Poor Boy Dip
Roast Beef Poor Boy Dip Trust me on this quirky and casual reinterpretation of the classic New Orleans roast beef poor boy. I know it sounds weird and may even look a little off (there’s no French...
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Finger Food Friday: Rosemary and Smoked Gouda Pumpernickel Pull Bread
Rosemary and Smoked Gouda Pumpernickel Pull Bread I never met a loaf of bread I didn’t like. That’s probably because I grew up in a City whose good eating depends on it. The poor boy and muffuletta,...
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Finger Food Friday: Chicken and Andouille Cocktail Meatballs
Chicken and Andouille Cocktail Meatballs I’ve been under the weather this week and yearning for a big bowl of warm, soothing spicy gumbo. I just couldn’t fine the time or energy to pull it together....
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Finger Food Friday: Fiery Chipotle Shrimp
Fiery Chipotle Shrimp In New Orleans, we love our hot sauce. The trinity of top local brands includes Tabasco, Crystal and Louisiana Hot Sauce. Each has a loyal following. My dad’s dad Beau, for...
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Mid-City Meatloaf
Meatloaf Remember last week when I was talking about brown gravy and how I used to resort to the store-bought stuff when I didn’t have any pan drippings to work with and before I discovered beef base?...
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Roast Beef
Roast Beef When I prepare roast beef, I start with the largest chuck roast I can find. I look for a six or seven pounder. If I can’t get my hands on one that size, I buy two smaller roasts that total...
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Finger Food Friday: Fried Oysters
Fried Oysters In New Orleans, dining out on Friday nights during Lent at any restaurant that serves seafood is, for lack of a better term, a sport. That’s because the crowds are large, the waits are...
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Finger Food Friday: Fried Soft-Shell Crab Poor Boys
Fried Soft-Shell Crab Poor Boy The hubby and I have been together almost 20 years (I was really, really young when we starting dating. Wink! Wink!). And while we’re not the perfect couple, we do pride...
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Fried Shrimp
Fried Shrimp After posting my Boiled Shrimp recipe, one of my devoted readers reached out to me via Twitter asking me to please share my Fried Shrimp secrets with her. I’m so glad she did because I...
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Finger Food Friday: Roast Beef and Swiss Sliders
Roast Beef and Swiss Sliders Growing up, one of my favorite poor boys was a four napkin roast beef and Swiss dressed. Four napkins, because that’s what it took to wipe the gravy trails from my...
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