Tease: Apricot Nectar Cake
I’ll be making an Apricot Nectar Cake tomorrow with my mom for the holiday weekend. Stay tuned…
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2017 – Tradition and Creativity
My mother prepared our family’s traditional New Year meal of cabbage and barbecued pork ribs this year. She’s not a fan of black-eyed peas, so we skipped them; and she didn’t feel like making cornbread after eating left-over Christmas dressing all week, so we had toasted New Orleans French bread with butter and garlic instead. Our… Read More 2017 – Tradition and Creativity
Fried Green Tomatoes
My mother grew up eating fried green tomatoes as a breakfast food alongside home-cured bacon and ham, but this Deep South classic can be found nowadays in the swankiest restaurants, often accompanied with top-shelf seafood sauces and elaborate presentations. I revisit this dish in a much humbler setting – my own little 7th ward kitchen – and with tomatoes picked… Read More Fried Green Tomatoes
Barbecued Chicken Thighs
My family loves a good barbecue. Bring on the meat, potato salad, beer and mixed drinks, and, of course, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly playing in the background. Barbecues are family time where I’m from, and we don’t take sauces and cooking techniques too seriously here, but I’ve lived in places where they’d as soon cut… Read More Barbecued Chicken Thighs
