This is a simple tack on a traditional New Orleans recipe! All you need is a good french baguette to eat it with!

This Chicken and Smoked Sausage Gumbo, by John Besh, kept us warm on the high seas during our over-the-top Halloween Pirate Bash

Shrimp Po’ Boys. Prepare for droolage.

Blue Cheese Bread from La Boulangerie in New Orleans.

Baguettes with Andouille and Apple Compote– a Sweet and Savory Summer Hors D’oeuvre

Ginger ale makes a fun alternative to champagne at a six-year-old’s birthday party.

Shrimp and Andouille Sausage Jumbalaya with homemade shrimp stock

New Orleans Bacon Pralines

I was thrilled and honored to host the May Daring Cooks Challenge: Gumbo! Here’s the Chicken and Smoked Sausage Gumbo

Classic NOLA bread pudding with amaretto cream

Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies from Le Pavillon Hotel in New Orleans

Chocolate Bread Pudding with Two Chocolate Sauces

Hot and Smoky Red Beans and Rice, veggie style. It’s just not Mardi Gras without them!

Home from New Orleans for exactly one week, before succumbing to homemade beignets.

King Cake for Mardi Gras

Delicious King Cake for Mardi Gras and my first GIVEAWAY!

Chicken Sauce Piquant, a classic Cajun dish and a perfect example of one-pot cooking, and a recap of our recent jaunt to the Big Easy.

Cajun Red Beans and Rice just in time for Mardi Gras!

Celebrate Mardi Gras with a homemade King Cake!

Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce. Can’t make it to N’Awlins for brunch? This is the next best thing.

Gumbo is warm & spicy comfort food to satisfy your soul on cold January nights. Made healthier to also satisfy that New Year’s resolution.

This elegant bite was just one of the highs in our fantastic culinary vacation in New Orleans