Browsing: Recipes

Chicken and Dumplings is a great example of just how  good poor folks’ food can be. It’s food of necessity, made when there are no coins in your pocket and made with what you might have in a sparce pantry.

French pot au feu and cassslutte come to mind as well, but perhaps the best example is French onion soup. When there is no stew meat to be had, nor a tough old chicken, a few onions, a left over bone to make stock from, can be turned into a wonderful, hearty soup, French onion soup. This soup dates from medieval times, but the modern version seems to have first been made in the mid-19th century.

French fries are a great American tradition, right? Nope, my friends, not so fast. French fries came to America via GIs…

Holidays stir me to think about recipes because hungry folks accompany gatherings this time of year. Recently, as I perused…

Jambalaya is one of my favorite things to cook when friends are coming over. It can be very good, if…

If you’re from the Magnolia State – it’s called dressing and it’s an essential turkey side dish at every Thanksgiving…

There was a revolution in how Americans prepared food just after the end of the Second World War. It was…

Charcuterie boards first became popular in 15th century France and have been on 5-star menus and served at swanky shindigs…

Is there anything more humble than the simple French fry? Every fast-food place has them, and there are a dozen…

It’s the time of year that I love to make jambalaya. Not only is it delicious, but if you take…

It’s been more than a year since I talked about my favorite pasta sauce of all time: Bolognaise. It’s a…

It’s no secret that people who eat more meals together tend to eat more fruits and vegetables and generally have…

Mississippi is home to about 7,000 dairy cows and 50 dairy farm families! And June Dairy Month allows us to…

April showers bring May flowers and Cinco de Mayo! On the fifth of May, Cinco de Mayo isn’t widely recognized…

A Gulf Coast seafood boil can be as simple or as complex as you would like to make it. You…

Like the fabulous Mississippi Gulf Coast beaches, no gumbo is exactly the same, and every executive chef, sous chef, chef…