Category: New Orleans

Pecan Candy (Pralines) Memories Recipe Included
Cooking, Food, Memoir, New Orleans, Recipes

Pecan Candy (Pralines) Memories Recipe Included

In New Orleans, we call it” Pecan Candy,” you may know of it as “Pralines,” but whatever you call it, … Continue reading Pecan Candy (Pralines) Memories Recipe Included

A Traditional New Orleans Monday Dinner is Red Beans & Rice: Recipe Included
Food, Memoir, New Orleans

A Traditional New Orleans Monday Dinner is Red Beans & Rice: Recipe Included

What I love about the history of cooking Red Beans and Rice is that is was about survival, making something taste good out of a little of nothing. You can feed a family of 4-6 people with one bag of red beans and the parts of meat what was known as throw away parts back in the days of slavery and segregation. Continue reading A Traditional New Orleans Monday Dinner is Red Beans & Rice: Recipe Included