When that cold nor’easter blew in from Lake Pontchartrain last night I got to thinking about chili.
Texas chili.
Texas Red to be precise.
I retired undefeated from the Texas chili wars over a decade ago. Back in the 90s, well before Top Chef became a thing, I organized a series of cooking competitions called Texas Top Cook. I would visit the best restaurants in Austin with an open letter to the cooks in the kitchen.
We featured Vaucresson’s Creole Cafe in our first video produced in April of 2024. Let us know what you think.
The Council For The Preservation Of The Po Boy Sandwich
A recipe for York Peppermint Patty cookies
You can’t freestyle if you want to achieve consistency in your baked goods.
There are rules and precepts that must be adhered to if you’re going to be successful.
2024 Big 9 Social and Pleasure Second Line
It’s the second installment of New Orleans Street Fashion; our new weekly segment devoted to covering the chic and fashionable people we spot on the streets of the best city in the US.
The backbone of my kitchen is homemade stock. It’s what makes the difference between a decent enough cook and a deadly serious one. If you’re willing to take the time to make homemade stock you can seriously up your game in the kitchen.
I make two basic stocks: Chicken and Pork. Beef stock is another beast entirely. Easy enough to make in a professional kitchen but quite a difficult road to walk down in a normal home kitchen.
While I also enjoy making chicken stock from time to time, this formula relates to pork stock.
2024 Prince of Wales Second Line
New feature y’all. New Orleans street fashion. Tell us what you think.
Louisiana is gravy country
Kentucky is gravy country.
Texas is gravy country.
As you traverse the upper end of the South, make your way down into Dixie and then head out west to the Great State, you’ll find dozens of regional variations on this simple, humble sauce. We pour it over our chicken fried steak, we fry up Jimmy Dean sausage and make a gravy that’s perfect for our biscuits; and a bowl of mashed potatoes served without gravy? That might just find the cook on the business end of a rusty shank. Gravy is serious business.
2024 Halloween Street Life In New Orleans
Scheduling a po boy lunch in downtown New Orleans on the first major Carnival weekend was not one of our more savvy moves. After circling through and around the Central Business District for a half hour we finally found a parking place. Somewhere near Lake Pontchartrain.
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