Bananas Foster is a legendary New Orleans dessert made with warm bananas, brown sugar, brandy and banana liqueur served warm over vanilla ice cream.
Archives for October, 2008
Pimento cheese is eaten as an appetizer on crackers, as a sandwich and for making pimento cheeseburgers in South Carolina.
While I have devoted my life to the study and mastery of southern cooking, i have to admit that there is one northern cook whose culinary tallent leaves me in awe.
I really admire Martha Stewart. Here’s someone who has developed entertaining into a true art form, and managed to make a ton of money at [...]
It’s time for another episode of “Useless trivia I learned while looking up other stuff.” You’ll find everything from fun with Oreos to what the Japanese like on their pizza, so dig in.
Yeah, I left my old job ‘cause the boss lost his head one day…
The restaurant was invented by the French just after the [...]
I remember the day I bagged my last duck. It was a chilly October morning, a slight mist hanging in the morning air. I had dressed warmly, knowing I might have to wait for the perfect one. Settling down in a place I knew would provide a nice, fat mallard, I waited patiently. Suddenly, I [...]
Even experienced cooks write in to me that they are confused by the wide variety of flours found on grocers’ shelves. Now with the bread-baking craze, even more types and brands are being added each week. Certain types of flour are better for particular uses, so I’ll try to shed some light on the great [...]
For the crust:
1 3/4 cup unbleached all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons sugar
6 tablespoons cold butter
3/4 cup milk
For the filling:
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup unbleached aa[[ purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup water
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 quarts fresh strawberries, stemmed and cut in [...]
