Are you amused by a bouche? Have you ever seen watermelons growing in a field. What a beautiful sight to see all those plump juicy spheres covering acres of farm land. Makes you want to jump out of the car and go grab one. When we were kids (I’m a twin and I use to [...]

All I can say is YUM! A little drizzle of truffle oil (optional) and you have a delicious appetizer. I don’t know about your grocery, but my grocery store carries so many different kinds of mushrooms it is hard to choose just one variety. There are the white button mushrooms (this recipe), black mushroom, chanterelle, [...]

Lots of people like hummus but not everyone likes Chickpeas! So for that reason, I make white bean hummus. I think the flavor is so much better than using chickpeas and the reason I do not like chickpeas/garbonza beans… all started on my honeymoon. Don’t you just love making things that you can simply throw everything [...]

A Delicious appetizer we had at Galatoires in New Orleans. I knew when I tasted this dish I would soon be trying my own version at home. (Picture is of the crepe we had that night.) Back in September on our Mother/daughter trip to New Orleans we had some of the most wonderful food I [...]

BBQ — Barbecue — Bar-B-Q Shrimp However you choose to spell BBQ, it still is not going to describe this dish. On our recent trip to new Orleans, my daughter, Alexis, and I took a cooking class at The New Orleans Cooking Experience. Chique Collier taught the class and I think this may be my [...]