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Holiday Traditions, New and Old
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It’s that time of year again!
Time for delicious holiday foodstuffs? Nope. Time for incessantly repeating carols on retail PA systems? Nope. Time to panic? Maybe.
My friend Lori Luza just posted her Annual Holiday Pre-Rant. This is not the kind of thing people look forward to, is ( Read more... ) -
The Picayune’s Creole Cookbook
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Today we did some errands and, as usual, couldn’t stop ourselves from visiting Half Price Books. I was so pleased to pick up an actual treasure: The Picayune’s Creole Cook Book - Sesquicentennial Edition! It contains 150 years worth of recipes compiles from The Times Picayune, the ( Read more... ) -
King Cake Bonanza is ON!
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UPDATE: If it isn’t obvious, Carnival Season is over. It’s now Lent, so you should be depriving yourself. Try again next year!
Okay, I am now able to offer Homemade Authentic King Cakes to those of you living out of the Austin Area! If you are in Austin, of course, I can deliver ( Read more... ) -
Sookie Stackhouse novels: Has anyone read these?
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I don’t really expect anyone of my acquaintance to have read these things.
That being said, the author seems hugely successful. I was just curious because her vampires, fairies, and other creatures seem to inhabit a section of the country I’ve tried all my life to escape. If ( Read more... ) -
“Cajun” vs. Louisiana (vs. New Orleans)
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Wow - two posts in one day! I feel so opinionated. Yesterday I spoke in class for two minutes flat on what I thought was
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