Duck with Citrus and Red Onion

A second citrus recipe as we pack and prepare for a few weeks of visiting friends and family in Norway. While… [more]

Duck with Citrus and Red Onion Duck with Citrus and Red Onion

Fourth of July Round Up!

Happy belated 4th of July to all of you out there! We hope you all enjoyed the holiday with friends and… [more]

Fourth of July Round Up! Fourth of July Round Up!

Dolmades

If you live in New Orleans you have probably enjoyed lunch at one of Mona's Cafe's four locations. I'm… [more]

Dolmades Dolmades

Coffee & Honey Braised Pork Belly

by The Gourmet on September 12, 2012

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Recently I have had the great fortune of writing for Louisiana Cookin’ Magazine. Not only has it led to a variety of interesting research projects on the culinary roots of Louisiana and its inhabitants (perfect for this nerd), but it has also been a fantastic kitchen challenge. I have had fun developing recipes with simple ingredients such as peppers and citrus, but have also been challenged by coffee based recipes. As an avid and rather aggressive anti-coffee partisan, I do not have a whole lot of experience with the little beans. The bitter, jitter inducing juice does not agree with me or my hubby.

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Burnt Orange Caramel Ice Cream with Candied Pecans

August 4, 2012

Tweet Hi Friends! Here’s a lovely, rich ice cream to keep you busy while we bounce back from our two weeks in Norway. We’re a little worse for wear after a 48 hour return trip extravaganza, but we’ll be back next week with some more fresh, summery recipes so keep an eye out. Burnt Orange [...]

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Duck with Citrus and Red Onion

July 15, 2012
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Tweet A second citrus recipe as we pack and prepare for a few weeks of visiting friends and family in Norway. While I may have just said that I wanted to avoid duck and chicken dishes when experimenting with citrus, I gave in. There are only so many ways to cook meat and citrus, and [...]

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Fennel Citrus Salad

July 12, 2012
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Tweet This week we’ve been developing recipes based around citrus. It has been more of a challenge then anticipated, as I did not want to solely depend on desserts and sweets to fill in the blanks. At the same time, I wanted to avoid obvious choices such as Duck a l’Orange or Orange Glazed Chicken. [...]

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Fourth of July Round Up!

July 5, 2012

Tweet Happy belated 4th of July to all of you out there! We hope you all enjoyed the holiday with friends and family and took a few moments to reflect on what it means to be a part of this country. Here in New Orleans we celebrated the birth of our nations with food, games, [...]

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Dolmades

June 29, 2012
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Tweet If you live in New Orleans you have probably enjoyed lunch at one of Mona’s Cafe’s four locations. I’m especially a fan of their Mid City location on Banks Street, as it includes a small middle eastern grocery store, packed full of hard to find sundries. (As a side note, if you buy olive [...]

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Grilled Vegetable & Buttermilk Chicken Fettuccine

June 22, 2012
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Tweet Since our big move we’ve been grilling rather frequently. The combination of a quiet neighborhood and comfy porch has, despite the uncomfortable heat, lured us outside to man a punishingly hot grill. The previous owners of the house were even nice enough to leave us an immense gas grill, but we usually stick to [...]

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