Not going to lie, these would be THE BOMB as far as night watch food goes, and so I had intended them. Then night watch started early and never ended. We were planning to make a leisurely passage from Lake Pontchartrain to Dauphin Island off Mobile Bay, anchoring briefly before sundown at an interim barrier…
I had an overabundance of spaghetti squash last week which prompted me to find new uses for it other than as a pasta substitute. I came across a unique spaghetti squash cheese bread recipe. You can’t really call it a bread, even a flatbread; it has eggs but no flour. And using lots of cornstarch…
This is one of my best original concoctions to date, full stop. Truly delicious. We are in a strange and somewhat insulting weather pattern down here on the Gulf, with lows in the 40’s at night, but also hurricanes … kinda like having wrinkles and acne at the same time in life … just totally…
I’ve seen many variations of these cute little mummies this time of year. They are typically filled with cheese, similar to our Jalapeńo Pirate Popper recipe. But for a sophisticated variation I’m stuffing these with a grilled salmon/chipotle pepper/cream cheese mixture. I thought you could safely say these were meant for a more “mature” crowd.…
These are the perfect cookie for autumn on the Gulf Coast. We get a distinct change of seasons here — not least of all because there’s a noticeable arrival of cool air that the locals pray for as the end to hurricane season. And, particularly if you’ve lived in more New England-y climes, this meteorological shift…
We were recently asked to do a cooking demo for the Kadey Krogen Cruisers Rendezvous, an event that normally would have been held in person during the Annapolis Boat Show week. Since there were no boat shows this year, the event was held virtually on Zoom like most events are these days. There were 50+…
When we sailed into Santa Marta, Columbia, we had no idea what fantastic food would be there to great us. And we didn’t have to go far to look for it. Street vendors were everywhere, selling arepas and empanadas from their mobile stands by the beaches and sidewalks. Unlike my co-pirate’s Easy Empanadas that use…
Okra is a staple down here in Louisiana, and it’s super easy to grow — the plants are hearty and productive and if you harvest daily (which you must or you will have pods more suited to military than culinary applications) you will have a good pound a week from one plant. Of course, not…
When I saw this recipe on Serious Eats I immediately thought … “somebody visited the South.” It’s such a quintessential southern dish, and yet … I had to correct a few regional inconsistencies: grits don’t call for hifalutin’ cheese like Parmesan, kale is not a thing in the land of collards, and I’ve never heard…
I’m a little late with this post. Peaches are about to be replaced by persimmons in your supermarket, if they haven’t already. But this is a solid pound cake recipe, so substituting any firm tree fruit such as pears or apples will work well. And of course a rum glaze is oh-so yummy on pretty…