For those of you who want to make jambalaya, gumbo, or other Cajun favorites, look for two-inch okra in your local farmers' markets. Mid-to-late August is prime okra time here in the South, and you need to pick through the piles of fresh okra and get the smallest ones you can find. Large okra can ...
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I thought writing a cookbook was hard – then I discovered what it takes to shoot eleven cooking videos in one day! On Thursday, July 19th I had the opportunity to display my cooking skills for an eight hour video shoot with a young filmmaker named Juan Ossa, and his assistant, Natasha Yakimenko. How ...
An Ode to Onions
What is the very first thing you should do when you don't know what to cook? The answer is simple: chop an onion and sauté it in olive oil. 95% of my recipes have this as a first step. Honestly, I can’t count the number of times I’ve called my husband while I am stuck in traffic and said, ...
