I had a major contribution from Olga on this recipe. I had not been able to do a good dough to make them. I had tried a number of things that I saw on line, but I couldn’t find a recipe that I could work with. This is where Olga’s recipe came to the rescue….

New Orleans is one of my favorite food cities. I love the spices and flavors. One classic food is crawfish. Here is one of my favorite treatments of this Big Easy Classic. I hope you like it.. 1 white onion, diced1/2 cup red bell pepper, diced1/2 cup green bell pepper, diced1/2 cup celery, diced8 ounces…

This dish is normally done with clams, but the salt content in them affects my BP so I used mussels. It’s a classic Italian treatment: wine, garlic, and Parmesan. Well, it was classic until I added chorizo and red pepper flakes (the traditional has Italian sausage). So briny, spicy creamy goodness. I hope you like…

Chocolate pie reminds me of a grandmother’s visit. You only see it in small towns nowadays; let’s face it, it’s not “gourmet,” but it could qualify as comfort food. It may have been our first experience with chocolate other than a candy bar. I did add some mint just to update it but kept it…

BBQ is one of America’s great gifts to the world, but let’s get one thing straight at the beginning: BBQ is not throwing meat on the backyard grill. BBQ is slow cooking over wood or hardwood charcoal. There are many styles of this type of cooking that I will cover in this article. Georgia –…