I am happy to share another recipe from Brennan’s Restaurant. Everyone knows that the most famous dessert from Brennan’s is Bananas...

This is a side dish that works great with BBQ ribs. It also taste great on top of ice cream as a dessert. This is how this dish was used...

Tom Fitzmorris is a food critic in New Orleans. He host a radio show devoted to food on 1350am M-F 3 to 6 pm. This is an interesting...

This dish is what is known as a flourless chocolate cake. What most people don’t know is that Chef Warren Leruth started his career as a...

I recently discovered some interesting things that were my mother’s. They are a set of 8 dessert plates with 4 different Brennan’s...

Summer is here. Time for people to start thinking tropical. Whenever I think of the tropics, I think of coconut. Here is a recipe from my...

One of my favorite desserts is Key Lime Pie. I know that key limes are not a native New Orleans fruit. However, it is a perfect pie for...

Peanut Butter is onr of my favoite foods. Growing up, it was hard to keep in the house. Peanut Butter was eaten by the spoonfull. Here is...

In honor of Mother’s day, here is another of my mother’s recipes. This is a take on Cup custard, a one time favorite dessert in New...

Mr B’s Bistro has always been my favorite special occassion restaurant. Mr B’s opened in 1979. That August, I ate at Mr B’s before my...

This past weekend was the 42nd Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival. Ponchatoula, the Strawberry capital of the World, is a hour Northwest of...

Today is Valentine’s Day. When I think about dessert for a Valentine dinner, the first thing I think of is White Chocolate.  I have never...

To me , the ultimate chocolate was the Blackout Cake from the closed McKenzie’ bakeries. It was all the chocolate you would want and them...

This is the third different King Cake recipe that I have posted on my blog. Yesterday, 1/6/13 was the first day of Carnival. I wanted to...

Estelle was the mother of Chef Warren Leruth. This is one of the recipes from his cookbook Front Door Back Door Cookbook. It was not a...

Bread pudding is very popular in New Orleans restaurants. White Chocolate bread pudding was first seen at Palace Café, on Canal Street in...

This is the most popular dessery at Emeril’s restaurant. There are a few secrets necessary to make this pie successfully. First, the...

This recipe is from LeRuth’s Front Door/Back Door cookbook. It is one of two cookbooks, the other is a small 20th anniversary cookbook...

Here is a dessert that it very popular in New Orleans. Sweet Potatoes are often seen on tables around Louisiana. The popular sweet potato...

I know we are 5 months away from Mardi Gras but since my last post, many have asked for this recipe. My first memory of King Cake is one...