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Praline Sauce
This is the praline sauce recipe from LeRuth's restaurant. It was used on top of ice cream with pecans for the praline ice cream. It is a...

Tommy Centola
Sep 24, 20201 min read


Butterscotch Sauce
This week, I am sharing two dessert sauces. Today's is butterscotch. It is an ingredient in the second recipe this week. What is the...

Tommy Centola
Sep 21, 20201 min read


Cane Syrup Balsamic Glaze
Balsamic glaze is a reduction of balsamic vinegar and a sweetener. As I always like to use cane syrup wherever I can, I made a batch. I...

Tommy Centola
Sep 10, 20201 min read


Pesto Sauce from Cannon's Restaurant
This is one of my favorite sauces. You can toss it into spaghetti, top grilled meat, or mix it into reduced heavy cream to make a pesto...

Tommy Centola
Jun 25, 20201 min read


Lemon Sauce from Cannon's Restaurant
Time to reach into my collection for a couple of recipes from Cannon's restaurant. Today's is Lemon Sauce. It was used as an...

Tommy Centola
Jun 22, 20201 min read


Sun-dried Tomato Remoulade From Stephen & Martin's and Cannon's
This is the remoulade sauce that was used at Cannon's Uptown. It was used as a salad dressing and dipping sauce. It's a delicious...

Tommy Centola
Jun 11, 20201 min read


White Remoulade Sauce from Stephen & Martin's
I was cleaning out my office the other day and ran across two remoulade sauce recipes from Stephen & Martin's. One is a white version of...

Tommy Centola
Jun 8, 20201 min read


Dip for Seafood from Marcelle Bienvenu
Here is a great dip for any boiled seafood. It is a little more involved than the combo of Ketchup and mayo that my wife uses. 2 cups...

Tommy Centola
Apr 2, 20201 min read


Ponzu Dipping Sauce
Ponzu is a Japanese citrus-based sauce. You can buy bottles of it at your local store. This recipe is a dipping sauce great with fried...

Tommy Centola
Mar 5, 20201 min read


Steen's Cane Syrup Vinaigrette
I thought I would change things up this week by sharing a Vinaigrette recipe and a Dipping Sauce Recipe. Today's recipe is from Chef Cory...

Tommy Centola
Mar 2, 20201 min read


New Orleans Béchamel Sauce from The New Orleans Cookbook
The Béchamel sauce is one of the mother sauces, a base sauce that others are made from. This is a version that I have never tried before....

Tommy Centola
Dec 13, 20191 min read


Cream Horseradish Sauce from The New Orleans Cookbook
This week, I am diving into the cookbook written by Rima and Richard Collin, The New Orleans Cookbook. Specifically, I am looking at two...

Tommy Centola
Dec 9, 20191 min read


Bud's Broiler Hickory Smoked Sauce
The biggest difference between Cannon's and Bud's sauces is temperature. Cannon's was served cold, while Bud's is warm. They are both...

Tommy Centola
Nov 7, 20191 min read


Hickory Smoke Sauce
Recently on Facebook, my friend Jimmy Beninate was at Bud's Broiler ordering a #4 with Onions and Smoke Sauce. We commented that it is...

Tommy Centola
Nov 4, 20191 min read


Caesar Dressing
Did you know that the Caesar Salad and Dressing was created by an Italian immigrant working in Mexico? Here is the recipe from Cannon’s...

Tommy Centola
Aug 15, 20191 min read


Basil Pesto Mayonnaise from Gunther Preuss
I love Pesto. It is great on its own. and as an ingredient in sauces. Here, Chef Preuss adds the main Pesto flavors to mayonnaise. 1/2...

Tommy Centola
Jul 25, 20191 min read


Fresh Dill Mayonnaise from Gunther Preuss
These days, everyone is adding different flavors to everyday items, ie. Chipotle Ranch Dressing. This week, I found 2 examples of...

Tommy Centola
Jul 22, 20191 min read


Creole Orange Ham Glaze
I just finished an article on Hams for Christmas. This week, I will share tow of the ham glaze recipes. Creole Orange Glazed Ham 1...

Tommy Centola
Dec 3, 20181 min read


Blue Cheese Dressing
Blue Cheese is an ingredient that you either love or dislike. I am part of the second group. However, here is a homemade dressing for...

Tommy Centola
Sep 27, 20181 min read


Thousand Island Dressing
Why take the time to make a salad if you are going to top it with a bottled salad dressing. This week, I will share with you two homemade...

Tommy Centola
Sep 24, 20181 min read
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