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White Chocolate Cheesecake with Strawberry Sauce
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...

Tommy Centola
Feb 14, 20132 min read
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Sweet Potato Pancakes
Tomorrow is Mardi Gras. In other country’s such as Canada and the United Kingdon, it is also known as Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday. ...

Tommy Centola
Feb 11, 20131 min read
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Crawfish Cornbread from Marcelle Bienvenu
While looking for crawfish recipes, I stumbled across this one. Marcelle Bienvenu is known as the Queen of Cajun Cooking. Most New...

Tommy Centola
Feb 7, 20131 min read
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Crawfish Roban from Semolina’s
Gary Darling, Hans Limburg and Greg Reggio are know as the Taste Buds. Together they have developed Semolina’s restaurant as well as Zea’...

Tommy Centola
Feb 4, 20132 min read
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Cajun Mac and Cheese with Tasso
I just received my copy of the Food Network Magazine today. It is the cheese issue with a picture of Bacon Mac & Cheese on the cover....

Tommy Centola
Jan 31, 20132 min read
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MC KENZIES BLACKOUT CAKE
To me , the ultimate chocolate was the Blackout Cake from the closed McKenzie’ bakeries. It was all the chocolate you would want and them...

Tommy Centola
Jan 28, 20132 min read
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Andouille Corn Dogs from Emeril Lagasse
This weekend is the frist full weekend of parades in the city of New Orleans. When I think of food at a parade, I think of Corn Dogs and...

Tommy Centola
Jan 24, 20131 min read
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Creole Catfish
This dish I created as a Friday Lunch special at Cannon’s restaurant. We were looking for something that was not as heavy as the Catfish...

Tommy Centola
Jan 21, 20131 min read
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Crawfish Boulettes suggested by Jeff Allen
I was looking for ideas for my blog post. Since I was listening to the radio, I figured I would ask Jeff Allen what his favorite New...

Tommy Centola
Jan 17, 20132 min read
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LeRuth’s Barbeque Shrimp
Barbeque Shrimp is a dish found in many restaurants in New Orleans and every version is a little different form the other. Here is the...

Tommy Centola
Jan 14, 20131 min read
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Mona’s Real Italian Meatballs & Spaghetti
My sister-in-law Edna recently sent me a copy of one of my mother’s recipes. What was so special about it was that it is in my mon’s...

Tommy Centola
Jan 10, 20131 min read
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Easy to Make King Cake
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...

Tommy Centola
Jan 7, 20131 min read
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Oysters Bienville
A common appetizer on New Orleans restaurants are Oysters 2-2-2. This is a sampling of three different baked oysters. The first is...

Tommy Centola
Jan 3, 20132 min read
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Char Broiled Shrimp from Mike Centola
Lasst Friday night, my family go together to have our Christmas celebration. It was based around shucking oysters. But one of the dishes...

Tommy Centola
Dec 31, 20121 min read
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Christmas in New Orleans Part 2
I had a wonderful Christmas Day. I cooked Mac & Cheese and went to my sister-in-law Pam’s house. There we ate Roasted Turkey, Ham, Oyster...

Tommy Centola
Dec 27, 20122 min read
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Christmas in New Orleans
This is my first Christmas in New Orleans since we moved to Arkansas. After arriving Friday afternoon, we started our eating journey at...

Tommy Centola
Dec 24, 20122 min read
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Crab Muffins from Edna Centola
Edna is the wife of my brother, Ken. She is a wonderful cook. For years, she has been making my mother’s Cheesecake and Fudge Pie for...

Tommy Centola
Dec 20, 20121 min read
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Emeril’s Spicy Sugar Ham Glaze
I had purchased a spiral ham and used the glaze packet that came with it. It was ok but not the flavor I was looking for. So, when the...

Tommy Centola
Dec 17, 20121 min read
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P&J’s Garlic-Lemon Oysters
P&J Oysters are the oldest continously operating oyster house in America. Since 1876, P&J’s has been cultivating, harvesting, processing...

Tommy Centola
Dec 13, 20121 min read
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Estelle’s Pecan Pie from LeRuth’s Restaurant
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...

Tommy Centola
Dec 10, 20121 min read
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