Monthly Archives: November 2015

Ruth’s Chris Special Sweet Potato Casserole

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Are you looking for a sweet potato recipe for Thanksgiving? I recommend Ruth’s Chris Special Sweet Potato Casserole. It is a traditional Louisiana recipe with a praline topping and a filling made with fresh baked sweet potatoes. The rich, creamy filling includes a special ingredient. It is served in Ruth’s Chris Steak House restaurants around the world.Ruths Chris Special Sweet Potato Casserole - 4 - IMG_6222

The recipe is from Ruth Fertel. She is the original owner of Ruth’s Chris Steak House, an upscale restaurant in New Orleans which is now a world-wide chain. That is an interesting story itself. Continue reading →

Chicken Noodle Soup with Root Vegetables

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Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup is soothing to the soul and body. My soup is healthy, too, full of aromatic root vegetables—carrots, sweet potatoes, parsnips, rutabaga and onions–available in autumn.  I’m taking the easy route to making the home-cooked broth by using rotisserie chickens; these will make a flavorful stock which is essential to good soup.Chicken Noodle Soup with Root Vegetables - IMG_5984_1 Continue reading →

Calvin’s Market: Legendary Chicken Salad

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Recently, one of my co-workers shared the chicken salad that she brought to work for her supper break. We kept taking tastes until we consumed all of it; the chicken salad was awesome. It was different; very smooth–almost a paté. Calvins Market Legendary Chicken Salad - 4 - IMG_5856_1

Then surprise! I discovered that the salad came from Calvin’s Market at Bocage, a neighborhood grocery store that is just around the corner from where I live.

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Recipes: Lost and Found After Hurricane Katrina

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Katrina was a hurricane like no other one. We are used to high winds, trees down, power outages, localized flooding. This one flooded an entire city — New Orleans. Families lost everything–homes, possessions and yes, treasured recipes. This blog post is about a recipe book, “Cooking Up A Storm,” and finding lost recipes after Katrina. A post-script story gives an eclectic recollection of my Katrina memories and photos.Sweet Potato Biscque - IMG_5722_1

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