Editor’s Choice 3-10-2025

Meringue Nests with Fresh Fruit for Passover

5 min read

Desserts

Meringue Nests with Fresh Fruit for Passover

Maylee at Beyond Gumbo March 21, 2021

I cannot remember a Passover Seder meal without my mother-in-law’s meringue nests for dessert. These are truly...

Chopped Chicken Liver

6 min read

Appetizers & Dips

Chopped Chicken Liver

Maylee at Beyond Gumbo April 18, 2019

Why make “Chopped Chicken Liver?” Because it is a traditional food often served at Jewish holidays including...

Happy Summer!

It’s summertime — and there’s only one way to describe Louisiana — “hot.” Homemade ice cream makes the perfect dessert for these hot days. I have many memories of churning ice cream tanks to make a variety of flavors — when growing up at our rural Virginia home. Plus, ice cream is a good way to show creativity as there are so many flavors and ways to make ice cream. Here I have shared several of my favorite recipes. In Editor’s Choice I give two of my most popular recipes — “Banana Pepper Jelly” and “Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Floats.” Yes, if you are planning to make homemde jams and jellies — now is the to get started when peppers are at their peak. Although a root beer float is always the “standard” way to make a float — check out my green ice cream float — it’s the best. Enjoy!