Video: FancyFrench Toast

From Denny: Who does like French Toast? At our house we like it with lots of cinnamon, some cloves and vanilla extract in the batter. We use French bread cut thick here in Louisiana, sometimes other artisan breads.

This lady uses a shot of whiskey in her batter in place of the vanilla extract. She also suggest many different kinds of toppings like candied apples or rhubarb. She uses challah bread instead of traditional French bread. Take a look!

For the recipes on their site, go here.


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Video: Fat Tuesday Gumbo At Home

From Denny: Southern Living Magazine demos Louisiana sausage and chicken gumbo and crawfish etoufee. The key to a good gumbo is a good roux: equal parts oil and flour. Cook it until it is really dark like the color of milk chocolate, about 25 minutes over medium heat.

For the article: You Thought You Knew Mardi Gras Foods? where they list all the recipes in the video, go here.


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Chocolate Past And Present

From Denny: Fun video about the history of chocolate when chocolate was often consumed as a meal rather than as a snack. Wow! Fun to watch how our Colonial Early American ancestors used to hand-roll and grinding on a board at a 45-degree angle they crushed the cocoa beans to make their early morning chocolate drink. It isn't the hot chocolate as we know it today. Even the Revolutionary War soldiers drank this chocolate in the morning as we drink coffee today. Then the video moves on to famous chef Jacques Torres discussing wonderful chocolate trends of the future. Cool informative video!


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HAPPY EASTER...........2009!

From Denny: From my rose garden to yours this year! Louisiana is in full bloom and the worst of pollen season is finally done. These are Tiffany roses. They practically glow from within with the golden hearts and the light perfumed scent is absolutely DIVINE!

Happy Easter to all! May this be a wonderful time of spiritual renewal for you whatever belief system you hold in your heart...

For more wonderful Easter photos from flickr friends and a few special ones of my own, check out the photo blog: Visual Insights.

HAPPY EASTER!!!

From Denny: From my rose garden to yours this year! Louisiana is in full bloom and the worst of pollen season is finally done. These are Tiffany roses. They practically glow from within with the golden hearts and the light perfumed scent is absolutely DIVINE!

Happy Easter to all! May this be a wonderful time of spiritual renewal for you whatever belief system you hold in your heart...

For more wonderful Easter photos from flickr friends and a few special ones of my own, check out the photo blog: Visual Insights.