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Jambalaya, a Zatarains Contest, and Chef John Besh

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Jambalaya. Just say it with me: Jam. Bah. Lay. Ah. Mouth watering yet?

If not, maybe you just don't like perhaps the most incredible thing to come out of Louisiana besides Huey Long. In that case, move along. If you're still with, let me share a couple nuggets of culinary wisdom I…

Post-Katrina Environmentalism in New Orleans: Can I Get An Organic Sno-Ball With That?

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I spent last week with my family in New Orleans where people still feel the wake of Hurricane Katrina. That was five years ago but there are areas where the city looks like some kind of Potter-esque villain pointed a wand and waved a swath of nothingness across a neighborhood. No cars. No trees.…

User post: Chef John Besh Recipe from Martha Stewart Show

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Today Chef John Besh appeared on the Martha Stewart Show. Did you catch it? If you missed it (or if you saw it and just didn't catch all the details) here's the delicious recipe for Louisiana Shrimp and Andouille over Grits, which Besh made on the show.

Recipes for Mardi Gras

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Our favorite New Orleans recipes come in four categories: classics, celebrity-chef dishes, healthy alternatives, and desserts

Recipes from New Orleans Chefs

Around the World in 80 Dishes: Shrimp and Andouille Gumbo

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In our ongoing video series Bruce Mattel, from The Culinary Institute of America, demonstrates how to make gumbo from Louisiana —a…

Best Menus for Oscar's Best Picture Nominations

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While 2008 will go down in the record books as a...

Katrina

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<p>In case you have stumbled upon this blog and don't quite understand it's format, on Yahoo! Answers and also to people in person, I asked eight questions just to see what the immediate response would be. I asked those on Yahoo! Answers not to look their answers up on the...

Mean Streets

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<p>Ten blocks later I realized that I had just encountered one of the more comical exhibits of rude behavior. My first clue was seeing the same street for the fifth time, after following the directions of The New Orleans Police Department (those heroes that serve and protect us daily) Those…

Fashion: Angelina's Sleek Black Dress

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Angelina Jolie attended the Hollywood Film Festival in Beverly Hills Monday evening. Jolie was looking radiant and sleek in a long black dress and flowing hair. Although she's the mother of six kids, the two youngest being 3-month-old twins, she looks fairly well rested!