Back in February last year, before I was blogging regularly on here, I made a mention of king cake. Well, that time of year has rolled round again, it’s the season for parades and partying, and throwing beads and cups at people, Mardi Gras! I’ll direct you back to last years post for the history [...]

An emblematic dish from Louisiana red beans are traditionally made on Mondays. Some quick research (though I can’t comment on the veracity of  the pages I found the information on, they didn’t cite references!) tells me that this stems from Sundays being pork roast day and Mondays being wash day. While the washing and other [...]

Mardi Gras is in the air, Fat Tuesday is nearly upon us, it truly is time to let the good times roll. Come celebrate this time of year with a New Orleans favourite, the King Cake. An enriched coffee cake style dough rolled up with cinnamon sugar and braided into a round. Topped with icing [...]