Chicken Andouille Sausage Gumbo Recipe From Emeril Lagasse

[1] A seafood gumbo with crayfish, oysters, shrimp and okra (photo © Mackenzie Ltd.). [2] Gumbo is always served over white rice. Here, shrimp and andouille sausage gumbo (photo © Good Eggs). [3] Okra, shown whole and sliced (photo © Melissa’s Produce | Facebook). [4] Emerill Lagasse’s chicken and andouille sausage gumbo (photo © NOLA…
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Bake A Galette Des Rois, Or Epiphany Cake: The Recipe

[1] Crown your “king cake”; the person who finds the charm gets to wear the crown (photo © BainFrance.Blogspot). [2] An elegant version from Parisian baker and confectioner Pierre Hermé (photos #2 and #3 © Pierre Hermé). [3] Beautifully designed tops. [4] Gâteau des Rois from another great Parisian bakery (and the temple of macarons),…
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National Hard Candy Day & All The Candy Holidays

December 19th is National Hard Candy Day; July 18th is National Sour Candy Day. National Candy Day is December 4th. > See all the candy holidays below. We’ve all had hard candy of some type: butterscotch, horehound drops, lemon drops, lollipops, mints, root beer barrels, sour balls, and fruit flavors galore. Hard candy begins by…
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The Different Types Of Brioche & The History Of Brioche

[1] A brioche bun is a breakfast delight. This variation, called brioche à tête, has a small ball of dough (the tête, French for head_ crowning the top (photo © Elena Moiseeva | iStock Photo). [2] Brioche is made in the classic bread shapes: loaves, rolls, and buns. Here’s the difference between rolls and buns…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: National Bavarian Cream Pie Day

Bavarian cream. Photo by Massimiliano Pieraccini | IST.   November 27th is National Bavarian Cream Pie Day. Bavarian cream is a 19th century creation that seems to have gone with the wind that closed out the 20th. We rarely see it on a menu or in a bake shop. Invention of the cold molded, gelatin-based…
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