A Different Take On A Corned Beef & Cabbage Recipe: Colcannon

Cookbook author, chef, and restaurateur Judith McLoughlin calls the recipe below “St. Patrick’s Colcannon & Corned Beef.” It’s an alternative approach to the traditional Corned Beef & Cabbage.But we wouldn’t want to limit this delicious dish to just one day a year (St. Pat’s). Judith adds: “Most Americans are shocked when I tell them that…
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French Cocktail Recipes To Celebrate Bastille Day

It’s July 14th, the day to toast to Bastille Day (“le quatorze juillet” in French). The holiday is officially called the Fête Nationale (“National Celebration”). Here’s the history of Bastille Day, which commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris on July 14, 1789. It was a rallying point in the French Revolution. How…
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This Easy Mardi Gras King Cake Recipe Is A Bundt!

The traditional King Cake for Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a yeast ring, topped with white icing and sanding, sparkling, or other decorating sugar in the colors of New Orleans: purple, green, and gold. But of course, you don’t have to use a yeast ring to make a King Cake. The top chefs of…
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