‘Tis the season for some of my very favorite favorites: egg nog and spiced pecans. Now for those of you who’ve never had homemade egg nog, it’s well worth the effort (and the calories). Ditto for the spiced pecans. Both are family recipes and reside in the well-worn, flour-dusted, sauce-stained pages of my precious homemade [...]
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Winkin’, Blinkin’ and Nog
Posted in Food, recipes, tagged egg nog, holiday recipes, Recipes, spiced pecans on December 23, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Leftovers
Posted in Food, recipes, Writing, tagged cranberry-pear salsa, editing, leftovers, making shrimp stock, mirliton, mirliton dressing, New Orleans cuisine, Recipes on December 4, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Who says you need a Thanksgiving turkey to have leftovers? We roasted a wee chicken (thank you, dear bird) and enjoyed both of the fixings that I’d been looking forward to. Cranberry-pear salsa… …and mirliton dressing… which is easy enough to make for any meal: 1. Shell 1/2 lb. uncooked, large domestic shrimp (the Gulf [...]
Writing is a dish best served ___ .
Posted in Food, recipes, Writing, tagged paella recipes, Plotting, writing challenges on September 12, 2010 | 8 Comments »
When my husband and I decided to make paella this weekend, we went in search of the definitive recipe. Well. It turns out there isn’t a definitive recipe for paella–so far as we could tell. Some use artichoke hearts, others use green beans; some say steam the mussels before the end, others say wait; some [...]
Recipe Friday: Red Beans and Rice
Posted in Food, Little Gale Gumbo, New Orleans cooking, recipes, Writing, tagged Hurricane Katrina, Little Gale Gumbo, New Orleans cuisine, Recipes, Red Beans and Rice on August 27, 2010 | 5 Comments »
As you may have read in my post on my journey to publication, my husband and I left New Orleans three days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. This coming weekend will be an emotional commemoration, especially for those of us who no longer live in New Orleans but still feel a deep affection and longing [...]
Making Pralines (Take Two)
Posted in Little Gale Gumbo, New Orleans, New Orleans cooking, recipes, tagged Creole, Little Gale Gumbo, New Orleans cuisine, praline recipe on July 18, 2010 | 10 Comments »
In LITTLE GALE GUMBO, one of Camille Bergeron’s signature Creole treats are her creamy pralines. Pronounced Praw-leen, these pecan-laden discs are nothing short of perfection and were a source of addiction for me during the years that I lived in New Orleans. So when my husband and I relocated/returned to Maine after Hurricane Katrina, I [...]
Making Gumbo, Part Two: The Roux
Posted in Food, New Orleans, New Orleans cooking, recipes, tagged gumbo, New Orleans cuisine, roux on June 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Everyone has their own idea of how long to cook a roux, and depending on cooking time, your roux will have a certain color. Shorter cooking will result in a butterscotch shade, longer cooking (which is harder to achieve without burning) draws a deeper, coffee color. The roux for this gumbo should resemble the color [...]
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Erika Marks
I'm a writer and illustrator living in North Carolina. My debut novel, LITTLE GALE GUMBO, will be published by NAL/Penguin in October 2011.
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