If you’re a fan of Creole cooking, best look to pick up a copy of Lafcadio Hearn’s Creole Cookbook. Best known for books about Japan, Lafcadio Hearn lived in New Orleans for 10 years and wrote extensively about his life while there. One result of those years in New Orleans is the Creole Cookbook, a…
Archives for April 2019
Tongue and Tomatoes with Madrilene Aspic
If you’re in a New York state of mind, these two drinks may satisfy. But the tongue and tomatoes? Not so much. So more than two drinks may be required. (You can also look for card 63 and Crab-Stuffed Mushrooms as it has two more New York-themed drinks.) If you cannot find canned Madrilene Aspic,…
Golden Potato Medley
Reader Deb asked for Card 9 from Section 18 of My Great Recipes: the Golden Potato Medley. Deb said she couldn’t find her card anymore. This looks like a hearty winter casserole: potatoes, carrots, onion, milk, and cheddar cheese are topped with bread crumbs then baked until bubbly. Bonus! You can bake this ahead of…
Mushroom Clam Salad
Good served with crisp bread, hot soup, and fresh fruit for dessert, this Mushroom Clam Salad can also be served as an accompaniment to baked or barbecued whole fish. This recipe is from My Great Recipes and makes 4 servings. This is from Salads and Their Dressings, Section 2, Card 25 Add more seafood flavor…
Benne Wafers
From the 1976 Cross Country Cookery cookbook comes Benne Wafers, a thin cookie that spreads a lot as you cook. (Benne seeds are unhulled sesame seeds that are sold by the pound in Charleston, SC supermarkets. Benne comes from ‘bene,’ an African word for seeds. According to legend among descendants of negro slaves along the…