Just got back from the first weekend of Jazz Fest 09. Love: -prejean’s pheasant, quail, and andouille gumbo, and the softshell crab po-boy -the cochon de lait po-boy and fried oyster spinach salad -that jazz fest recycles -that Jayne gets us VIP parking and my friend, Joe, actually loved Jazz Fest this year -that people [...]

Hot days, first swim, strolling the markets in the Crescent City and Washington DC, but no peaches or cherries yet. In anticipation of summer, I’ve pulled out some frozen cherries and peach slices from my freezer and am baking a cake with what I have on hand. I think this would be good with fresh [...]

Spring weekend in Washington DC: the SFA Potlikker film event included lots of whiskey cocktails, good friends, and great short docs on Sweet Potato Pie, Edwin Marty and the Jones Valley Urban Farm, Taylor Grocery, and Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack in Nashville… Some of my favorite lines from the films: Pearl Mallory: “If I had [...]

Sunday spring fling with friends. Kate, gardener extraordinaire brought baby leeks and violas and chives from the garden. She also used to live in L.A. and learned to make carnitas that “will break an old man’s heart.” (Kate’s Recipe below.) She broke a lot of hearts yesterday with her tortillas, crema, carnitas, and hot hot [...]