S T A Y I N G  F O R  B R E A K F A S T - February 23, 2006
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Mardi Gras!
New Orleans is one of my favorite places - the people, the music, and the food always make me want to go back to experience it again. I've walked through the various cemetaries, taken the street car up St. Charles; I've had beignets and chicory coffee at Café du Monde, eaten at fancy Creole restaurants, had po' boys down by the levee, drank Abitas in a dive bar off Decatur, been served gumbo in the dark, locals-only places well off the beaten track, and have tried to bring some of what New Orleans means to me to my cooking. The fallout from last fall's hurricane is clearly still being felt, but I'd be remiss if I didn't suggest that you throw a Mardi Gras party with your friends, and either make a donation at your supermarket, or pass the hat at your party and make a donation to Habitat or the Red Cross.

Enough with the memories and politics, and on with the food.

Gumbo
The number of boondoggles I've gone on to get this recipe right... and it's pretty damn right.
-> http://www.comingfordinner.com/recipe.php?recipe_id=78

Shrimp Étouffée
A Creole-y addition to your Mardi Gras celebrations.
-> http://www.comingfordinner.com/recipe.php?recipe_id=80

Dirty Rice
Delicious, and pretty easy.
-> http://www.comingfordinner.com/recipe.php?recipe_id=25

Pecan Encrusted Trout
My "dessert" for the Mardi Gras party, and another dish that my vegetarian friends bend the rules on.
-> http://www.comingfordinner.com/recipe.php?recipe_id=7

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

-l

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