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07Oct2000

Live at Emeril Live!

Post Author: Terrance Pitre

By Patrick Mould

The lights are flashing. The crowd is collectively on its feet and cheering. The theme from the movie “Rocky” blasts over the loud speaker as the announcer bellows, “Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s get ready to rumble!”
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07Oct2000

Down The Eatin’ Path

Post Author: Terrance Pitre

By John DeMers

When it comes to roadfood, Emeril’s buffet of writers travel blue highways like a pack of hungry wolves padding down a well trod game trail, sniffing out the scent of sweet pecan wood fire and savory pork ribs on the smoky haze of evening.
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07Oct2000

Corn Meal, What To Do With It?

Post Author: Terrance Pitre

By Susan Doré

March 15, 1493. Cristoforo Colombo returns to the Spanish port of Palos convinced that he has discovered a sea route to the (East) Indies.
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07Oct2000

A Better Butter

Post Author: Terrance Pitre

By Lorin Gaudin

Butter seems to be spreading. In this paradoxical haze of health consciousness, there have been reports to suggest that butter sales are up and so is demand. Could it be a healthy life-style backlash? Or is it the popularity of the low carbohydrate diet that advocates full fat foods?
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07Oct2000

Baking: Tools of the Trade

Post Author: Terrance Pitre

By Charlotte Armstrong

There is a turn in the road we come upon — usually late September or early October —when days get shorter and temperatures begin to fall (even if just a little!) here in the Deep South, and a palpable change in air quality announces to us all that fall is fast approaching.
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07Oct2000

Becoming Absinthe Minded

Post Author: Terrance Pitre

By Lorin Gaudin

Collecting, if it gets in your blood, typically begins in early youth. Some start with rocks, glass figurines, or sports cards. Once collecting fever hits, the disease never seems to run its course; you almost never recover.
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07Oct2000

A Traditional Look at the Jewish New Year

Post Author: Terrance Pitre

By William S. “Sandy” Kaplan

The Jewish New Year holiday begins in late September or early October, and continues through the Ten Days of Awe, or Days of Penitence, until Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
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28Sep2000

Zydeco!!!

Post Author: Terrance Pitre

By Patrick Mould

You know you’ve made it onto the world’s cultural radar when your musical art form makes it into the encyclopedia. Punch in the keyword Zydeco (ZY-duh-coe) into Microsoft Encata 98 Encyclopedia and the name Clifton Chenier pops up!
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28Sep2000

A Wild Duck Dinner From The Marshes of Louisiana

Post Author: Terrance Pitre

By William S. “Sandy” Kaplan

There is a “rite of passage” down here in South Louisiana . . . it’s a boy’s first duck hunt. Though the age may vary a bit, it usually happens around 9 or 10 years of age. This is a really big deal down here because duck hunting in South Louisiana is “serious bidness!”
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28Sep2000

Viognier.. It’s a Rare White Wine Taking Hold in California

Post Author: Terrance Pitre

By William S. “Sandy” Kaplan

You may have read about it in USA Today or the Wine Spectator - the fact is this rare French grape, best known for making one of the rarest white wines in the world, is alive and kicking in California.
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