An expatriate of New Orleans – and professional chef – who has lived in Los Angeles since her childhood, blogs about the journey from New Orleans to Los Angeles back to New Orleans, and points along the way.

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Five Easy Bites for Holiday Entertaining Part 3 – Gougères

Posted by on Dec 8, 2014, 11:32 am in Holiday Entertaining, Recipes-Savory | 6 comments

I can’t think of many easy little bites that go better with Champagne than Gougères, a savory bite of choux paste (the same pastry used to make Profiteroles) with cheese baked into the dough.

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Five Easy Bites for Holiday Entertaining Part 2 – Rosemary Spiced Nuts

Posted by on Dec 1, 2014, 12:36 pm in Holiday Entertaining, Recipes-Savory | 2 comments

Here’s a fix for keeping more of the spice mixture on these irresistible, warm out of the oven, Rosemary Spiced Nuts (aka Union Square Bar Nuts).

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