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Artist encourages hosts and hostesses to show off their collectibles at gatherings
Annie Morhauser, artist and founder of Annieglass, a California art glass company, encouraged Baton Rouge entertainers to start thinking now about how they want to set their holiday tables.
Pilgrim’s Pie
Pudding in Edible Cups
Cranberry Wiggles


Jellied cranberry adds tart, sweet taste to turkey
Some of us always have a congealed cranberry salad on the table during the holidays. To me, the tartness of those salads with baked turkey and all the trimmings just goes together.
Jellied Cranberry (Salad or jelled sauce)


Community cookbooks build legacy of sharing
I spent a couple of days last week at Avery Island evaluating cookbooks for the Tabasco Community Cookbook Awards & Walter S. McIlhenny Hall of Fame.
Spiced Pecans


The Advocate Food staff is sad to report that Ray Sonnier, husband of Assistant Food Editor Cheramie Sonnier and also an occasional wine columnist for the Food section, passed away unexpectedly Oct. 30.


Cookbook signing scheduled Sunday
Sergio Yibrin, author of “Shortcuts to 100 Best Latin Recipes,” will be signing copies of his cookbook from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Perkins Rowe, 7707 Bluebonnet Blvd.


Buzz Cafe opens new BRCC location
The Buzz Cafe, in downtown Baton Rouge in the historic Varsity Building, 340 Florida St., has opened a second location in Baton Rouge Community College’s Bienville building student center.


‘Lite’ recipe contest deadline is Dec. 31
CorningWare wants “lite” recipes just in time for post-New Year’s Day diet resolutions. Top prize is $5,000.


Treat your family to okra
Okra is a great vegetable to think about for the slow cooker. Aside from the traditional smothered okra and tomatoes, you can add other veggies to the mix and have a completely new taste.
Creole Vegetables


DENHAM SPRINGS — Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday for the annual Holiday Chef’s Evening & Wine Tasting set for Dec. 3 in the Antique District of Denham Springs.


Easy Tomato Soup pure-tasting
Kathy Amadee told me about this easy Tomato Soup her grandmother, Maude DeCouresy, of Decatur, Miss., always made. “It sounds too easy to be good, so you just have to try it,” Amadee said.”
Easy Tomato Soup


‘Fresh Market’ show features DeAngelo’s chef
Chef host Celeste Gill will be joined by Mike Dardenne, executive chef at DeAngelo’s Casual Italian Dining and president of the Baton Rouge Epicurean Society, for the “Fresh from the Market” cooking show at 10 a.m. Saturday.


DENHAM SPRINGS — The open-air Livingston Parish Farmers’ Market, located in the New Covenant Church parking lot on U.S. 190 (Florida Boulevard) across from McDonald’s, is open from 7 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.


Covington Farmers Market open Saturday
COVINGTON — The Covington Farmers’ Market is open, rain or shine, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday on the side lawn of City Hall, 609 N. Columbia St.


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