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Saturday, July 11, 2009
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FOOD
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Iconic praline company expands despite Katrina
NEW ORLEANS — “The sweet taste of Louisiana” is how Frank Simoncioni wants people to think of the candies made by Aunt Sally’s Praline Shops Inc.
Simoncioni, chief executive officer, said the recipe for his company’s top seller, the Original Creole Praline, “hasn’t knowingly changed since 1935 when we think the business started.”
Though the prices are higher this summer than last spring, chicken thighs are still a good buy in the meat department. If you don’t mind cooking chicken on the bone, the price is even better. Greater BR Food Bank needs help for seniors
When our “Lagniappe” file gets filled, it’s time to bring some of that information to readers.
Watermelon is so much more than sugar and water. It’s a nutrient-dense food that can be part of a healthy diet. Watermelon is rich in lycopene, which is good for eyes. It’s low in sodium and an excellent source of vitamins A, B6 and C. Italian Chicken and Mushrooms and Mediterranean Chicken Eat, cook fresh figs right away
I’m lucky to have a neighbor with a couple of fig trees who shares some of his fresh figs with me. He picks them and brings me a bowlful as soon as they start ripening. Standing at my kitchen counter peeling (or eating) fresh figs brings me back to my youth.
Experts offer travel, home barbecue tips
While my husband and I enjoy good barbecue, neither of us is into backyard grilling. That means we have to go out for barbecue. Our choices are slim in Louisiana, according to “America’s Best BBQ: 100 Recipes from America’s Best Smokehouses, Pits, Shacks, Rib Joints, Roadhouses, and Restaurants” by Ardie A. Davis and Paul Kirk.
Fair Grounds to host summer wine series
NEW ORLEANS — Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, 1751 Gentilly Blvd., is sponsoring a “Tastings at the Track” summer food and wine tasting program.
NEW ORLEANS — Tourists not understanding that Italian olive salad is the name for the chopped mixture used in the muffuletta led to a new product in Aunt Sally’s Praline Shops Inc.’s gourmet line. Slow cooking tenderizes lean, tough round steak
If you’re looking to tighten the food budget, you just might begin at the meat counter in your local grocery store.
Many of the inexpensive cuts of beef make tasty slow-cooked meals.
Red Stick Farmers Market in downtown Baton Rouge this Saturday continues its summer Fresh Fest with a celebration of the peach season. 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 — 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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