Mardi Gras: Recipe for sweet potato bread pudding with whiskey hard sauce

When I moved to New Orleans, I discovered that this was a city that — at least in terms of food — was a world to itself. Many of its foods had little in common with those of the South I grew up in. Nearly everything was new and exciting and exotic.

MAKE YOUR OWN MIXES & CONVENIENCE FOODS!

I am a member of Pinterest, and found this over on that site. I love the convenience and how frugal it is to make my own mixes, etc! I thought it would be cool to share these "recipes" here . . .

A challenged southern lady joins the 26M Americans already there

When we heard that our ever-smiling Southern maven of cooking was diagnosed with type-2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease, some of us were sad, some of us were not surprised, and others of us were just plain mad.

Deen dealing with diabetes

When we heard that our ever-smiling Southern maven of cooking was diagnosed with type-2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease, some of us were sad, some of us were not surprised, and others of us were just plain mad.

The Paula Deen Dishes Paula Deen Shouldn't Eat

Whether or not Paula Deen announces she has Type 2 diabetes on Tuesday, we've found that it's probably a good idea for her to stay away from some of her own dishes. Obviously her calorie-defiant, butter-slathered food dishes have become punchlines for news outlets since the diabetes news broke--and even before the rumors of Deen's possible metabolic disease became a reality, her food was already ...