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.

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 ...

In the stacks: New cookbooks

New books for the foodies among us! Besides these scrumptious titles, take a look at Momofuku Milk Bar, Vegan Pie in the Sky, and Corked and Forked: four seasons of eats and drinks. "Make the Bread, Buy the Butter," by Jennifer Reese.

Po boy spot open downtown

Brewton area residents can get a taste of Mardi Gras six days a week with the opening of Orleans Po Boys in downtown Brewton. Owners Gregory and Donna Wendling are not strangers to the area having most recently operated a WOW Café and Wingery location in the same spot.

Bobby Deen's new cooking show features lighter side of Southern cooking

Mama may know best, but that doesn't mean her children can't come up with their own ways of doing things. But when the subject is cooking and the mama in question is Paula Deen, the situation becomes a little sticky.