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CARAMEL CORN, POPCORN, ELLA & OLLIE

Jane Helms’ recipe for caramel corn could be the best recipe for popcorn on the planet. But I’m jumping ahead. Before we get to the recipe, let me tell you about her son Matt Helms and his new popping hot business venture. Matt says that he loves family, farming, business, agriculture and marketing—passions that he […]

LAKE CHARLES, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SHRIMP CHOWDER

Laissez les bon temps rouler (let the good times roll) is more than a Cajun French catchphrase; the motto captures the spirit of Lake Charles in Southwest Louisiana especially at Mardi Gras, when the city costumes in fluff and finery and parades and parties like no other. (And by like no other, we mean no […]

¶ Posted 24 February 2017 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § BARS § BEACH § CASINOS § LAKE CHARLES § LOUISIANA § RECIPES § RESORTS § RESTAURANTS § SIDE DISHES § SOUPS ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: boudin, chowder, crab, crackling, Creole Nature Trail All-American Road, Golden Nugget, king cake, Lake Charles, Louisiana, Mardi Gras, shrimp, Steamboat Bill's

EASY LAST-MINUTE DINNER PARTY

SHRIMP/SAUSAGE BOIL So let’s say in a fit of madness you invited the _________(fill in the blank: family, neighbors, office friends, beer-drinking pals) for an impromptu mid-summer dinner. You have less than two hours to shop, cook and otherwise get ready. Watta ya do? First head to a grocer that has it all: shrimp, plump […]

¶ Posted 04 August 2009 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ENTERTAINING § ENTREES § RECIPES ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: easy dinner, potatoes, sausage, shrimp