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MERMAIDS, THE WRECK BAR, RUM PUNCH & SHRIMP SALAD

Bet you think mermaids are fantasy beings. Hello! The captivating sea creatures are a real deal that you can catch frolicking, flittering and flirting outside the porthole windows of The Wreck Bar in Fort Lauderdale. (Sometimes they even shed their shell bikini tops and fishy fins just to prove how real they are.) The ship-shaped […]

Posted 25 June 2018 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § BARS § COCKTAILS § FLORIDA § FORT LAUDERDALE § RECIPES § RESORTS § RESTAURANTS § SALADS § SIDE DISHES § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off on MERMAIDS, THE WRECK BAR, RUM PUNCH & SHRIMP SALAD ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

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 on LAKE CHARLES, SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SHRIMP CHOWDER ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

PINEAPPLE SHRIMP FROM EL CAMARON GIGANTE

Take a poll and most people familiar with Mexico’s Bahías de Huatulco (a tourist development on the Pacific Coast of the state of Oaxaca) will say Maguey Bay sports the most popular beach. On weekends, particularly, the beach fills with playful locals as well as vacationers who to come to swim, sun, snorkel, relax and […]

Posted 31 July 2013 † Susan Manlin Katzman § HUATULCO § MEXICO § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS ‡ Comments Off on PINEAPPLE SHRIMP FROM EL CAMARON GIGANTE ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

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 on EASY LAST-MINUTE DINNER PARTY ° Also tagged: , , ,