Well I just watched a monarch butterfly land on a lush red blossom that exploded overnight on the Mexican Flame Vine crawling up the lattice outside my kitchen window. December, folks, December in New Orleans. A chilly winter’s day, such that my petunias mistake it for spring. To get in the holiday spirit, I’ve been […]
Tag: pecan
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pecan-Orange Topping
I’m in a sweet spot. New job that I love, new home in a neighborhood so mood-congruent with who I have always been, and finally two days off in a row. To the kitchen! Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pecan-Orange Topping Adapted from Penzeys 1 1/2 lbs. sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch […]
Bourbon Pecan Pie for Lovers
Let me not to the marriage of two minds admit impediment. Love’s not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove. Oh No. Love is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken. It is the star to every wand’ring barque, whose course is unknown, but […]
Pecan Shortbread with Chocolate Drizzle
Fall colors during an Indian Summer—the chickens are in heaven, frolicking in autumn leaves and striking distinguished profiles for the paparazzi. To a bird, the bilge under the leaves must taste as good as this: Pecan Shortbread with Chocolate Drizzle Adapted from Food and Wine 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup pecan flour or 1/2 […]
Pecan and Caramel Sticky Buns
The swirls in these sticky buns match the red swirls the angry blood vessels have designed upon my tired eyes. Red Eye flight home from Boston. As I fade in and out of late night delirium while trying to finish a Nobel Prize winning fiction trilogy Kristen Lavransdattar, happy montages of these delicious pecan treats […]