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The Sept/Oct edition of Louisiana Kitchen & Culture started hitting subscriber mailboxes a couple of weeks ago, and readers are loving it. One wrote to say he had a hard time getting to the house from the mailbox without taking a bite out of the cover. Another reader posted to our Facebook fan page that he thinks it's the best magazine ever; he particularly enjoyed Squirrel Season: Chicken of the Tree by Sam Irwin, and LK&C managing editor Cara Ranieri's piece on the history of the muffuletta.

It also delivers a sneak peek at Chef John Besh's new cookbook, Cooking From the Heart, slated for release at the end of October. If you're not a subscriber yet but don't want to miss the issue, you can order a copy by calling us at 504-208-9959, or order a single copy online: click here.

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On Monday, Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne unveiled the Louisiana Brewery Trail in conjunction with the Louisiana Craft Brewers Guild. The trail provides a guided tour of Louisiana's craft breweries, from small-scale operations up to those with widely-available distribution. It will give you an insider's guide into nooks and crannies around Louisiana -- with beer! Two of this week's recipes call for beer in the ingredients, so give it a look.

And finally, we were saddened to hear of the untimely passing of Chef Orlando Chapman of Brother's Seafood in Shreveport this week. He was profiled by LK&C contributor Chris Jay in our May/June issue earlier this year; his death is a tremendous loss to all of us. Our sympathies go out to his family, friends, and the community.

Enjoy this week's recipes, share them with family and friends, and, as always, let me know what's on your mind.

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Basic Beer Batter

This is one of those basic recipes that, once mastered, opens up an endless array of possibilities. Less beer, it's a heavy, thick batter. More beer, and you've got a batter that fries up with a lacy lightness. Add different seasonings to the batter depending on your mood and what you're frying, and, of course, you can use it to fry just about anything. Just make sure your frying oil stays between 350-375°F.

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Black-Eyed Pea Battered Shrimp

This takes beer batter to a whole other level. Chef John Folse purées cooked black-eyed peas up with some seasoning ingredients, flour, eggs, and beer. The shrimp bodies are peeled -- heads left on -- then dipped in the batter and fried whole. Take a look at this, and give some serious thought to what you could add to the basic batter above to make a signature dish of your own. Let me know if you come up with a winner; I'd love to publish it here.

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Louisiana Seafood Stuffed Eggplant

Courtesy of the chefs at Rouses Supermarkets, this is a delicious marriage of eggplant and Louisiana seafood. The eggplants are roasted, then the flesh is smothered until very soft. While the shells are baking, the flesh is cooked with aromatics, breadcrumbs, shrimp, and crab meat -- that mixture gets stuffed into the prepared eggplant shells and baked off to perfection.

Events are added to our calendar every week; if you know of something that should be listed but isn't, drop a note here.

Sep 27, 2013 to Sep 28, 2013

Dubach: Louisiana Chicken Festival

Vidalia: Jim Bowie Festival & BBQ Throwdown

Sep 27, 2013 to Sep 30, 2013

Luling: Alligator Festival

Sep 28, 2013

Arnaudville: 7-Mile Yard Sale

Breaux Bridge: Breaux Bridge Chamber of Commerce Jambalaya Cookoff

Slidell: Wild Game-Seafood-BBQ Cook-Off

Sep 28, 2013 to Sep 29, 2013

Baton Rouge: Rural Life Harvest Days with Corn Maze

Houma: Best of the Bayou Festival

Old Algiers: Old Algiers River Fest

Sep 29, 2013

Lake Charles: Calca-Chew Food Festival

Old Arabi: 5th Annual Sugar Festival

Oct 4, 2013 to Oct 6, 2013

Gretna: Gretna Heritage Festival

Oct 4, 2013 to Oct 5, 2013

Opelousas: 9th Annual Opelousas Spice & Music Festival

St. Martinville: La Grande Boucherie des Cajuns

Oct 5, 2013 to Oct 6, 2013

Breaux Bridge: Breaux Bridge Citywide Garage Sale

Roberts Cove: 19th GERMANFEST

Oct 5, 2013

Denham Springs: Denham Springs OctoberFest

Grosse Tete: Iberville Swamp Life Expo

Houma: Houma’s Second Annual Courthouse Chili Cook-Off

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