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Thursday, January 3, 2013    

Year in review: I try to spend some time between Christmas and New Year reflecting on the past 12 months, and setting goals for the coming year. Our biggest accomplishment was, of course, getting Louisiana Kitchen & Culture launched on a national stage. We published four great issues full of recipes, the unique people of our culinary heritage, and information on interesting, out of the way culinary destinations.

Many of you took time to write words of support and encouragement, and offer advice, and you did a fantastic job giving gift subscriptions to friends and family. (You don't have to wait for a special holiday to do that!) Thank you very much for that, and we look forward to your continued involvement in our development over 2013. We can't do it without you.

I'm a statistics nerd, and pay close attention to the audience analysis Google provides for our website. Monthly visitors to our site increased 120% from January to December. The vast majority of you are from the U.S., but we had visitor traffic from a total of 146 countries over the course of the year.

In the U.S., 38% of you reside in Louisiana; 5% of you are from Texas, and the remainder are spread across the other states, plus Washington, DC and Puerto Rico. Our Louisiana residents break out this way: 25% are in New Orleans, 15% in Baton Rouge, 10% in Lafayette, 9% Metairie, 5% Shreveport/Bossier, and the rest scattered all over the state. That sort of information helps us plan newsstand distribution, regional festival coverage, etc. What we really delve into is information on what recipes you look at.

With that in mind, we've compiled a list of the top ten most viewed recipes of the year. There is a little bit of crossover between this list and the list of the ten most emailed recipes of the year we compiled back in December, but not much. Browse the list, and let us know what you think.

And finally, it's Diet Season. For some of us, anyway. Two of the recipes below are calorie conscious, one most certainly is not. If you have tips for streamling favorite dishes to make them diet-friendly, such as the Tip of the Week in the column to the right, please email them to me; we'll compile some for our Facebook Fan Page.

Enjoy this week's recipes, and as always, let us know what's on your mind.

Best-

Susan Ford

Susan Ford, President

Our Kitchen & Culture, LLC

http://louisiana.kitchenandculture.com

susan@kitchenandculture.com

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Recent Blog Posts:



Louisiana Shrimp Tacos

Grilled Louisiana Shrimp Tacos

This recipe packs a big flavor punch with nominal calories. If you live in parts of the world where it's too cold to grill outside right now, by all means run these under the broiler, or pan sautee them with a tiny bit of olive oil.


Pecan Crusted Fish

Pecan Crusted Fish

Granted, pecans have calories, but substituting ground pecans for traditional breading adds protein, cuts out carbs, and is gluten free. The addition of the Creole seasonings adds a big flavor punch; feel free to substitute chicken tenders for fish if you can't find U.S. wild caught fish in your market.

Get the recipe here.


Oven-Braised Barbecue Pork

Oven-Braised Pulled Pork

Surely not everyone is dieting this week, and this is a great treat for a cold night. You do a minimal amount of prep work, cover the pan tightly with foil and throw it in the oven; let it cook 6 hours without disturbing it. The recipe calls for combining the pan juices with bottled barbecue sauce, which is great; serve as is or make sandwiches. Another option is to lightly sauce it and stir it into your favorite Macaroni & Cheese recipe and bake as usual. This is an excellent selection for Super Bowl watching.

Get the Recipe Here





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Jan 4, 2013 to Jan 5, 2013

Alexandria

Monster Truck Winter Nationals


Jan 4, 2013 to Jan 6, 2013

Houma

Southern Louisiana Boat, Sport & RV Show


Jan 10, 2013 to Jan 13, 2013

Lafayette

Mid Winter Fair Rodeo


Jan 11, 2013 to Jan 12, 2013

Cameron

55th Annual Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival

New Iberia

Iberia Parish 4-H Livestock Show


Jan 12, 2013

Bossier City

Tuff Hedeman Championship Bull Riding Louisiana Shootout


Jan 12, 2013 to Jan 13, 2013

Lake Charles

Home Show of Lake Charles


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