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February 27, 2014
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It pays to have chefs as friends! Earlier this week we had a massive photo shoot for an upcoming issue of the magazine; David G decided he had to have brabant potatoes as a side dish to a steak he was shooting. Of course, there was not a potato to be found. Emeril's Delmonico is just a few blocks from here, so I called up Chef Anthony Scanio and said, "Chef, I know this is cheeky, but would you please please prepare a side of potatos and slip it out the back door for us??" He did, I'm sure with some eye-rolling and muttering, but he saved our shoot. Which was off to a rocky start anyway; the New Orleans Water board had decided it was a great day to work on lines in our neighborhood, and water pressure moved from nominal at best to nonexistent as the shoot progressed. We scooped up water from the pool and kept it hot on a back burner for washing dishes and washed veggies with bottled water. Improvise... Mardi Gras is in full swing all over the state this weekend. If you're not familiar with parade routes in the city or town you find yourself in, take a minute to look them up; it's pretty frustrating to have your car stuck on the wrong side of a parade. Or to have to cross the river, turn around, and come back in order to get home because your exit off the freeway is THE conduit for parade activity... not that I've done that... at least not lately. Tune in to The Today Show on Fat Tuesday and watch Ralph Brennan's executive chef Haley Bittermann cook some Mardi Gras favorites and give the local's low-down on traditional cuisine for the season. Haley is a favorite on the show, and, even better, a great female representative. There aren't many women heading up culinary staffs, let alone one as prestigious as the Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group. If you're on a parade route, or intend to visit someone who is, the recipes this week have you in mind. All three can be made in advance (the brisket is actually much better made a day ahead of time and reheated), they transport well, and hold well kept for hours in a crock pot. Temperatures here in south Louisiana are going to range from the mid-30s to the mid-70s, so a warm bowl of something will be welcome. You can find a comprehensive list of parades around the state here. For those of you who do not yet subscribe to our print magazine, I have put together an exclusive look at some of the pages. Click the links below for pages from our July/August 2013 edition:
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