Author: Jan Robert

Irma D’s Vegetable Soup

For Mother’s Day, I requested that readers send favorite recipes passed down from their mothers and grandmothers. This recipe was passed down lovingly from Irma

May 7, 2015

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Almost as Good as Granny’s

I AM DESCENDED from a long line of fine Creole cooks. My great grandmother Lucille Bernard Cocke—the mother of Gladys Cocke Toca, my paternal grandmother—was

May 7, 2015

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Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

I HAVE NEVER been very good at making huge pots of gumbo. I like to think of my gumbo as a highly specialized small batch

May 7, 2015

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Hong Kong Breakfast

Hong Kong, “fragrant harbor” is a pulsating international port and a melting pot of east meets west. The city assaults your senses at every corner

April 28, 2015

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Gran’s Caramel Cup Custard

Crème Caramel. Gran gets all of the credit for this one or I thought she did. She confessed that the original recipe was passed down

April 7, 2015

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Made with Mom’s Love

Contrary to popular belief, I did not learn everything I know about cooking from my mom. However, what I did learn were these fundamental truths:

April 7, 2015

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Food Memories

LAST YEAR I traveled to New York and set out on a mission to find a neighborhood Chinese restaurant that supposedly had “the best” steamed

March 31, 2015

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Market Shrimp and Sweet Potato Curry

Little Girl, Big Knife’s Market Shrimp and Sweet Potato Curry Recipe. Everyone has been asking for Christina’s shrimp and sweet potato curry recipe. Little Girl,

March 19, 2015

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Author: Jan Robert