Autumn Arugula Salad with Caramelized Squash, Spiced Pecans and Pomegranate Ginger Vinaigrette from How Sweet it is SERVES 2 TO 4 Ingredients: 2 tablespoons coconut oil 1 acorn squash, sliced in 1/2-inch thick rounds, seeds removed 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 2 teaspoons brown sugar 1/2 cup whole pecans, chopped 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie […]
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WITH OVER 25 years of experience in the travel industry, Stephanie Miller Murphy decided three years ago to open her own boutique travel consulting company, Travel with Stephanie, which specializes in luxury travel and custom international travel. According to Stephanie, the top reasons couples choose destination weddings are ease of planning, cost-effectiveness and amount of
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In keeping with the “dining alfresco with friends” theme for the fall, here is a sneak peek at a few more of my favorite outdoor dining experiences and recipes. Last weekend we took a quick trip to the beach with a few friends from New Orleans. When the temperatures dropped below 80 degrees on Saturday
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Adapted from David Tanis, via The New York Times and The Smitten Kitchen Serves 4 generously, 6 moderately Peanut dressing Ingredients: 3 tablespoons Asian fish sauce 3 tablespoons rice vinegar 7 tablespoons lime juice 3 tablespoons soy sauce 1 one-and-a-half inch chunk ginger, peeled and sliced 6 tablespoons natural unsalted peanut butter 1 tablespoon toasted
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From “The Cuisines of Mexico” by Diana Kennedy Preheat oven to 325 F Ingredients: 3 pounds whole redfish or red snapper, gutted and scaled 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons lime juice Sauce: 2 pounds fresh tomatoes ½ cup olive oil 1 medium onion, finely sliced 2 cloves garlic chopped 1 bay leaf ½ teaspoon oregano 12 pitted green olives
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Ingredients: ½ teaspoon of Cocktail and Sons “Spiced Demerara” syrup or 1 demerara sugar cube 3–4 dashes of Angostura bitters 3–4 dashes of orange bitters 2 ounces Rye whiskey Splash of soda or sparking water Orange zest Directions: You will need an old fashioned glass or rocks glass as some call it. Use a muddler
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You will need a cocktail shaker and a muddler to make this drink. Ingredients: 2 handfuls of fresh Louisiana blueberries 6–8 basil leaves 1–2 teaspoons of lime juice 1 teaspoon simple syrup (can omit if you prefer) 2 ounces vodka 1 ounce St Germain Splash of club soda or sparkling water Directions: Place blueberries, basil
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St.Tammany West Chamber of Commerce hosted more than 200 guests at its second annual fundraising event, Southern Nights. Chaired by Phoebe Whealdon of Coldwell Bankers TEC, the event celebrated the works of the local business community over the last year.
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The Hospice Foundation of the South, with the help of Park Provence Assisted Living & Memory Care, marked the one-year anniversary of its Hospice House. This fully-equipped home provides a comforting environment for patients in need of 24-hour care. With the goal of building a second hospice house, the foundation is introducing a new fundraiser,
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BARBARA KINGSOLVER, in her book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle tells the story of a year in which her family made every attempt to feed themselves animals and vegetables “whose provenance they really knew”…and of how her family “was changed by a year of deliberately eating food produced from the same place where we worked, went to
THE DAYS ARE growing shorter and every now and then, a cool breeze gives us a tingle. Preparations begin for all the excitement fall has to offer, but the most important preparations should be in your own backyard. Visitors are coming! They will come from all over the country and their visit will be short.
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ALTHOUGH I WAS pretty lousy at chemistry, I always wanted a chemistry set. You remember what I am talking about. Those really cool kits that came neatly packaged with the beakers and test tubes and little glass pipettes and a microscope. Even the words associated with chemistry had sex appeal: osmosis and diffusion, solvents and
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