To celebrate Fat Tuesday, we made a gumbo. A simple gumbo. No shrimp, no okra — just roux, the “holy trinity” (onion, bell pepper, and celery), broth, andouille, and chicken. I tried following a recipe by Emeril Lagasse on foodnetwork.com, but instead made a bastardized version of it to save some time. For example, I [...]
Archive for February, 2009
chicken and andouille gumbo
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged andouille, chicken, gumbo on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
beer can chicken
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beer can chicken, cooking, roasted broccoli, scalloped potatoes on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I remember a friend once touting the goodness of whole grilled chicken — cooked with a beer can shoved up its insides, nonetheless. I had never heard of this method of cooking chicken before, so I was more than a little intrigued. However, my hopes and dreams for making beer can chicken were dashed when [...]




