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Ever fall in love? You know that feeling...suddenly it hits you - blam! This is it! I love New Orleans that way. Chicago will always be my true love, the one that I had 18 good years with and then for one reason or another, it was time to leave. New Orleans is like that new romance lurking in the corners of your life that you haven't acted upon yet. It's exciting, scary, dangerous, a little voodoo-y, delicious, weird, wonderful. All the things I like. Here's a pic of our first meal in town. Mudbugs and Beer is how someone described it, but truly, you can't know how delicious that crawfish (and the shrimp) was until you go there and eat some for yourself. I was lucky I had a few natives around to show me the best way to eat this stuff. Did I mention the fresh and broiled oysters? O.M.G. More to come on Crescent City for sure!
Can you relax? I have a hard time with it. The other day, I baked a bunch of stuff. Guess what? I relaxed. But when the baking is over, life continues...but you have baked goods, so it's always better. I made Alice Medrich's Cocoa Brownies (my GAWD that woman is a genius. I got the recipe from the website Food52) and Deb Perelman's Whole Lemon Bars (from her cookbook - another genius). Then, I made my standard no-knead bread (originally from Foodie With Family blog, I believe) with dried garlic, onions, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, black sesame seeds, flax seeds, herbes de provence, white pepper and smoked salt - heaven! All for now - busy week ahead, then off to New Orleans!
