Sharlotka Apple Cake
Charlotte, or in Russian – Sharlotka, was allegedly invented by a French chef working for the Czar and it’s the distant cousin in to Charlotte Russe which is a fancier dessert where the sponge cake in the form of lady fingers surrounds the fruit and cream in the center. In fact, they seem a little…
Corn Fritters
Tired of those cornmeal hockey pucks they serve at the all you can eat catfish joints? Then look no further than this fritter. It’s a bite sized spoonful of corn souffle that’s been flash fried to outer crispness while retaining its pillow soft interior. It’s one of those have to have treats while the fresh…
Archy & Mehitabel’s Moussaka
The first moussaka named after the eponymous Don Marquis’ roach and alley cat duo. But more on roaches later… As for moussaka I learned to love it after first having it at the Shreveport St. George’s Greek Orthodox church Easter fundraiser where I was also introduced to pastichio and ekmekkatafi. Now back to roaches (the…
Vanilla Ice Cream
Intensely vanilla this is the standard never fail classic. The difference between now and years past is the ability to do this in a machine on your counter top. No more packing ice and salt into the outer rim of the freezer, no more dripping the fresh made cream onto the grass and having the…
Ragu alla Bolognese
Everyone needs a good basic ragu meat sauce and this one is a variation on the one our neighbor used to make when I was growing up. She was “Miss Nonna” to us and her husband was an angostura bitters importer which I thought was the ultimate exotic profession (and notable by its absence at…
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