tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69585982749181753292024-03-12T20:57:14.594-05:00NOJujuA New Orleans food blog with forays into culture, design and shiny things.NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-32328544360110452612011-05-22T15:38:00.000-05:002011-05-22T15:38:20.219-05:00Baby LoveI know... crazy. A post, finally, out of nowhere and it's not even about food, but just look at my new baby!
We brought her home late last night from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. We are still working on a name. Any suggestions?NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-14163131114648269862011-04-15T11:40:00.001-05:002011-04-15T11:48:53.335-05:00Every Day IndulgencesA recent discussion in the comments of Gourmet & Gourmand, on the high price of pine nuts, led me to thinking about what types of things I am willing to pay high prices for and what I am not. Having a modest but not entirely restrictive budget allows me the luxury to make decisions like the following:
* order take-out once or twice a week from some perfectly acceptable but NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-52299042138915007902011-03-07T15:48:00.002-06:002011-03-07T15:54:19.328-06:00Pączki: a Polish Fat Tuesday TreatHappy Mardi Gras, everybody!
Despite the fact that I am both Polish and live in a city renowned for it's celebration of Fat Tuesday, I had never heard of pączki until some Northern and Midwestern living friends of mine in an online forum started discussing them a few years ago. I realized instantly that I needed to have these! I found some last year at one of the local supermarkets NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-23449328419808458042011-01-26T15:18:00.001-06:002011-01-26T15:23:45.300-06:00Breakfasts of the InfirmI am still fighting this stupid, no good, rotten old rheumatoid arthritis, tooth and nail. I have to take a number of meds in the morning with food, but they also make me feel sick and nauseated and like the last thing I want is food, lately. This is not conducive to food blogging, I know. Sorry. I'd rather not blog at all than blog about being a sickly oldNOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-8123074858916271152011-01-05T12:31:00.003-06:002011-01-05T14:11:22.008-06:00New Year, New PossibiltiesWell, I'm a bit late on the Happy New Year Ra Ra! and the resolution this and holiday that train, but I hoped if I got it in before the week was over it might still be considered timely. I realize that by now everyone is well and truly tired of the holiday season and wants to move on to Mardi Gras and spring and new things. I do too, but I've got these cabbage and blackeyed pea photos on my NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-65766077529278075482010-12-28T11:19:00.006-06:002010-12-28T14:01:19.441-06:00Christmas, 2010Christmas dinner came out beautifully this year. It was small, for just Kid Cayenne, myself and a friend. I roasted my first duck. I was terrified to do it, but it came out well and I'm over the trepidation hump so I think I can continue to hone the skill. Other dishes included roasted red and golden beets with arugula and goat cheese, a nice baked mac and cheese and  NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-44158865455214552362010-12-15T12:26:00.002-06:002010-12-15T12:27:38.592-06:00Hollygrove Market and Farm Home Delivery
I've been a fan of Hollygrove Market and Farm for some time now. They are close to my house, have Tuesday afternoon pick up hours in addition to regular Saturday hours and always provide really lovely produce, eggs, milk and more. Despite the fact that I have often picked up some goodies from Hollygrove Market, it has always been from the Lagniappe tables, never the box NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-13680135676198411672010-11-24T13:03:00.000-06:002010-11-24T13:03:55.083-06:00Sickie SoupI just concocted a makeshift sickie soup out of 2 cups water boiled with ginger, a bundle of soba noodles, 2 packs of instant miso soup mix, some chopped red onion and sriracha. It is not my finest hour. It looks as unappetizing as it tastes, which is just as unappetizing as it sounds, but I am sick and alone and I need a hot soup lunch that will help clear my sinuses and NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-82545641004426991112010-11-17T10:07:00.000-06:002010-11-17T10:07:08.423-06:00Chocolate Whiskey CakeThere is a food blog I follow, called Blank Palate and whose author has changed locations from Alabama to Spain, that has lovely, interesting recipes that intrigue me. I enjoy the blog in general quite a bit, but there is one post, in particular, that haunted me for the longest time. It was a recipe for Chocolate Whiskey Cake and I couldn't get it out of my mind. I hadNOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-87464819734927048712010-11-16T09:34:00.000-06:002010-11-16T09:34:41.118-06:00Swiss Chard and Tomatoes over Soft Polenta
I've been on a really big polenta kick ever since returning from Venice. I can't get enough of it. I've gone so far as to contemplate buying relatively expensive, very high maintenance freshly stone ground polenta from the internets. I still might. In the meantime, here is a little recipe that I made using Bob's Red Mill Polenta Corn Grits, available at NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-17991878507208149622010-11-15T10:48:00.000-06:002010-11-15T10:48:52.310-06:002010 Po-Boy Preservation FestivalI looove the Po Boy Fest. I look forward to it each year, plotting out which po boys I want and never making it to the end of the list before I'm full and need to sit down. This year was no different, except for one crucial thing. Apparently everyone else in the world decided to love it too, because Oh Mama, was it crowded. I don't mean, really good festival crowded. I NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-36095140793015319322010-11-13T17:29:00.000-06:002010-11-13T17:29:50.741-06:00Needed: Pointers on How To Properly Eat a Boiled CrabI am completely inept at eating boiled crab. I destroyed mine at Kenner Seafood today, and hardly got any of the meat out. I did it wrong. I may have also eaten some gills. I need lessons. Seriously. Who'll give me pointers?NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-65648406298739721722010-11-11T10:36:00.000-06:002010-11-16T22:28:47.637-06:00Orecchiette with Broccoli, Tomatoes and Pine Nuts
This is an easy and lovely dish using one of my favorite pastas, the tiny orecchiette. Shaped like (and named after) a "small ear", its delicately curved, disc-like shape is perfect for capturing tiny bits of deliciousness in every bite... hence the broccoli. Cutting the broccoli florets into very small pieces ensures that they will nestle into the hollows in the pasta, along with NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-41160877002960278032010-11-10T09:22:00.000-06:002010-11-10T09:22:45.731-06:00Cane River Meat PiesI recently had the pleasure of having lunch at Charlie's Seafood in Harahan (what a wonderful meal that was!) and it was there that I discovered Cane River Meat Pies. Handmade by Janet J. Caldwell, they are served as appetizers but are also available for bulk purchase. I bought a dozen pies (half meat pies, half seafood pies) to have for lunches. I'm still patting myself on the NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-54391093065316902622010-10-28T12:21:00.000-05:002010-10-28T12:22:27.179-05:00Last Call for SnoBall
Saturday, October 30, is the last day of the 2011 Hansen's SnoBliz season. The Halloween menu is fab. Here is my (half-eaten) Corpse Bride: wedding cake snowball with strawberry sauce, whipped cream and posdered milk. Ashley Hansen says that while the powdered milk is great for the Halloween Ick factor, it's also a traditional snowball topping in Costa Rica. It took a NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-53066985359770913512010-09-29T16:08:00.000-05:002010-09-29T16:18:17.305-05:00Fruits Of The Sea: Eating In Venice
I've been telling myself that I need to collect my thoughts before writing about the food in Venice, but now I'm running the risk that it will slip away so I had better begin. We spent less than 48 hours in the city, getting to enjoy two dinners, two breakfasts and only one real lunch. Oh, and two gelatos. One would think that it would be easy enough to summarize such a short NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-10995930033352665402010-09-20T11:29:00.000-05:002010-09-20T11:29:34.545-05:00Eat, Eat!Various lovely things eaten in the last few days in Berlin:
* Assorted Turkish appetizers
* Japanese noodle soup bowl with pork and dumplings and ginger tea
* Korean pancake with seafood and vegetables
* Sausages with pommes (french fries)
* Pasta with eggplant and olives at an Italian cafe
* Picnic out of the trunk of a car after mushroom picking in the woods: buttered rolls, liverwurst, goat NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-51031619059795769642010-09-18T11:15:00.000-05:002010-09-18T11:15:10.783-05:00Mushroom TeaserI picked these with my very own hands this morning in the German woods. Do you know what kind they are?
NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-65449769702813575982010-09-16T08:52:00.000-05:002010-09-16T08:52:58.437-05:00My First Turkish FoodMy Berlin dining companion is vehemently, vehemently opposed to photographing food in restaurants. Out of respect for her wishes, I will probably not get many opportunities to take pictures of what I'm eating. I did get these two clandestine shots of our Turkish lunch today. She was mortified (the second is blurry because I had to quick, STOPITNOW!). Ah well...
I have NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-26844701053911031582010-09-13T12:43:00.000-05:002010-11-16T22:34:01.889-06:00In Which Your Heroine Goes on a Grand AdventureTomorrow morning, I am leaving for a trip to Berlin, Germany and will also be spending a couple of days in Venice, Italy. It is impossible for me to adequately express how excited I am to be going to Venice. Ever since I learned we'd be able to go, my insides won't stop bouncing. Venice! I am THRILLED. Beyond thrilled. There may not be any other place on NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-414951003072601882010-09-10T23:19:00.000-05:002010-09-10T23:27:06.234-05:00Panchita's Mexican Criolla, New OrleansI have a new restaurant obsession: Panchita's Mexican Criolla on South Carrollton in the Riverbend area is, by far, the best Mexican food I've had outside of California. Ooooh, it's delicious. Authentic, flavorful, delicious. Handmade, fresh corn tortillas like discs of heaven. Good beans. Really good beans. With lard. So much goodness.
Gaze upon NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-56064828868882389492010-09-10T16:07:00.000-05:002010-09-10T16:07:27.103-05:00Breakfast in HollandMy friend Lisa, in Amsterdam, has been telling me about how different Dutch breakfasts are from American ones. Even better, she wrote a post for us about them!
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In my travels, I have had breakfast at dozens and dozens of hotel breakfast buffets. In America, the spread is pretty typical: breads (toast, muffins), cereal, scrambled eggs in NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-67324870036254191402010-09-08T18:02:00.000-05:002010-09-08T18:02:53.983-05:005 Delicious ThingsInspired by Bouillie's Random Stuff, here's my top 5 (at this moment) things I love to taste.
* perfectly ripe avocado, smashed onto toast with a sprinkle of sea salt
* that first sip of very good coffee in the morning
* jamon iberico
* salted caramel gelato (I know you said it first, Celeste, but I'm claiming it anyway, since I am somewhat responsible for it being at La Divina *NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-68668251780323533602010-09-02T09:43:00.000-05:002010-09-02T15:06:23.652-05:00Lisa Eats In AmsterdamGuest posting from Amsterdam has got to be among the more glamorous things I can think of. Lisa is a good friend who frequently travels from her hometown, in Ohio, to Amsterdam for work. While there, she eats well and leaves me salivating at the descriptions of her meals. Very kindly, she agreed to guest post for me about the types of food she encounters in the Netherlands. &NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6958598274918175329.post-81970933002154024202010-08-30T12:32:00.000-05:002010-08-30T12:32:40.795-05:00Fig ButterMelinda, who guest posted about Vegetarian Cabbage Rolls recently, was gifted with a bounty of very ripe figs last week. What better to do than make jam? I am particularly happy to hear how her jam making went, since I am still hoping that my half of the fig tree that straddles mine and my neighbor's backyards will some day render me enough fruit (before the birds eat it all) that I NOJujuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07282152852808187738noreply@blogger.com4