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Pizza Dough
Whenever you have a spur of the moment get together and don't have time to cook anything, what is the one thing you can buy that everyone will like? Pizza. Have you ever actually met anyone that doesn't like pizza? Sure, some people don't like anchovies or olives. Some people just want plain cheese. But, by and large, you are going to please the majority of people with a pizza.
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Homemade Pasta
This is a basic pasta dough recipe. I cut the pasta dough into lasagna noodles but this dough works for any type of pasta.
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French Bread
One of my most fond memories from childhood was walking to the grocery store with my mom. The bakery section was always one of the first stops. This made my day because that meant I got to reach down in the brown paper bag that housed a loaf of warm french bread and pull off a big hunk to eat while we finished the shopping. There is something about the smell, taste, and feel of freshly baked bread that rivals just about anything in the culinary world. I have had a lot of trouble baking a decent loaf of French bread. With so many delicious versions out there; from the sliced…
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Boudin King Cake
This recipe first started making its rounds on the internet about five years ago and to put it simply, at a party or function, it's a show stopper. Unless someone at the party is roasting a whole pig in a hole in the ground or your drunk uncle is chasing the soon to be fried chicken around with a hatchet, I promise this will be the most talked about dish at the get-together.
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King Cake
Now forever linked with Mardi Gras (at least in the south), the King Cake's history goes back a good ways. The name derives from the visit of the Magi to the infant Christ which is celebrated on the Epiphany, January 6th. This marks the end of the twelve days of Christmas and begins what we celebrate now as the Mardi Gras season which extends to Fat Tuesday and of course the beginning of Lent.
