Paul Prudhomme- Mentor, friend celebrated

I just returned from New Orleans where I’d flown  to attend Chef Paul Prudhomme’s 70th birthday party  as a surprise guest.     I hardly got to talk to or  see him because in true- Paul fashion, the party included all his employees who came to honor this...

Oaxacan Tamales de Mole Amarillo

Since pre-Hispanic times, tamales have been the number one festive food. Everywhere in Mexico tamales are fiesta food — the equivalent of saying, “Let’s party!” On all occasions like weddings, baptisms, village saint’s days and the Days of the Dead when only the best...