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Allison Vines-Rushing of MiLa prepares 'Oysters Rockefeller Deconstructed'
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A toast to roasted veggies
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Marcelle Bienvenu, Contributing writer, The Times-Picayune
Thursday August 21, 2008, 4:55 AM
Roasted vegetables are a great side dish for a big thick sirloin steak.It was hot and thunderstorms were rolling through Acadiana. The heat and humidity had turned my brain to mush. Dinner guests were to arrive in less than six hours, and I was drawing a blank as to what to serve to accompany a beautiful, thick sirloin steak.
Post a comment | View commentsThis week in Food oysters are 'deconstructed' and roasted vegetables served up with grilled steak
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Judy Walker, Food editor, The Times-Picayune
Thursday August 21, 2008, 5:05 AM
Cooking Creole's Marcelle Bienvenu dishes up roasted veggies in this week's Food section.This week in Food, Marcelle Bienvenu's recipes for all kinds of well-seasoned roasted vegetables are the perfect accompaniment to any grilled steak. (You will especially love the roasted artichokes.)
Then, Vincent Pigna shares his recipe for Pazzo blue crab and pasta with Exchange Alley, which also includes recipes for Creamy brandy Alexanders. A Slidell resident who is just now getting around to replacing recipes lost to Katrina asks for a popular Artichoke leaf appetizer.
Inside, MiLA chefs Allison Vines-Rushing and Slade Rushing share a signature recipe for Oysters Rockefeller "Deconstructed," which you can also see them make on a video on NOLA.com 
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Blue crab in red sauce...over pasta makes a tasty, patriotic course
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Judy Walker, Food editor, The Times-Picayune
Thursday August 21, 2008, 4:55 AM
This week, Vincent Pigna, owner of Gelato Pazzo Caffe on Oak Street shares his blue crab and pasta recipe.
Sometimes, when someone tells me about a dish he has made, I just start begging for the recipe. Sometimes, I am lucky enough to receive it to share with you. That's the case today.
Oysters Rockfeller 'Deconstructed' with Chefs Slade Rushing and Allison Vines Rushing of MiLA
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Judy Walker, Food editor, The Times-Picayune
Thursday August 21, 2008, 4:25 AM
Chef Slade Rushing, right, prepares a plate as his wife, Chef Alison Vines-Rushing, left, watches from the stove. The couple run MiLA in downtown New Orleans. Husband and wife Chefs Slade Rushing and Allison Vines Rushing of MiLA, at the Renaissance Pere Marquette Hotel, make one of their signature dishes, a postmodern take on a New Orleans classic.
Continue reading "Oysters Rockfeller 'Deconstructed' with Chefs Slade Rushing and Allison Vines Rushing of MiLA" »The Delachaise expands downtown
by Brett Anderson, Restaurant writer, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday August 20, 2008, 5:47 PM
The owners of The Delachaise quietly opened a new bar on Rampart Street earlier this month.
The name? It doesn't have one yet.
Continue reading "The Delachaise expands downtown" »New Orleanians' food relief trip to Cedar Rapids was "awesome"
by The Times-Picayune
Wednesday August 20, 2008, 12:00 PM
A group of New Orleanians traveled to Cedar Rapids Iowa to serve more than 1700 meals to flood victims. New Orleans cookbook author Amy Cyrex Sins said the recent flood relief trip she organized to Cedar Rapids was "AWESOME!!! It far exceeded my expectations."
Sins, whose home flooded after the levees failed, planned the trip after learning that Iowans who had volunteered to help New Orleans had themselves become victims of the same thing.
Continue reading "New Orleanians' food relief trip to Cedar Rapids was "awesome"" »Times-Picayune recipe archive celebrates 1,000th post
by Judy Walker, Food editor, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday August 20, 2008, 9:59 AM
The recipes are sorted into more than 40 categories, covering topics such as New Orleans Restaurant Favorites, Easy to Make, Thrifty, Appetizers, Seafood, Desserts, Vegetables and many more.
Continue reading "Times-Picayune recipe archive celebrates 1,000th post" »Cookbook is a good guide to whole grains
by Judy Walker, Food editor, The Times-Picayune
Wednesday August 20, 2008, 2:00 AM
Cookbook review: "The Complete Whole Grains Cookbook: 150 Recipes for Healthy Living" by Judith Finlayson (Robert Rose Inc., $24.95)
As whole grains play an ever-more-prominent role in diets, Finlayson's guide to them comes at a good time. She defines and showcases all kinds, even Job's Tears (hato mugi) which is not even really available in North America. The hard seed casings make the grain often used to make prayer beads and jewelry, we learn.
Continue reading "Cookbook is a good guide to whole grains" »Kosher Cajun: Where kosher meets Creole
by David Gladow, NOLA.com
Tuesday August 19, 2008, 10:49 PM
The Reuben at Kosher Cajun is worth a taste.The meal: Reuben with potato latkes and a Dr. Brown's cream soda
The price: $15 or so
The verdict: 7/10
"I think they must be sports fans."
The accuracy (and humor) of that statement is only apparent to those of us who have stepped foot in Kosher Cajun, which is (I'm told) one of only two kosher restaurants in the New Orleans area.
Enjoy a touch of 'Mango Maddness' this week
by The Times-Picayune
Tuesday August 19, 2008, 5:02 PM
Florida may have more hurricanes and more foreclosures, but those lucky, lucky people can also grow mango trees. Jan Norris, the food editor of the Palm Beach Post, rounded up some refreshing mango drink recipes for this summer.
Mangoes, she reminds us, are the world's most eaten fruit, followed by bananas.
Continue reading "Enjoy a touch of 'Mango Maddness' this week" »- LATEST TIMES-PICAYUNE RECIPES
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• Oysters Rockefeller "Deconstructed" 5:07 a.m. CT
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• Aioli sauce 5:14 a.m. CT
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• Roasted asparagus 5:15 a.m. CT
• Roasted artichokes 5:09 a.m. CT
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