Author: Brooke Bass
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Potatoes au Gratin with Haricots Verts and Prosciutto
Growing up in Southern Louisiana, comfort foods were the star of my childhood. Whether we were gathering with friends over bowls full of gumbo or court-bouillon on the weekend, making red beans and rice on Mondays, or spooning my mothers’ favorite weeknight-friendly green bean, ham, and potato stew, the bowl was the vessel and the…
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Caramelized Shallot and Mushroom Soup with Chèvre
Let me start this out by saying the last few months of cooking have been fairly atypical for me. Because I haven’t been in a home kitchen, I haven’t even been in a land-based kitchen. I’ve been on the water, cooking from the galley of my 40-foot sailboat. This lifestyle of living aboard a boat…
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Creole Crab Bisque
I grew up in southern Louisiana, in a house where crab traps dangled lazily from the dock that connected our home to a large lake. When nothing else was planned for dinner, we’d haul up the traps and peer inside, hopeful we’d have several blue crabs waiting for us in the wired boxes. Occasionally, they…
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Mushroom-Stuffed Pork Loin with Sauce Gribiche
With all of the cold weather blowing through this time of year, it’s a great time to turn to our ovens for warmth and comfort. For hearty dishes that can warm the bones and swirl rich aromas throughout our kitchens and homes. Here, I’ve prepared a classic roast pork loin, which I’ve butterflied and filled…
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Ham and Cheese Soufflé
In my experience, there are few dishes that impress dinner guests more than soufflé. The elegant rise and fall. The way their crunchy tops give in to soft, melted middles. There’s just something magical about this classic French dish. Only most people, myself included at one point, get nervous at the idea of preparing soufflé,…