It’s Fat Tuesday, y’all! That last gluttonous day of celebrations before the Lenten season begins tomorrow. As usual, we celebrated in high style with yummy jambalaya and King Cake!! In all the years we’ve been doing this dinner, I don’t think I’ve used the same recipe twice! This go round I stuck with Ina’s delish… Read More
Today marked the last gluttonous day before Lent starts in the morning, and we celebrated with our traditional Fat Tuesday supper. Jambalaya and garlic bruchetta and King Cake and Throw Me Something, Mister cocktails, OH MY! I love how the littles get so involved in our little celebrations. The baby helped me set the… Read More
Since Mother and Daddy-O were in town and Sister and her littles were over for the day, we went ahead and celebrated Mardi Gras a day early. It was an exact replica of last year’s celebration, with a divine jambalaya, crusty garlic bread, Throw Me Something, Mister cocktail and a King Krispie Cake to finish… Read More
What’s not to love about Fat Tuesday, the last hurrah before the commencement of Lent!?!? We celebrated over jambalaya, crusty french bread, our signature Throw Me Something, Mister cocktail and a King Krispie cake. I picked up the beads, coins and festive glasses at the Dollar Tree (you’d think I was earning some sort of kick… Read More
I’m pretty certain that a Fat Tuesday fete without a cocktail is, in fact, NO Fat Tuesday fete. Which is precisely the reason Mother, Sister and I created our very own signature Mardi Gras cocktail last weekend. (Those of you that know Sister will not find it surprising that what truly happened was that she… Read More
Bestie B hails from New Orleans and ever since our first year in college when her momma mailed us a King Cake straight from the Crescent City I’ve been smitten with the convivial confection. Over the years, I’ve tried my hand and baking King Cakes the traditional way…and, I tell you what, it never ended… Read More
Daddy-O fashioned festive Mardi Gras bracelets for his gals a while back and we all look forward to donning them when February rolls around each year! We happened on the vintage doubloons from the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s in Savannah’s 37th and Abercorn Antiques & Design shoppe. Daddy-O used his Dremel tool to make small… Read More