This recipe for Tomato Soup with Lamb and Rice is one of the recipes I included in my recent book, Around the Table with The Catholic Foodie: Middle Eastern Cuisine. With all the cold weather we have had recently (19 degrees in New Orleans this week!), soup has been on my mind. My wife made …
Crawfish Etouffee in the Christmas Season
We are still in the Christmas Season, folks, and today we continue our #12DaysofChristmas #recipes with Crawfish Étouffée. Yes, I missed a few days of recipe-sharing during the #12DaysofChristmas #recipes. Life, you know. Sometimes it gets in the way of our best-made plans. The Christmas Season doesn’t officially end until the feast of the Baptism …
Lamb-Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
Today is New Year’s Day… So Happy New Year! No matter how hard I try each year to cook something different, Lamb-stuffed Cabbage Rolls always seem to end up on our table. It’s a good thing we love them. I used to not be able to say that. I hated cabbage growing up, and I …
Seafood Gumbo: A Favorite Christmas Tradition?
It’s Christmas Eve and I have only a few hours to plan tomorrow’s feast. That might seem like an easy task, but it’s not. Our Christmas Day tradition for the last several years involves me making a traditional Seafood Gumbo. You have to understand that Christmas Day is usually the only day of the year …
Lamb and Tomato Stew with Crispy Potatoes
Last February I led the first Food Meets Faith pilgrimage to the Holy Land. We were there for 11 days. We spent the first 4 days in the northern region around Nazareth, and the remainder of the trip we stayed in Jerusalem and traveled during the day to sacred spots either in the city or …
