Raised on a Roux

Happy Friday to you!  Today I’m heading to Birmingham to attend my first ever food blog conference, Food Blog South.  I’m so excited!  I can’t wait to meet other food bloggers from the South (and beyond) and learn the finer points of, among other things, recipe development, food styling and food photography. I also hear the conference meals are phenomenal and the pre- and post-parties are a blast.  And this conference?  It could not have come at a better time!  You see, I had every intention of leaving you with a lovely finger food.  But I failed.  Well, sort of.  I [ ... ]

FINALLY!!!!  After a long, drawn out off-season that had many people questioning whether we would even have professional football this year, we’ve made it to opening day.  To make it even better, my New Orleans Saints kickoff the season tonight against the defending Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers. The New Orleans Saints came to be on November 1, 1966, which was, coincidentally (or maybe not so coincidentally) All Saints Day, a Roman Catholic holiday.  Having been created on a Holy Day of Obligation in a predominately Catholic city, the owners felt compelled to call the team the Saints.  But they didn’t [ ... ]