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Deja vu all over again!
Here I sit, on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, contemplating the contents of my fridge and freezer upon the eve of yet another evacuation. Gee, thanks, Gustav, way to ruin the Labor Day weekend....
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Goi ga, and still we wait
Planning to evacuate from Gustav tomorrow morning, as early as possible. Meanwhile, I’m still trying to cook/eat all of the good things in the fridge. To sustain us through the...
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An empty fridge
After four days without power thanks to Hurricane Gustav, the contents of both fridge and freezer were a total loss. Even the cornmeal smelled rancid. Today, I’m soaking dried beans for a 15-bean...
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Backyard citrus: key limes
Aside from the (finally!) cooling weather, one of my favorite fall treats is strolling into the backyard and picking ripe citrus fruit. This week, the golf-ball-sized key limes turned from glossy...
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Almost that time of year again
Mes amis, hurricane season is right around the corner. (It officially begins on June 1st.) It’s time to start drawing down your frozen food resources! Just in case we experience bad weather this...
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Hurricane supplies
Hmm, let’s see: it’s the last week of August, so there must be a hurricane brewing in the Gulf. Twenty years to the week after Andrew, almost exactly seven years to the day after Katrina, four years...
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Eight years and counting
Eight years to the day after Katrina, I still miss Bruning’s restaurant out at the Lakefront. Eight years later, the ‘LSU Purple’ fig I planted in the storm’s aftermath STILL isn’t reliably producing...
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