Panderina Soumas

Cooking up Creole Heritage with Chef Pansou

The state of Louisiana isn’t the largest state in the Union, but it offers one of the most diverse dichotomies in the United States. While most people think of the state of Louisiana as a home of Creole culture...
recipe

Recipes – Shrimp Creole

Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil 4 garlic cloves, minced 2 large onions, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped 1 green bell pepper, chopped 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 cups seafood stock or shrimp...
Creole Cake

Recipes – Creole Cake

Ingredients: 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup cocoa 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup buttermilk 2 eggs 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 tablespoon vanilla 1 cup boiling water For Frosting ⅔ cup eva...
Anthony Christian

Anthony Christian – The Child that Art Made

“I do not know which to admire the most; your courage in defying the tendencies of modern art or the skill with which you have done so.” Thus wrote Lord Kenneth Clark at a time when Lord Clark, having just laun...
Paradise

What is your piece of paradise here?

May 28, 2018 Due to ministry, rarely have I had an opportunity to view the Kentucky Derby Run For The Roses, aka “The most exciting two minutes in sports.” One might quibble over one or the other heavyweight b...
Historic Photos of New Orleans by Melissa Lee Smith

Historic Photos of New Orleans

Melissa Lee Smith Hardback, 2007, 204 pages Publisher: Turner Publishing Company ISBN-10: 1596524057 Birthplace of jazz, home to the beignet, city of a thousand legends, New Orleans grew out of a unique blend ...
Brother Dege - Scorched Earth Policy

Brother Dege – Scorched Earth Policy

Brother Dege, who recently found fame for his track ‘Too Old To Die Young’, being featured in Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’, produces a stunning album in the form of Scorched Earth Policy. Admittedly ...
Caldo verde

Caldo Verde (Portuguese Green Soup)

Ingredients: 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1 onion, minced 1 clove garlic, minced 6 potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced 2 quarts cold water 10 ounces chorizo (or any other smocked sausage), thinl...
Balkan Beat Box - Shout It Out

Balkan Beat Box – Shout It Out

This electic album from Balkan Beat Box is far from well within the boundaries of traditional Balkan music – as their name may suggest. Their heavy electronic basslines and wild wizardry connecting saxophone (c...