Classic Jambalaya - © 2012 www.thecookingmom.com

Maggie J’s now offers our own hand made, home made New Orleans style Andouille sausage, lightly smoked and ready to star in your next Gumbo, Jambalaya, Etouffée or Crawfish Boil! Many local purveyors of fresh and smoked sausage don’t make Andouille…Read More →

Golden Brown Roast Turkey

I know. You’ve been inundated with “Tips for the Perfect Turkey” online, in the papers and on TV for weeks – since before U.S. Thanksgiving. But I’ve yet to see any one such submission that embodies all the points I consider critical to producing the perfect bird.Read More →

McKenna Pope

Just yesterday we told you how New Jersey 13-year-old McKenna Pope had started a petition on change.org to convince Hasbro, maker of the Easy-Bake Oven, to release a gender-neutral version of the iconic “girl” toy.Read More →

Easy-Bake Oven

You’ve almost certainly seen the news story about 13-year-old McKenna Pope and her petition at change.org asking Hasbro, maker of the iconic Easy-Bake Oven, to provide a gender-neutral version of the toy. She says the toy repels boys because it comes only in “girl colours”.Read More →

Running with the Bulls - Pamplona

The current leading theory purporting to explain why people like spicy foods would have us believe that we love to hurt ourselves. Really. But researchers at Pen State University are taking a more positive approach…Read More →