Carrie’s Place

Stuffed Artichokes
I experienced stuffed artichokes for the first time in New Orleans, at a restaurant called Crazy Johnnies. What a treat! I knew with certainty that I could recreate the recipe.
I did some research on-line, and found some ideas of how to prepare the artichokes, and came up with a recipe [...]

Pistachio Cake

I wanted to make something special for Dan’s birthday a couple of weeks in advance, but I couldn’t find the pistachios (small town for ya). While visiting his mom, she brought us two bags of pistachios, said she got them at Walgreens. Well, that was Slidell – but I couldn’t resist [...]