Last year, I posted a recipe for Jambalaya which I got from our friends Ron and Colleen from New Orleans.  Ron usually makes 2 big pots of this dish at their house parties in Lake Tahoe and I have been known to stand by the stove the rest of the evening, feasting on this wonderful [...]

I have never made king cake before although I have tasted several with various fillings: pecan, cream cheese, raspberries, etc.  I decided to use brioche dough from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day instead of creating one from scratch.  I have  a pound of brioche master dough sitting in my freezer, a box of [...]