05 November 2013

Cookies: Coconut-Almond Macaroons

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK -- Guests will be asking for more when you serve Coconut-Almond Macaroons.

Photo: Arthur D. Lauck/The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

From Denny: Raise your hand if you enjoy coconut macaroons. Yeah, me too! They make some stellar ones on their seasonal menu, dipped in the best dark chocolate, over at the French restaurant bistro chain, La Madeleine.

But if you can't get ones as good as theirs locally, and the ones at the grocery store leave you yawning, well, make them yourself! These lovely cookies are easy to make.

Yet another easy recipe from my local Louisiana newspaper, The Advocate. They have an award-winning food section as Louisiana people love to cook and share our recipes for publication, especially when it comes to tail-gating season and the holidays...

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3 Tasty Persimmon Recipes: Bread, Cake, Pudding, Persimmon Facts

From Denny: Persimmons. Look forward to these every year when they are in season? Just when you start to forget they exist, then, suddenly they show up in the grocery store. Pretty much the story of our lives as there is so much abundance around us in the harvest time. That sends you hurriedly searching yet again for a great persimmon recipe. So, you end up here at this food blog, right? :)

Seriously, these great recipes were recently featured in our local newspaper by an avid persimmon grower with a beautiful persimmon tree in her Louisiana yard, offering great advice on growing and cooking persimmons. One tree yields a lot of yummy tasty treats to enjoy baking into awesome goodness! This year her persimmon tree almost broke her record; it produced over 1,500 persimmons.

After a record amount one year, the persimmon tree will take a break next year and produce less. After harvest, prune the house high tree because you will want it to branch out as much as possible. Pruning is what keeps a tree producing a lot and prolongs its life for many years. It's often difficult to reach the fruit at the top of tree so just leave it as food for your neighborhood birds. They will be sure to thank you!...

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A Truth Journal: Govt Shutdown Shutstorm 2013: Late Nite Jokes Display Congress' Malfeasance In Office

A Truth Journal: Govt Shutdown Shutstorm 2013: Late Nite Jokes Display Congress' Malfeasance In Office:

4 Jon Stewart videos.

From Denny: Have you been enjoying the Washington soap opera lately - known as The Government Shutdown? The word is that sometime tonight Speaker Boehner will finally do his job and allow the full House to vote on the bill to end this idiot shutdown and reopen the government.

Of course, there are conservative groups still urging members to vote against raising the country's debt ceiling to avoid default. Those same groups also don't want the government reopened. No one said groups like Club For Growth were smart enough to understand the global implications of such a screamingly stupid strategy...