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Creole Collard Greens

This is a dish built on patience and transformation. Raw collards are tough, grassy, almost defiant. But given heat, fat, acid, and a little sweetness – and most importantly, time – they soften into something generous and soulful. The leaves surrender. The pot liquor deepens. What begins sharp and bitter becomes rounded, savory, and deeply comforting.

Tags apple cider vinegar, bacon, braised greens, brown sugar, chicken stock, collard greens, comfort food, Creole cuisine, Dutch oven, greens recipe, hot sauce, make-ahead, pot liquor, side dish, slow simmer, soul food, Southern cooking, Southern side dish, vegetable recipe

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Bread Pudding

If you’re ever in the neighborhood of Commander’s Palace in the Garden District, you can almost follow your nose to the front door by the aroma of bread pudding which wafts across the neighborhood. I always picture a looney tunes character, closing their eyes, nose to the air, flapping their hands and floating along the scent trail to the source. I always think of that when I make this recipe and my kitchen smells of cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla.