Foie Gras & Flannel

My brother invited me to join him at our sister’s place in Baton Rouge for Mardi Gras. I couldn’t make it happen, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t celebrate with friends: Kim, Nicole, Amanda, Ruby, Ron, Phillip, Alisa, Oliver—did I miss anyone?

I can’t really take credit for anything here – friend, foodie and food pornographer Amanda cooked up the grub. Check out her recap of the festivities, then drool over her photo of the chipotle-strawberry filled king cake. She’s a little better at the photo thing, but here’s a few more for memory’s sake:

King cake #2: apple and cinnamon.

Kim, in a mask. That’s Phillip in his pimp hat in the background.

Decorations. Also, Nicole in the background.

More decorations. The organizers took this party seriously!

[update] As he promised, Steven delivered on the recipe. I’d second his recommendation to cut back on the bacon.

You read that right. Bacon. In an apple pie.

Tasty.

Thanks to Steven for baking it for the office (proof that a happy former intern is a pie-baking former intern). He’s promised to post the recipe on TasteFresno.

This is what I woke up to this morning.

Go ahead, look back up. Take it all in. That’s bacon on top of a sugary glaze made from Grade A maple syrup, drizzled over homemade cinnamon rolls. I have the best wife ever.

The recipe is from Delcious Coma. There’s also a delicious recipe on TasteFresno for those that like their rolls wrapped in bacon.

I can’t take any credit here—these were all Kim. We got the lemons and marmalade recipe from fellow foodie Renee, and Kim made seven jars. (We still have a couple, if you don’t feel like making your own.)

The muffins were Kim’s first attempt, and they sooo much better than store-bought. Hat tip to Renee for also pointing her to this recipe. Bravo, babe. I want more.

The recipe is straight out of the Sriracha Cookbook (with an addition of avocado).

The tuna came from Central Fish. It was excellent.