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Mini Cheesecakes, Recipe Boxes and Motivational Speakers -- The Baton Rouge Advocate in 60 Seconds

by Hanna Raskin, Posted Nov 19th 2009 @ 12:00PM

Cookie exchanges are so passé in southern Louisiana, where swap-minded cooks are now trading cupcakes, cheesecakes, pralines and single slices of pound cake.
The potato is enjoying newfound popularity at tailgate parties, thanks to its terrific versatility and low cost. (But if you have cash to spare, the editors suggest pairing grilled potato kebabs with Zinfandel.)
The director of Baton Rouge's International Cooking Competition & Tasting Fair reports the festival is "getting bigger and better."
Corrine Cook extols the beauty of timeworn, taped-together recipe boxes and binders.
A motivational speaker inadvertently inspires a recipe for shrimp and corn sauté.