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Regina Charboneau

Regina Charboneau

Regina Charboneau is the owner of Twin Oaks Bed & Breakfast in Natchez, Mississippi. She is the author of Regina's Table at Twin Oaks. More

Regina Charboneau is the owner of Twin Oaks Bed & Breakfast in Natchez, Mississippi. She is the author of two cookbooks: A Collection of Seasonal Menus & Recipes from Regina's Kitchen and Regina's Table at Twin Oaks.
Restraint: What Cooks Can Learn From Miles Davis

Restraint: What Cooks Can Learn From Miles Davis

A Southern cook reflects on what a jazz great can teach us about life in the kitchen, and how food, like music, is an art… More »

Two Winter Salads That Snap, Crackle, and Pop Like Spring

Two Winter Salads That Snap, Crackle, and Pop Like Spring

A Southern cook looks forward to warmer weather with romaine lettuce with citrus vinaigrette and mustardy asparagus salad… More »

Diversity at the Dinner Party

Diversity at the Dinner Party

A Southern chef plans a menu that will accommodate different tastes: quail, lamb chops, mushroom-brioche dressing, and roasted potatoes and Brussels sprouts… More »

Recipe: Roasted Fingerling Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts with Grainy Mustard

This meatless recipe only calls for four basic ingredients… More »

The Art of the Super Bowl Sandwich

The Art of the Super Bowl Sandwich

Championship football leads one Southern cook to reflect on the fine art of sandwich-making—and bring back the Muffaletta even though New Orleans isn't playing… More »

The Joy of Cooking for People With Food Allergies

The Joy of Cooking for People With Food Allergies

Overlooking an allergy can be a chef's worst fear—but being spurred to invent a new recipe can be a pleasure… More »

Recipe: Pear-Corn Flour Muffins

A gluten-free, food-allergy-safe recipe for muffins… More »

Put Down That Ham: A Rich, Vegetarian Soup Recipe

Put Down That Ham: A Rich, Vegetarian Soup Recipe

When her son vows not to eat meat in 2011, a Southern cook leaves tradition behind and adds smoked tomatoes to her split pea soup… More »

Recipe: Regina's Split Pea Soup with Oven-Smoked Tomatoes

Smoked tomatoes are great for pasta sauces, coulis, or a winter salad but work particularly well in this split pea soup… More »

Remembering a Year: Mother and Gulf Oysters

Remembering a Year: Mother and Gulf Oysters

Now that 2011 is here, the author reflects on how with family and with food, good always accompanies the bad… More »

Fire-Roasted Lobster and Other Romantic Midnight Snacks

Fire-Roasted Lobster and Other Romantic Midnight Snacks

An antidote to a busy winter schedule: A night by the fireplace with your significant other—and a sexy crustacean… More »

Recipe: Lemon-Caper Mayonnaise

This mayonnaise recipe makes extra and goes well with Regina's fire-roasted lobster, tuna salad, or grilled fish… More »

Recipe: Lobster Roasted in the Fireplace

Roasted lobster makes a perfect romantic snack. Try serving it on the floor, picnic style.… More »

Tastes of Heaven: Cotton Candy and Other Foods for Angels

Tastes of Heaven: Cotton Candy and Other Foods for Angels

A childhood fantasy about cherubs and candy puts spun sugar atop a cook's list of unearthly food pleasures… More »

Reveillon Dinner and Turtle Soup: A Creole Holiday Tradition

Reveillon Dinner and Turtle Soup: A Creole Holiday Tradition

As Christmas approaches, a chef awaits a classic New Orleans midnight dinner—and is thankful for the chefs reinventing it… More »

Recipe: Nan Marie's Mock Turtle Soup

Boneless chuck is a surprisingly good substitute for turtle meat in this mock turtle soup, which is ideal for a New Orleans-style Christmas Eve dinner… More »

Winter Comfort Food: Shrimp Creole and 9 Other Ideas

Winter Comfort Food: Shrimp Creole and 9 Other Ideas

Pasta Carbonara and gumbo rank among this cook's foods for cooler weather—even if it's still 70 degrees in Mississippi… More »

Recipe: Shrimp Creole

This shrimp creole recipe fits any temperature and mood and takes no more than 30 minutes… More »

Reinventing Thanksgiving, Part III: Jazz Things Up

Reinventing Thanksgiving, Part III: Jazz Things Up

The last Thanksgiving hurdle: turkey. A recipe for turkey parfait that makes the author's cranberry sauce variations look tame.… More »

Recipe: Bob Blumer's Turkey Parfait

If cranberries with figs are jazz, then this recipe for turkey parfait may seem punk rock to you… More »

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