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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS

67 Jeaneen Rouse’s Cheesecake 67 Sue Rouse’s Creole Pralines

THANKSGIVING 14 Yours, Brine & Ours by David W. Brown 18 Much Ado About Stuffing by David W. Brown

CHRISTMAS 40 Ambrosia! By Pableaux Johnson

BOOK EXCERPT 44 City of A Million Dreams by Jason Berry

48 What a Wonderful Christmas by Jason Berry 49 Ring-A-Ling by Alison Fensterstock 48 Rent-A-Santa by Sarah Baird 50 Meet Fred Parker by Sarah Baird 56 Rockin’ Around the Christmas Brie by Liz Thorpe

RECIPES 19 Smoked Sausage & Tasso Cornbread Dressing 28 Corn Pudding 28 Sweet Potato Casserole 28 Green Bean Casserole 29 Carrot Soufflé 29 Uncle Tim Acosta’s Cabbage Casserole 35 Dirty Rice 39 Crab Stew 41 Sicily Island Ambrosia 65 Donny Rouse’s Seafood & Sausage Gumbo 65 Mr. Anthony Rouse’s Downhome Oyster Dressing 66 Uncle Tim Acosta’s Stuffed Mirlitons 66 Sue Rouse’s Peanut Butter Fudge 66 Karen Rouse’s Crabmeat Dip 66 Mrs. Rouse’s Cocoons

IN EVERY ISSUE 3 Letter from the Family 8 Contributors 9 Letter from the Editor 10 Eat Right with Rouses by Esther Ellis, MS, RD, LDN

BOXING DAY 80-81 In Tillman’s Corner by David W. Brown

24 Casseroles by Sarah Baird

GIFTS & ENTERTAINING 62 Homemade for the Holidays by Ali Rouse Royster 72 Our Holiday Gift Guide

ON THE COVER Yours, Brine & Ours Cover Photo by Romney Caruso

34 Dirty Work by Pableaux Johnson 38 Roux & Stews by Marcelle Bienvenu

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