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Authentic family recipes from LuLu’s Kitchen: A Taste of the Gulf Coast Good Life cookbook reminded me of my childhood when I lived in Mississippi.? In the summer we used to take trips to the Gulf Coast and New Orleans.?Ilove Cajun style food, and this one cookbook I had to have.
LuLu’s Kitchen is Lucy Buffett’s culinary guide to classic Southern coastal cuisine and features more than 120 signature recipes from her famous Gulf Coast restaurant, LuLu’s.? Recipes include Buffet family favorites and soul-satisfying delights like LuLu’s West Indies Salad, Heavenly Fried Crab Claws, Garlic Cheese Grits, and Silver Queen Succotash–not to mention a whole chapter of specialty cocktails that will have you daydreaming of cold margaritas and warm sand between your toes.
Like Lucy’s?brother, Jimmy Buffett?always says, “It’s 4 o’clock somewhere”!?? I have an incredible recipe to share with you from Lucy’s Cocktail Hour chapter.
Lulu’s Rum Punch
Makes: 1 drink
Ingredients
1 ounce Captain Morgan ? Original spiced rum
? ounce Myer’s ? dark rum
? ounce coconut rum
2 ounces sour mix
1 ounce pineapple juice
1 ounce cranberry juice
Splash of grenadine, optional
Cherry and fresh tropical fruit to garnish
- Fill a tall glass with ice.
- Add spiced rum, dark rum, coconut rum and sour mix to glass.
- Add equal portions of pineapple and cranberry juice.
- Add a splash of grenadine if you like it a little sweeter.
- Stir well.
- Garnish with a cherry and fresh tropical fruit, such as orange, lemon or lime slices, or pineapple wedge.
This cookbook expresses Lucy Buffett’s love of cooking, and shares with you a little of her family history.? The Buffett clan is an intersecting group to read about.? I would love to visit a LuLu’s Kitchen’someday.
Connect:
You can connect with?Lucy Buffett?on Facebook,?Instagram?and/or @LucyBuffett on Twitter!
Giveaway Winner: Patricia Egbert