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FAMILY LETTER
Season’s Eating
My wife, Kara, and I really love to entertain.There are friends, neighbors and family drifting
in and out of our house all of the time, especially during the holidays.
And Rouses chefs make it so easy. They work for months on our holiday offerings, which
include fully cooked Holiday Dinners with all the trimmings, plus casseroles and dressings
that can be ordered separately. At our house, we get a complete Thanksgiving Dinner with
cornbread dressing every year. It’s just our longtime tradition; I know your family has some
of your own.
We have pecan pie as this issue’s cover story, along with pecan pie-perfect bourbon pairings
from one of our whiskey writers. He recommends choosing bourbon that’s a little lower
in alcohol so you don’t overwhelm the dessert — a good thing to know, since we take our
food and drink pretty seriously around here. As you’ll see in this issue, there are all kinds
of variations on pecan pie. I personally like traditional corn syrup pecan pie, which is the
kind we sell at Rouses — it’s the classic Southern recipe your grandmother probably used
too. Caribou Crossing Single Barrel Canadian Whisky pairs well with it, and comes in a
beautiful bottle that makes a great gift.
Black-eyed peas and cabbage are a time-honored New Year’s Day food tradition on the
Gulf Coast. I cook a whole suckling pig over a flame every New Year’s Eve, and leftovers
are served with lucky black-eyed peas, smothered cabbage and cornbread the next day. In
this issue, writer Crescent Dragonwagon offers a twist on these symbolic foods, including
a Brazilian-style collard green salad you can make with cabbage — just to keep your lucky
streak going.
Stop by your neighborhood Rouses Market to help jump-start your holiday cooking ideas.
We look forward to helping you make this the best holiday season ever.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Donny Rouse, CEO
3rd Generation
On the Cover
Honeyed Browned-Butter Pecan Pie
on pg. 23
Photo by Romney Caruso
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Holiday Recipes
Find recipes for other holiday favorites and
heating directions for our famous turduchens
and deboned stuffed turkeys, chickens and
pork tenderloins online at .
Holiday Classes
& Events
There’s always something new and fun on
our schedule, including holiday cooking
classes for adults and kids taught by our
chefs Nino and Sally. Visit our website at
to see what events are
going on in your neighborhood.
Help Stop Hunger
During the
Holidays
We work closely with the Greater Baton Rouge
Food Bank, Second Harvest, Feeding the Gulf
Coast (formerly Bay Area Food Bank) and
food pantries all over the Gulf Coast to provide
disaster relief and feed the hungry year-round.
We make it easy to help those struggling to
put food on their tables this holiday. Just scan
a coupon at any Rouses register to add to your
bill, or purchase a pre-packed bag of canned
goods for $10, which we will be happy to
deliver for you.
Donny Rouse