More S'Mores!

On Wednesday I went to a s'mores book party for our friend Erin Bried (that's her in photo). We celebrated the publishing of her book, called "How to Build a Fire: And Other Handy Things Your Grandfather Knew." She also wrote, "How to Sew a Button" about the things grandma will teach you.

In the new book you can learn how to make beef jerky, drive a nail, mow a lawn, change a flat tire, catch a fish and lot of other stuff. She has her own youtube channel to go with the books. To go there and watch her click here.

Erin's book party was at a bar called Camp. They set up little burners to make s'mores. They are like marshmallow, chocolate sandwiches.

Here are the steps to make a s'more.

1. Get a marshmallow, a stick/skewer etc., a bar of chocolate, and two graham crackers.
2. Get everything set up: Put the chocolate on the graham cracker and then on the side get another graham cracker ready.
3. Put marshmallow on stick.
4. Then roast the marshmallow above fire, but not in it. Slowly turn the stick.
5. When it browns take out. Don't let it catch on fire, blacken or burn.
6. Put the toasted marshmallow on the graham cracker and chocolate.
7. Put the other graham cracker on top like a sandwich.
8. Eat it all up!!!!
9. Do it all again and stuff yourself until you have a total sugar high!

Hope you enjoy.

Click here: to get more info on Erin's book.

New Orleans, Southern food capitol of America!

Last weekend I went to New Orleans!!!! We ate so much and I tried everything. We went because we wanted to see my mom's client's play/ puppet show. The director is Arthur Mintz, and his wife Theresa helped sew the puppets. It was so fun, It was about Fantastic Mr. Fox. We had to climb through tunnels for each scene in the play. I got to see Mr. Fox doing all the stuff he did. I loved it and I recommend it. Here's the trailer -- see for yourself!!!!

HI-YAH! / Fantastic Mister Fox from The Canary Collective on Vimeo.

We ate many different things while we were there. I took a survey to see what was the best.

#1 Is the Gumbo, it was like heaven. It had shrimp, crawfish, and the soup mixture. Here's a picture of a crawfish, which is like a small lobster:

#2 Is the candy. They had the best candy I have ever had in my 11 years of age. I had a candy that was nuts, then white chocolate, last taffy. It was so so so good!! I also had a marshmallow log on a stick, dipped in chocolate.

#3 Was the Beignets. They are pretty much a french zeppelin. We got them at a cafe in the French Quarter called Cafe du Monde. It had so much powdered sugar on it. It was yummy.

#4 Was the Po Boys. They are sandwiches with all these good things like pork or chicken. They are traditional to there.

#5 After seeing "Fantastic Mr. Fox", we went to dinner with Arthur and Theresa at a restaurant called Boucherie. I had a really good yellow tail sashimi. It had tariaki sauce in it. I also had a lemon lime expensive drink. It had mint in it, and Theresa and Arthur's had cucumber. It was one of the best drinks I have had in my life.

That was all the foods I ate in New Orleans. I love New Orleans!!!!