Last week, A.F. asked for help identifying a dessert that her secretary, "a real old-school Cajun" in the Morgan City area, brought to work. She called it "pap" and poor man's pudding, and the main ...

This week's Exchange Alley column includes a list of easy red-white-and-blue dishes, which apparently are endless. So are bread puddings. This week I got a note from cookbook author Portia Little, ...