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Road Trip: Boudin and Crawfish Kolaches in Louisiana

I'd never heard of a boudin kolache until my dad (cookbook author and food historian Robb Walsh) wrote about them for Houston Press's Eating Our Words blog, but they seemed like a perfect second course after Texas kolaches at Rao's. These things are a testament to fusion food in America. Boudin is a French word for "blood sausage," but in Louisiana it means rice dressing with pork and spices inside of a sausage casing. So here we have boudin, a French-Cajun hybrid, stuffed inside a Texan spin on an Eastern European pastry.

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3 Comments | Posted by TODOAustinFood, October 26, 2010 at 2:15 PM
Tagged: boudin, crawfish, kolaches, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Road Trip: Kolaches at Rao's Bakery in Beaumont, Texas

Our first stop on the Texas-to-Mississippi trail was Rao's Bakery (pronounced ray-ohs) in Beaumont, Texas. Rao's is famous for Mardi Gras king cake, but we were after their sausage-stuffed Texas kolaches. We ordered one Zummo brand Italian with jalapeño, one Zummo with cheese, and one plain Jimmy Dean and ate them on the road with our coffee. Kolaches are a Texas roadtripper's best friend. They're good hot or cold, sweet or savory, and they're mighty easy to eat with one hand.

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15 Comments | Posted by TODOAustinFood, October 25, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Tagged: kolaches, Texas, Texas to Mississippi Road Trip

Houston: Boudin Kolaches at Shipley Do-nuts

[Photograph: Robb Walsh] This is new to me on a couple different levels. First, I grew up eating sweet kolaches made by my Slovakian grandmother, and the concept of savory ones, as done in Texas—well, I'm still wrapping my head around that. Second, wow. Boudin kolache. That sounds kind of awesome. Glad to see that Robb Walsh, who brought this thing to light, is out and about and back on top of his game after his swine-flu-induced quarantine. Available at Shipley Do-nuts, 5200 North Main Street, Houston TX 77009 (map); 713-869-4636; shipleydonuts.ws...

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7 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, October 20, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Tagged: boudin, Houston TX, kolaches, Shipley Do-nuts