Food Detective: Getting recipes from area restaurants for your favorite dishes
[Lulu's At Homeport Marina, 200 East 25th Ave., Gulf Shores, 251-967-5858.]
An e-mailed request turned the Food Detective's attention to south Alabama in search of a recipe for a black-eyed pea dip.
The quest was prompted by an unsigned note from a reader who told about his family's recent "wonderful weekend in Gulf Shores" when they had "a chance to go to the new Lulu's location along the intracoastal waterway."
"I know it's been there for a couple of years now, but this was the first time for us, and we couldn't have had a better time," he wrote. "I couldn't get enough of the L.A. caviar, so simple, but so delicious. "Do you happen to have the recipe for that? I would be most grateful."
As luck would have it, Lulu's owner, Lucy Buffett, was willing to share the recipe for one of her eatery's signature items that she often makes at home.
Click here to read the full article from the Birmingham News.
