EDITOR’S LETTER
WHEN MY WIFE AND I PLANNED OUR WEDDING, we tried to add local flavor to the festivities. From the music to the menu, we succeeded in making a day that reflected our love of New Orleans and Louisiana, but no element was so talked about as the favor: a mason jar of homemade spiced pecans. It started with a trip to central Louisiana for a box of fresh pecans, followed by a quick stop for a few bottles of honey. From there, it was hours of making batch after batch of sweet, spicy pecans (similar to the Honey-Glazed Pecans on page 15) in our tiny apartment kitchen. Working through that giant box of pecans, we fell even more in love with the different ways the nuts can be used, from the sweet…