The Original Bananas Foster

For years, there’s been lots of banter about the origin and correct preparation of Bananas Foster, without question one of the South’s (indeed, America’s) most famous desserts. Well, I happen to own a letter from Ella Brennan (today one of the owners of Commander’s Palace, in New Orleans) describing all the colorful details, and suffice it to say that around 1950, when she and her family were involved in Brennan’s Restaurant in New Orleans, her brother, Owen