Traditional, French king cakes and where to find them in New Orleans. Though the king cake traveled to New Orleans from France approximately 150 years […]
Let them eat (king) cake!
House of the Week: Greek Revival side hall on Prytania Street
When I moved from the Carrollton neighborhood and back to the Garden District three years ago, there was a house just a few doors down […]
S&P
Ages ago, when my income was a tad more disposable, I had a bit of a thing for salt and pepper shakers. I admired many […]
What I did on my summer vacation …
Surely y’all remember writing about what you did on your summer vacation when you went back to school in September. It seemed like an elementary/middle […]
Celebrating 48 Years: Palm & Pine
Though some might believe it makes me a terrible food writer, I’m notoriously bad at patronizing pop-ups. I’ll mark them on my Google calendar, get […]
Trading Thai for tapas
When the Spanish-inspired Costera Restaurant & Bar opened in the Prytania Street building that formerly housed La Thai, I was easily one of the first […]
House of the Week: Sidehall Camelback on Coliseum Street
New Orleans’ wretched summer heat is already upon us and it’s not even officially summertime yet. Though I love taking walks with Pippin around my […]
Down on Oak Street
Opened a little over two years ago, DTB or “Down the Bayou” is a restaurant in the Carrollton neighborhood described as offering “reinterpreted coastal Cajun […]
Cooking Keto: Andouille Sausage, Spinach & Mushroom Quiche
As anyone who has followed my blogs knows, I have always had a weight problem. For reasons I’d rather not delve into as of yet […]
A sign?
Throughout my 45+ years on this planet, I’ve seen some pretty amazing natural phenomenon. While walking with my mom on Sawyer Camp Trail in San […]