Slurping wetly and noisily at the nourishment that is New Orleans
Creamy, cool, smooth, and, eggy, custard is often (but not always) sweet, and sadly ephemeral as its undeniable deliciousness will quickly vanish from your plate. There aren’t enough words in the English language to describe the ethereal, yet luscious sensory experience that is custard. Whether it be a deep fried […]
While James Beard-award winning chef Susan Spicer is the face of her famous French Quarter restaurant, her chef de cuisine Christiane Engeran keeps the fires burning. The first time she met Chef Susan Spicer, Christiane “Christy” Engeran was poly-sci student at Southeastern Louisiana University working at one of Hammond’s few […]
The New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic and Assistance Foundation new program Save Sounds renews efforts to prevent and treat hearing loss among local musicians,in turn protecting and preserving the music, and thereby the culture, for which our city is known. New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic founder Bethany Ewald Bultman distinctly recalls the […]
It’s always busy around the hot bar at these local grocery stores! While makin’ groceries and preparing your own meals is undoubtedly the most affordable way to go, sometimes you need a break. The drudgery of cooking every single day for every single meal can wear a person down. Going […]
Every year on my birthday, I typically dine out at some spectacular local restaurant and I share my experiences with you. After my birthday on Sunday, some folks asked where I dined this year, and I am hesitant to share, because it wasn’t great. It wasn’t the worst dining experience […]
I’ve been busy surviving this thing called life lately, and avoiding the Realtor browse, neglecting my ritual self flagellation in the interest of sanity. Not only will I never be able to buy a house, I am no longer 100% positive I’d want to buy one in New Orleans, even […]
After several years of homework, a former teacher combines local pride with a child-like love of ice cream and is met with sweet success. Across from the renown Antoine’s Restaurant, less than a block from the never ending bustle on Bourbon Street, lies Sweet Saint. Like so many great finds […]
Local spots giving new life to the soft serve sensation. Are you a sucker for cool, creamy whipped ice cream swirled to dizzying peaks atop a cake cone? Have you perfected the art of lapping and slurping the ripples of chocolate or vanilla (or both), carefully timing your consumption to […]
For National Ice Cream Day (coming this Sunday, July16), I thought it might be interesting to do a round up of local restaurant ice creams. The unique flavors our chefs come up with are regularly mind-blowing and I can think of five spots off the top of my head worth […]
At Fritai, chef and co-owner Charly Pierre embraces his heritage and the inherent connection between New Orleans and Haiti one dish at a time. Often called the “northernmost Caribbean city,” New Orleans shares many characteristics with the great archipelago to the South, particularly Haiti. In the early 1800s, both during […]
Denver design firm FAM Design creates a female-forward, dreamlike atmosphere at the The Frenchmen Hotel with Italian surrealist Leonor Fini as their muse. On any given day New Orleans can elicit the surreal. Just watch a cruise liner float by on the Mississippi from street level, the massive hull at […]
New Orleans is not typically known for its barbecue, and that’s okay. We have gumbo, etouffee, crawfish boils and po-boys a-plenty. But about a decade ago, when the ‘cue scene across the country started to cool down and hold steady, the Crescent City finally started smokin’. Walker’s Southern Style BBQ […]