If you want a terrific cocktail, get away from the French Quarter is what I learned. For a city known for inventing and perfecting so many classic cocktails, from the basic Sazerac to the often complicated (or very basic) Hurricane, finding a worthwhile cocktail or beer from a bar not named Cure or affiliated withContinue reading “Sazeracs, Hurricanes, Ramos Gin Fizz: Challenges with Cocktails in New Orleans”
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Restaurants: The Donald Link Trio: Cochon, Cochon Butcher, and Herbsaint, New Orleans
Chef expansion is always a precarious dilemma. One formula hits the right notes at the right time for the original restaurant to achieve a certain level of popularity. The food, the service, the atmosphere, the size of the restaurant– everything clicks. However, it is very well known in the restaurant industry that the only wayContinue reading “Restaurants: The Donald Link Trio: Cochon, Cochon Butcher, and Herbsaint, New Orleans”
Cocktail of the Week: None But The Brave from Heaven’s Dog, San Francisco
You don’t have to be very brave to order this delightful, refreshing while thought-provoking cocktail. It’s not too sweet, not too boozy, not too wham you over the head with an herbal or bitter taste. The secret to the success comes from an unlikely source: Delord Armagnac, brilliant with its toffee and stone fruit notes.Continue reading “Cocktail of the Week: None But The Brave from Heaven’s Dog, San Francisco”
Restaurants: Commander’s Palace, New Orleans
In the year 1880, Helen Keller and W.C. Fields were born. James Garfield became the 20th President of the United States, defeating Winfield S. Hancock. 132 years ago, Commander’s Palace also opened its stately doors in the Garden District of New Orleans, a mostly residential, Victorian home and grand tree lined area, a far cryContinue reading “Restaurants: Commander’s Palace, New Orleans”
Po-Boys, Beignets, Shrimp Remoulade: Classic New Orleans
The most exciting dining to be found in New Orleans comes today from the new guard of the city’s chefs. Yet, there’s a reason that dining is such a part of the city’s DNA, as essential to the Big Easy experience as jazz at Preservation Hall and a picture at Jackson Square. It’s the classicsContinue reading “Po-Boys, Beignets, Shrimp Remoulade: Classic New Orleans”
Monday’s Neighborhood, Magazine Street in Uptown New Orleans
Between the Garden District to the east and Audobon Park to the west, Magazine Street has become the go to destination for galleries and boutique shopping in New Orleans, a 180 degree turn from the shops and bars of the French Quarter. Fortunately for shoppers and everybody else, Magazine Street happens to be a topContinue reading “Monday’s Neighborhood, Magazine Street in Uptown New Orleans”
The Bites of Bliss: Taste Sensations to Remember From End of May in San Francisco and New Orleans
Cioppino, po boys, bananas foster…it doesn’t get much better than dining in San Francisco or New Orleans. O.k., it’s easy to eat decently in both cities with a little research. It’s also very easy to have a tourist trap meal you’ll remember for all the wrong reasons. These bites are the ones that prove SanContinue reading “The Bites of Bliss: Taste Sensations to Remember From End of May in San Francisco and New Orleans”
Quick Weekend Wrap- From New Orleans Espresso to San Francisco Cicchetti
Next week we’ll finish our visit to New Orleans, including a look at the greatest oysters and slice of cake to be found. Yes, po boys, Commander’s Palace, and a 1 am visit to Café du Monde will be on the agenda. We’ll also be back to the more normal programming schedule with each week’sContinue reading “Quick Weekend Wrap- From New Orleans Espresso to San Francisco Cicchetti”
Restaurants: Emeril’s, New Orleans
“Bam!” “Kick it up a notch!” With those famed catchphrases, even passive television viewers who never cook and put no thought into where they dine out know who is being referred to. Julia Child made cooking shows on television watchable. Emeril Lagasse, forgive the expression, kicked the subject of cooking shows on television up aContinue reading “Restaurants: Emeril’s, New Orleans”
Cocktails of the Week: The Bandito and The Arrow in the Gale from Cure, New Orleans
The first two nights of cocktails in New Orleans was rough. Not rough in a sick, too many hurricanes on Bourbon Street way. Rough because destination classic cocktail bar after destination classic cocktail bar that we purposely seeked out crafted some of the most lackluster cocktails I have encountered from supposedly reputable bars. We neededContinue reading “Cocktails of the Week: The Bandito and The Arrow in the Gale from Cure, New Orleans”
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