Category Archives: New Orleans
7 Mardi Gras Recipes…
Sorry so late…but here are 7 stellar Mardi Gras recipes so even if you are not in the Big Easy today…you can eat like you are. Smoked Duck & Andouille Gumbo Café Vermilionville Servings: Serves a crowd 2 smoked Long … Continue reading
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MoJo… 2 for 2
Back in the fall I posted chicken recipes, a superstitous prayer to the baseball gods for a Yankees World Series win…of course they won in 6. Last week, I posted a jambalaya recipe hoping to loan my friends in New … Continue reading
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Super Saint’s Mojo Jambalaya
Who Dat? Alright football fans…the baseball guy is here to bring some of his temporary mojo to the rooting interests of Saint’s fans. As you may remember quite clearly, I posted those chicken recipes that may (or may not) have … Continue reading
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NY2NO
I saw this dilapidated Partridge Family Bus traveling next to us as we entered New Orleans. The bus was a perfect metaphor for how I felt after this particular road trip. We arrived in New Orleans, exhausted and dirty, to … Continue reading
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Denial, Anger, Acceptance
I went to bed after the debacle that was day one with the ridiculous idea that I was going to wake up, have a fruit salad and all would be right with the world. The hotel’s continental breakfast was a … Continue reading
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Resistance is Futile
When agreeing to drive with friends to Louisiana to attend a weekend pig roast in Cajun country, I knew my chances of beginning to shed my holiday bloat would be tough since the annual Cochon du Lait has a reputation for legendary … Continue reading
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Crescent City Comestibles: Cinq
My last few days in New Orleans, which were interrupted by a short sojourn in Cajun country (which I will describe at a later date), reinforced my feeling that the sensitivity to how food is prepared, perceived and presented here … Continue reading
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Crescent City Comestibles: Quatre
In New Orleans, the Monday before Mardi Gras is Lundi Gras and I was intent on having another of the city’s famous dishes, a beignet from Cafe Du Monde in the French Quarter. Getting a late start was partly due … Continue reading
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Crescent City Comestibles: Trois
The days leading into Mardi Gras are indeed as wild and chaotic as advertised. It is a test to one’s endurance and it’s only the food, in my opinion, that keeps you moving from bar to bar, parade-to-parade and festival-to-festival. … Continue reading
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Crescent City Comestibles: Deux
I must begin my commentary about New Orleans with enormous thanks to my great friends Bill Schaap and Ellen Ray. Bill and Ellen were my tireless tour guides, door openers, transporters and ambassadors throughout the week. I could not have … Continue reading
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