Oysters Rockefeller, Escargots and Barefoot Wine

Posted by Gisele Perez on May 30, 2012, 8:29 am in Food and Drink, Historic Places, Menus, Recipes-Savory, Restaurants, Travel, Wine | 3 comments

Lunch with Barefoot Wines at Antoine’s in New Orleans, home of the original Oysters Rockefeller

Thursday at The New Orleans Wine and Food Experience

Posted by Gisele Perez on May 28, 2012, 7:56 am in Events, Food and Drink, Travel | 0 comments

Arriving Just in Time for the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience

Posted by Gisele Perez on May 23, 2012, 9:20 am in Events, Food and Drink, Travel, Wine | 2 comments

Meet Me at the Farmers Market-a Sunday Field Trip to L.A.’s Original (Part 2)

Posted by Gisele Perez on May 14, 2012, 8:57 am in Historic Places, Restaurants, Travel | 1 comment

Meet Me at the Farmers Market-a Sunday Field Trip to L.A.’s Original (Part 1)

Posted by Gisele Perez on May 9, 2012, 8:26 am in Historic Places, Restaurants, Travel | 2 comments

The Original Farmers Market at Third and Fairfax has been around since 1934- way before Third, Fairfax, and most of L.A.’s surrounding streets became clogged with a never-ending stream of traffic.

Rosarita!-the Rosemary Scented Margarita

Posted by Gisele Perez on May 3, 2012, 5:22 pm in Recipes-Cocktails, Restaurants | 4 comments

Sharing the Rosarita, a serious cocktail for Margarita and rosemary lovers, just in time for Cinco de Mayo.

Baked Fiesta Rice (Arroz de Fandango)-Just in Time for Cinco de Mayo

Posted by Gisele Perez on May 2, 2012, 10:57 am in Books, Food and Drink, Recipes-Savory | 2 comments

This tasty rice casserole hails from Puebla, appropriately for our purposes this week, as it was the scene of the battle celebrated on the Cinco de Mayo, when a humble army of the citizens of Puebla beat back a large and well armed fleet of French invaders.