Visiting Hacienda Petac
Last week I headed off to Hacienda Petac, tucked away and surrounded by a humble little town outside of Merida in the Yucatan, for my second Mexican culinary adventure.
read moreEssentials (and Optionals) for New Orleans’ Carnival Season
If you’re planning to roll into New Orleans for Mardi Gras, here are a few things I’ve found that are must-haves (along with a few optional items), for proper participation in the season – and on into the spring festival season that’ll be on its way soon.
read moreDining Together at 2 Favorite New Orleans Restaurants
I’ve been thinking, more intentionally, about how bridges can be built over the dining table. Pêche and Bacchanal, two favorite New Orleans restaurants, offer opportunities for shared dining experiences.
read moreUncle Manuel Perez
I was in high school, and had just joined the band and selected my instrument – the trumpet – when learned that Manuel, my father’s uncle, had been a trumpet player, and a very influential one , at that.
read moreVisiting the Whitney Plantation
I returned to River Road this past weekend to spend an aptly cloudy afternoon visiting the Whitney Plantation, the United States’ only plantation dedicated to the enslaved.
read moreNew Orleans’ Confederate Monuments
Mayor Mitch Landrieu gave a moving speech Friday afternoon, as the last of the city’s four Confederate was coming down. He mentioned in his remarks all the people that had left New Orleans because of exclusionary attitudes – people like my parents, and indeed much of my extended family, who joined the tens of thousands, and perhaps more, in leaving the city for a better life.
read moreMaida Heatter’s Budapest Coffee Cake
A coffee cake from the incomparable Maida Heatter, and a beautifully dramatic bundt cake pan- neither disappoints.
read moreRemembering Deb
Deborah Cotton was one of those people who knew right away that she loved New Orleans – with a passion.
read moreBreakfast Pasta with Eggs, Bacon and Sautéed Onions
I needed comfort food this weekend – you know, starchy, fatty, salty, chocked full of umami cheesy goodness comfort food – to get through these days, and prepare myself for the march, for the fight.
read moreRemembering Dooky Chase, Carmen Morial and a Recipe for Devilled Crabs
Remembering two elders of New Orleans Creole community and a recipe for Louisiana Style Devilled Crabs.
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