5 Best Spots to Get a Proper Cocktail
The cocktail bar is in vogue. As GQ put it, “If you haven’t noticed, we are in the middle of a cocktail revolution in this country.” New Orleans, being the alleged birthplace of the cocktail, is no different. Here in the Crescent City, bars old and new, traditional and trendy, are reminding us why this city loves to drink so much. If you’re on the hunt for New Orleans’ best cocktail, here are five bars that you should check out first.
An Ode to Blackberries in New Orleans (with recipes!)
Blackber-eeees! Fresh and fine! I got blackber-eeees, Lady! Fresh from th’ vine! I got blackber-eees, Lady! Three glass fo’a dime!” I got blackberries, blackber-eees! -A pre-WWII street hawker’s pitch from “Gumbo Ya-Ya, A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales” by Lyle Saxon, Edward Dreyer, and Robert Tallant Every Spring, I am again reminded of one of … Read more
Programming notes
We’ve been pretty quiet over here for the last month, I know, and for that I have to apologize to all our faithful readers. Life has been busy for all of our contributors through May, especially for me, as I have been transitioning to a new day job, had some craziness in my academic life, … Read more
Why I cook
The great chef Mario Batali said in an interview “My favourite thing to eat, is anything anyone else makes.” I am not a great chef, or even a chef by professional standards, but I completely empathize. People often ask me “What do you cook for yourself?” or say “I bet you make amazing food for … Read more
Jazmine Cafe’s Banh Mi
Jazmine Cafe is one of the few Vietnamese restaurants in the New Orleans Uptown area. The menu has a variety of Pho (Vietnamese Soups), Vermicelli noodle bowls, spring rolls and other Vietnamese dishes. I was focused on the Bahn Mi and decided to get the basic pork because I know how amazing Vietnamese marinated pork … Read more
New Orleans Jazz Fest: Let Your Fest Flag Fly
Jazz fest snuck up on me this year. So much was going on in my head that I didn’t even think about it until last Tuesday. Funds being a little tight and the work schedule ramping up, it doesn’t look like it is in the cards this year for me. Instead I’m obsessively looking at … Read more
Not-So-French Sandwiches
No Po Boys in France… but maybe someday. In fact, the era of the baguette-butter-ham sandwich belongs to the past. Sure enough, you can still find it at your local baker’s but that is not the general rule. French sandwiches are not so French anymore. First of all, Paris is invaded by Subway and the … Read more
Dong Phuong – New Orleans’ Vietnamese Food Mecca
Dong Phuong Oriental Bakery& Restaurant (14207 Chef Menteur Hwy., 504.254.0296) isn’t the kind of place you find on accident. The Vietnamese restaurant and bakery, a popular but well-kept secret among local foodies, is located on a desolate stretch of road bordering on 23,000+ acres of uninterrupted marshland that comprises the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. … Read more
Napa, Stomach First
This Sunday, April 24, is Easter Sunday. Eat Together writers Frances Palms and Alexander Hancock will be heading to Fran’s hometown of Napa, California. (Yes, that Napa.) While Po Boy Month is ongoing, here Fran provides the local’s view towards eating in Napa. If you can’t get into the French Laundry — and even if … Read more
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