New Orleans has long been the center of caffeine culture in North America. With bags upon bags of green coffee beans being unloaded off ships from Central and South America, the port of New Orleans has long been the most logical depot for Earth’s second-most traded commodity. During the Civil War, when coffee was in [...]
It has been said that New Orleans is the only city in the world where new restaurants open, but no restaurants ever close. That aphorism holds true today, where seemingly every empty warehouse and downtrodden property in the city is undergoing a renovation for the next starry-eyed foodie entrepreneur. And while restaurants specializing in New [...]
Ever loved a dish from a restaurant? Really loved it? As in, no matter how many times you visit the restaurant, nor how expansive the menu, you always order it? Breaking your addiction to that dish is simple. Go and work in that restaurant. Chances are, by the end of your second day you will [...]
A casual stroll down Bourbon Street yields a limited number of options for pairing food with a Big Ass Beer. Most revelers are content with noshing on freshly defrosted pizza by the slice or wolfing down a Lucky Dog in order to prolong the drinking hour. But just a stone’s throw down Conti Street, a [...]
Green beer and jello shots are as representative of Irish culture as a California roll symbolizes an authentic expression of Japanese sushi. Luckily New Orleans has adopted an Irishman of her own who has brought a certain level of credence to the city’s enthusiasm for the Emerald Isle. With the opening of the Irish House [...]
One of the most common urban foodie legends involves an alleged top-secret menu at your favorite Chinese restaurant. As the story goes, the proprietors of the restaurant reserve this menu of authentic foods from their homeland only for customers of Chinese descent or ambitious diners who somehow became privy to the menu’s existence. Those select [...]
In most other parts of the country, the arrival of winter may conjure culinary images of hearty stews and roasted game dishes designed to fortify the body like a roaring fireplace providing warmth from within. But in New Orleans, instead of warming up over a steamy bowl of gumbo or turtle soup, locals embrace the [...]
The proliferation of specialty food merchants has altered the home cook’s preparation of the traditional holiday meal. Instead of the familiar Butterball bird served alongside green bean casserole made from cream of mushroom soup and onions from a can, today’s holiday spread is more likely to feature a heritage breed turkey paired with roasted sweet [...]
Before jamón ibérico was worth its weight in gold, Spanish cuisine in the U.S. was identified by a single dish: paella. When Angel Miranda opened Lola’s on Esplanade in 1994, the restaurant’s calling card was paella. So first a word about paella: Like barbecue, boiled seafood, and red beans and rice, paella is always better [...]
To borrow from Associate Justice Potter Stewart, a great burger is hard to define, but we know one when we taste it. The Company Burger, the burger emporium that opened a year ago on Freret Street, quickly established itself as the Dirk Diggler of the adult burger craze. Adam Biderman is the obsessive chef-owner of [...]
