“In France, you go to the bakery. The king cake is right there, under your nose. It’s cooked, ready to go, some of them still warm. Looks beautiful. It’s easy to just grab it from there and consume it. Eat it! Bakeries are there for that. Patisseries. But you see, February, it’s the month of [...]
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Trombone Shorty, VOW All-Stars and More Play Hogs For the Cause
January 20, 2012 – 7:00 pm
Last spring, Hogs for the Cause emerged as an event with a serious talent lineup and a pork cook-off. When it returns to City Park (dubbed City Pork for the day) on March 24, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue will headline a music lineup that includes the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, Marcia Ball, the [...]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with June Yamagishi
January 1, 2012 – 12:17 am
“In Japan, we eat the golden-fried pork chop, tonkatsu. I don’t make that. I use a soy sauce base that is fruity and sweet, with apple, ginger and honey. This is the secret: Sake! Makes it sweet; makes meat tender. When I’m in a restaurant, I always sit at the bar to see the cook [...]
The Best #ThatGumbo Tweets
December 25, 2011 – 6:16 pm
New Orleans cooks have a hundred ways to make gumbo. Most of the variations are on the protein used, from sausage to shrimp to crabs to chicken and beyond. There can be okra and file. The roux can be light or dark. There are unusual ingredients. One of the most popular Jazz Fest dishes is [...]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Bill Summers
December 1, 2011 – 12:21 am
“I have a system, and I like to stick to it—it’s not having one. This is an expensive meal, this. It cost me $50 to buy all this stuff. I like to cook with palm oil, and it’s really not good for you. It’s saturated. So I cut it with olive oil, which is good [...]
Boudin or Bust
December 1, 2011 – 12:20 am
The heart of boudin country lies two hours west of New Orleans in the flatlands surrounding Lafayette. There, boudin is nearly as omnipresent at a gas station as lottery tickets and cold beer. Make it a habit when traveling to towns like Mowata or Scott to keep an ice chest in the back of your [...]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Mystikal
November 1, 2011 – 12:24 am
“I do most of the morning cooking. I’m the breakfast chef. I grew up in New Orleans, Uptown, in the 12th ward, a block off of Louisiana and a block off of Tchoupitoulas. My mom cooked everything. Gumbo, all the traditional New Orleans cuisine; the red beans, the crawfish etouffee. She got down, from the [...]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with George Schmidt
August 1, 2011 – 12:17 am
“Painters mix stuff together, and you’ll find a lot of painters who are cooks because it’s an extension of this, instead of colors you’re mixing flavors. I got myself Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, but French cooking is like a mist before the eyes while Italian cooking is like a pat on [...]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Sean Yseult
June 1, 2011 – 12:16 am
“This is my dad’s skillet, and the only thing he left me in his will. He was an English professor, so he didn’t have a lot to leave any of us. I guess he felt that I’d been self-sufficient in life. When I toured with White Zombie I was a vegetarian. I became a vegetarian [...]
