Issue Articles
Gerard Maras: Maras the Magnificent and Seven of New Orleans Most Influential Chefs
The most important chef in New Orleans history is sitting across from me. He is lithe and his silver hair is pulled back into a tight ponytail. A former cook […]
Tales of the Sno-Tail
There are only two ways to cool off once the New Orleans summer comes. I’m talking really cooling off, not sitting in an air-conditioned room. You can either guzzle a […]
Adolfo Garcia: The Metamorphosis of New Orleans’ Hungriest Restaurateur
“I felt like I was lip-syncing, like I was Ashlee Simpson on Saturday Nigh Live,” says Adolfo Garcia. Garcia is talking about Rio Mar. More specifically, why, after owning and […]
Party Like It’s 1812: What Drinks Fueled the Louisiana State Ratification Celebration?
Two hundred years ago, nearly nine years after Thomas Jefferson bargained with Napoleon, Louisiana became a state. Prior to that, she was swapped between European powers like a child of […]
Boudin or Bust
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 […]
A Day in the Life of Chef Scott Boswell
8:41 a.m. I am one minute late to meet Chef Scott Boswell. Immediately the cell phone, Twitter, and my email begin alerting me to this fact. When I finally walk […]
The Booze Tube: Home Bars
According to the people who track these sorts of things, real cocktails are the new black. A genuine cocktail made with an intoxicating liquor or two, some rare bitters, and […]
Jazz Fest Seafood One Year After the Oil Spill
During a memorable set at last year’s Jazz Fest, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam took to the bully pulpit and skewered BP for the disaster that was becoming the Deepwater […]
Doctor’s Orders: Wines by New Orleans MDs
It is a well-told tale that Americans cared little for wine until the mid-’80s when a 60 Minutes report revealed the French Paradox. The French Paradox, in short, goes like […]
The Saints: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner of Champions
To paraphrase Dave Barry, the stomach is the most important organ in the human body. The heart is fine and dandy, but it is not nearly as satisfied by a […]
