Since Sucre went out of business in New Orleans, I’ve been looking for a new place to salve my sugar itch, in particular, where to get a proper macaron. I did not expect to find the boutique feel at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown New Orleans, but lo and behold, I give you 8 Block […]
In the sauna that now is downtown New Orleans, our hottest weekend thus far of 2018, Tales of the Cocktail has a tall task of bringing an elegant chill. Disaronno and The Tia Maria Coffee Project -both Italian liqueurs- hosted a two day party with classes on how to make coffee liqueur cocktails, like the Espresso […]
Making my way again through the book that may very well be the best work of literature produced in our country in the last fifty years, Gilead, the very book an attempt to answer Jeremiah’s question with blessed less certainty and blessed more sincerity than the sung spiritual. Yes, there is a balm, and there […]
Once again I make a fool of myself with another “learning experience,” a.k.a: a failed Daring Bakers Challenge. Lots of laughter and approximately two and a half tears. It was all going so well. I made a break-through in my annals of praline, discovered the ribbon stage of an egg, and then—I blew it on […]