Food & Drink
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Oysters by the riverside
Posted by Ian McNulty on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:32 AM
- Ian McNulty
- Oysters, oysters everywhere.
When you need an oyster dish or two, raw, fried or grilled are the predictable and delicious safe bets. But what happens when you need more like two-dozen different oyster dishes?
In the case of the New Orleans Oyster Festival, planned for June 2-3, you get smoked oyster boudin balls with Rockefeller aioli from Bourbon House; oyster and meat pies from Remoulade, the casual spin-off of Arnaud’s; or fried oysters with foie gras and truffle oil, courtesy of Elizabeth’s Restaurant.
Those are a few of the examples of the oyster dishes on offer at the third annual Oyster Festival, which this year will be held at Woldenberg Riverfront Park.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Public Transit Tuesdays: Galvez
Posted by Megan Braden-Perry on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:43 PM
Like the Broad bus route, the Galvez bus route is pretty long and goes from the edge of Uptown to the 9th Ward, passing through the 6th, 7th and 8th Wards. Another commonality is that when riding along these routes, you'll see that we are still nowhere near being finished with rebuilding after almost seven years. Is it government corruption? Laziness? Lack of resources? Gentrification? Many 6th Ward residents and shopkeepers believe it's a combination of them all, especially one woman I met who had a lot to say...
A month of all-local meals
Posted by Ian McNulty on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:15 PM
- Ian McNulty
- Hollygrove Market & Farm maps out its suppliers.
Home to one of the world’s great estuaries and blessed with year-round growing seasons, it’s always been easier to source up local provisions here in Louisiana than some other places.
Still, building your diet completely on foods produced nearby is no cinch. But those are the marching orders for people participating in the second-annual Eat Local Challenge, which begins next week and asks people who sign up to eat foods produced within a 200-mile radius of New Orleans during the month of June.
They will get plenty of help from the local foods enthusiasts behind the Eat Local Challenge, however. Pay your $25 registration fee and you get a starter kit with a local food products resource guide, a 10 percent discount on locally-grown products at the Hollygrove Market & Farm, access to the Eat Local Challenge online recipe forum and invitations to official events, among other perks. On the Eat Local Challenge Web site, you’ll also find listings for 14 weekly farmers markets around the region, a local planting guide to grow your own and resources for kids.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
The Ricky Graham and Betty White cake: Separated at baking?
Posted by Kevin Allman on Sat, May 19, 2012 at 11:31 AM
We got a press release about the recent Friars Club roast of Betty White, which featured a cake in the actress' image constructed by TLC's Cake Boss.
It was an impressive piece of pastry, but it didn't really look much like Ms. White. It did, however, look a lot like local actor Ricky Graham, who is starring in Shirley Valentine at Southern Rep. Consider:
- TLC
- SOUTHERN REP
Friday, May 18, 2012
New Orleans Wine & Food Experience 2012
Posted by Ian McNulty on Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:19 AM
- Ian McNulty
- A scene along the Royal Street Stroll.
What does a five-day wine festival look like? With the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience, or NOWFE, the answer depends a lot on the day.
NOWFE marks its 20th anniversary this year, and it has evolved into a festival with many faces. One is the freewheeling Royal Street Stroll (on Thursday, May 24), with ticket-holders drinking their way from one wine-stocked French Quarter gallery and boutique to the next, wine glasses in hand, and another face turns up that night with Vinola, the festival’s tasting for higher-dollar wines, held inside the Theatre at Harrah’s.
Then there are the Grand Tastings (Friday, May 25, and Saturday, May 26), which are essentially gigantic food and wine samplings held inside one of the biggest rooms around, an entire hall of the Convention Center.
- Courtesy of NOWFE
- Domenica's tasting station at last year's Grand Tasting.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
When NOLA says “opa!”
Posted by Ian McNulty on Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:20 PM
- Image courtesy of Greek Festival
- Greek Fest returns to the bayou on Memorial Day weekend
Restaurants provide the food for countless festivals around town, but sometimes it’s the crews of volunteer home cooks stepping up to contribute their own talents that really set an event apart.
That’s the case at Greek Festival New Orleans, coming up May 25-27 along Bayou St. John near the lakefront. This is the 39th year for the festival, which is held on the grounds around the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral and inside its Hellenic Cultural Center. The event raises money that supports the church community year-round, and as such it inspires a devoted effort from church members who run the show.
For instance, some of them will spend the festival weekend roasting 300 whole spring lambs, a featured food that has become a centerpiece of the event.
“Many of the people who cook the lambs are from Greece, from the small villages, and this is how they do their picnics and celebrations there,” says festival chair Ginny Zissis. “The way people in America do hamburgers and ribs for our cookouts, over in Greece they roast a lamb.”
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Gold medal in the can
Posted by Ian McNulty on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 5:36 PM
Canned beer is catching on big in craft brewing circles, where the vessel is appreciated for better protecting its contents from flavor-altering exposure to sunlight.
In one sign, there’s now the AmeriCAN Canned Beer Competition held in May these past two years in Chandler, Az., which this year attracted 40 breweries vying for top canned beer honors. One was our own NOLA Brewing which won a gold medal in the event’s amber/brown ale category for its NOLA Brown.
Public Transit Tuesdays: Kenner Local
Posted by Megan Braden-Perry on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 5:00 PM
While riding Jefferson Transit's Kenner Local bus, I stopped for spring rolls at a place I thought had been closed since Katrina, discovered where film crews get their lights, found three local places for party supplies and topped it off with a whiskey on the rocks at a saloon. The Kenner Local is a great bus—unless you actually want to ride around Kenner...
Come join us at Gambit happy hour
Posted by Kevin Allman on Tue, May 15, 2012 at 2:23 PM
It's a promotion for our free dating service, "How About We ... ", so singles are particularly encouraged to come by and meet some new people — but it's open to anyone. Come on by, and RSVP on the event's Facebook page if you're so inclined.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Rene Bistrot to open next week
Posted by Ian McNulty on Thu, May 10, 2012 at 5:01 PM
The second rendition of René Bistrot (700 Tchoupitoulas St., 613-2350) is set to open next week, on Tuesday, May 15. It’s the return of a restaurant that had a great run prior to Hurricane Katrina and the latest move from a chef, René Bajeux, who has made a lot of them lately.
In March, the chef announced his new René Bistrot would open inside the Renaissance Arts Hotel, taking over its LaCôte Brasserie and spelling the end of that restaurant after nine years.
The menu will be focused on French bistro cuisine with contemporary updates and a Louisiana influence. Prior to the official opening, the restaurant will host brunch on Mother’s Day, May 13. The brunch, served from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., is a buffet with sparkling wine, an oyster bar and many hot and cold dishes. The cost is $50 per person, $15 for children ages 6-12 and free for children under age 6.
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