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Posts tagged “New Orleans”

Hush Puppy... Hush Puppy

. While touring a cemetery in New Orleans a few weeks ago, I overheard Ray Reiker, a wine auctioneer from Alabama and a real southern gentleman, telling our tour guide the origin of the Hush Pupp...

Recipe: John Besh's Louisiana Speckled Trout Amandine

On my recent trip to New Orleans, I had the pleasure of tasting some incredible food, from classic po' boys to quite elegant, Bayou-inspired cuisine. My first night there a whole gaggle of food journ...

How To Make a Beignet

While in New Orleans, if you haven't had a beignet (pronounced ben-YAY), you aren't having the full experience of the city. A few days ago I was there for the International Association of Culinary Pr...

The Celluloid Pantry: Sazeracs and Live and Let Die (1973)

I tasted my first Sazerac on a cold winter night at Southern Accent Southern Accent in Toronto's Mirvish Village. Its warming effects were not lost on me. A distinctive blend of whiskey, absinthe (m...