Blog Posts, Page 4
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Our Guest (International) Cocktail Chick Reports from Italy!
Our lovely Cocktail Chicks correspondent, Stacey Salamone, went to Italy for two weeks (lucky gal) and reported back. We’ll be posting her travelogues in the upcoming weeks. Here’s the first from Stacey…
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Chef Chris Lusk is the King of Louisiana Seafood
The title of top seafood chef in Louisiana has been awarded to Chef Chris Lusk of Café Adelaide & the Swizzle Stick Bar at the Loews New Orleans Hotel. Photo: RUSTY COSTANZA/TIMES-PICAYUNE
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Ti named Author of the Day!
On Friday, June 18, 2010, Ti was named Author of the Day by Cookster.com, joining a host of culinary heavy-hitters. Cookstr.com showcases the best, most acclaimed chefs and authors from around the world.
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New Orleans restaurant matriarch Ella Brennan receives Lifetime Achievement Award at NOWFE
By Ann Maloney, The Times-Picayune May 27, 2010, 4:00PM Ella at the beach house in Panama City Beach, Florida. Tuesday, August 14, 2007 New Orleans restaurant scion Ella Brennan was vetted this afternoon, May 27, at the 2010 New Orleans Wine and Food Experience where she was the first recipient of an award named for her.
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Eat, Drink and Be Merry
For the record, I don’t like St. Patrick’s Day. I mean, I like it in that it is a lovely Irish holiday — and I’m a good Irish girl — but I don’t like that it’s an excuse for people to get crazy drunk and paint their faces green. Also, they don’t really eat corned […]
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Da Super Bowl and Dem Saints!
Having been a standup comedian for 14 years, I am always entertaining at someone else’s party, never hosting my own and sometimes I just want to do it my way. But no matter what in this world is happening, I do throw one party a year and it’s a Super Bowl party. This year I […]
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The Black & Gold Rising!!
My aunt Adelaide once told me that she read and believed that we each have only 7 minutes (or there abouts) of total joy or bliss in our entire life. I hate that idea. But if there is any truth to it I used up a couple of them in the Superdome when a 5’8” […]
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Birthday Humbug! (kinda)
Jesus and I have something in common. We both have December birthdays. The problem is, His always, always upstages mine. In the past I’ve had lavish events thrown for me by loving friends and I’ve even shamelessly thrown a couple myself. I’ve tried everything: themes, bowling, Broadway shows, amusement parks, catered buffets. But nothing ever […]
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Ah… Falling into Fall
Isn’t Thanksgiving grand? What a tremendous holiday. No gifts to buy — just straight up gluttony and time with friends and family. “Drunken Pumpkin,” created at the bar at Commander’s Palace, puts you in the perfect frame of mind for the holidays and the Fall. Relax – chill, for crying out loud. It will all […]
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Sweet Adelaide, genesis of a classic
I wanted to create a cocktail for the Sweet gals to celebrate their first departure from NOLA. I thought of the women that would be taking this cruise so I did something that would fit in as light and refreshing to pair with all of th cialis cheapest e spicy and rich food that we serve in […]