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Like everyone else in New Orleans, I love Halloween. It's a great excuse to watch scary movies all night, cook

HOW DO YOU KNOW IT IS FALL IN NEW ORLEANS? 1. The Saints are driving us all crazy.2. There's talk

Not every dish turns out to be delicious. I started the weekend off with an idea for a roasted oyster

I do not want to go home. Yet I know when I get home, I'll be glad to be there.

The daily downpours have been welcome respites from the blazing sun. The sand on the beach is almost too hot

I vividly remember reading Don't Stop the Carnival, a 1965 novel by Herman Wouk, while vacationing in Jamaica about 15

Day One is always a day of adjustment, exhaustion and excitement. Ordinarily, I spend just a few hours on the

I am posting this recipe as a blog rather than as a recommended dish because as fun as it was

Every once and a while it's a good idea to get back to basics. This Craig Claiborne cookbook was published

It was a week of contrasts. There were some good things, some bad things and one particularly unpleasant encounter with