December 12, 2013
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Every year the art world descends upon Miami for a city-wide art extravaganza called, collectively, Art Basel. My third favorite thing about...
December 1, 2013
Jessica’s Holiday Gift Guide
You've survived the Post Thanksgiving Madness and now you really need to knock off some holiday shopping. Here are a few perfect...
November 29, 2013
Black Friday Caramel Popcorn
The origin of the term "Black Friday" is up for debate. Some say it hails from 1961 shoppers in Philadelphia who...
November 21, 2013
Best Ever Chocolate Brownies
When my daughter, Grace, was two years old, she and her brother would race up the stairs of our old house in...
November 20, 2013
Best Wines for Thanksgiving Dinner
[gallery ids="3653,3650,3649,3647,3646,3644"] Ahhhh, wine. My favorite part of any meal, especially at a family heavy and expectation laden disaster-waiting-to happen event, such as...
November 14, 2013
Superfood Salad. Better than you think.
This past Sunday, as Martine loaded the last of her things into a taxi and headed to the airport, two thoughts hit...
November 13, 2013
Jamie O!
The question is how can you NOT love this guy? He's got two (three?) adorable kids, he's a great cook, has a...
November 12, 2013
Vietri Tableware
Vietri is an Italian company that makes a line of products from table linens to drinkware to garden pots. Most of it...
November 7, 2013
Autumnal Basil Pesto
New Orleans is different, but we've discussed that already. And although there are a few things that probably pop into your...
October 22, 2013
Master opening a bottle of wine
This is a true story. In 2006 I was set up on a date with a friend of a friend. The date was...
October 17, 2013
Grilled Oysters
There used to be a statistic floating around that New Orleans hosts more house guests than any other city with a Convention...