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Would I pass up trying a gourmet cupcake shop? Hell, no! The Kupcake factory is a chain in New Orleans and they just happen to have a location down the street from Cochon. By the look of the place I really wasn’t expecting much. The decor/presentation was lacking. We bought 2 cupcakes: banana and hummingbird [...]
Filed under: New Orleans, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: baking, cupcakes, food, New Orleans, review, The Kupcake Factory, warehouse district | Leave a Comment »
When I read about a new hot spot in the warehouse district of New Orleans that featured the pig I put it on our list of things to do. Cochon butcher is the tiny sister cafe for Cochon Restaurant. It serves up house made meats in different forms, beer, wine and also has a full [...]
Filed under: New Orleans, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: cochon, cochon butcher, food, lunch, New Orleans, pig, pork, restaurant, review, warehouse district | Leave a Comment »
I arrived at Cafe Du Monde thinking we were walking into a tourist trap. I expected mediocre food for outrageous prices but knew this is something you just don’t skip when in New Orleans. We sat down at one of the many outdoor tables and a waitress came by and took our order… 2 orders [...]
Filed under: New Orleans, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: beignets, cafe au lait, cafe du monde, food, french quarter, New Orleans, review | 5 Comments »
You can’t go to New Orleans and not eat at one of Emeril’s many restaurants. We decide to try NOLA located in the French Quarter. It’s a 3 story building so we needed to take an elevator to get to our table on the 2nd floor. Mike thought this was so cool. The cuisine is [...]
Filed under: New Orleans, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: duck, Emeril Lagasse, food, french quarter, NOLA, restaurant, review, shrimp and grits | Leave a Comment »
When I heard there was a food tour of NOLA I was intrigued. This was a 3 hour walking tour (mostly inside!) that covers the rich culinary history of New Orleans. Here was our tour schedule: 1st stop – the historic Antoine’s where we received a tour of the many dining rooms as well as [...]
Filed under: New Orleans, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: Antoine's, Brennan's, culinary tour, food tour, French Quarter Culinary History and Tasting Tour, La Divina Cafe, New Orleans, new orleans culinary history tours, tastings, Tony Seville's Pirates Alley Cafe, Tujague's | 5 Comments »
So I wanted to go to a neighborhood gem. Something away from the French Quarter. After doing some research I came up with Dante’s Kitchen which is located in Uptown. The best way to get there is to hop on the St. Charles streetcar and get off at Carrollton & Maple (close to the end [...]
Filed under: New Orleans, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: Chef Emmanuel Loubier, dante's kitchen, food, New Orleans, restaurant, review, uptown | 1 Comment »
This was our first stop after getting off the plane in New Orleans. Mother’s is a well known establishment featuring down home Southern/Cajun fare. A couple people who are from the area had recommended we come at some point on our trip. When you arrive there will most likely be a line outside. The operating [...]
Filed under: New Orleans, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: food, Mother's Restaurant, New Orleans, review, southern food | 3 Comments »
Mike and I just returned from our trip to the big easy. We had a blast eating our way around NOLA. When people said it’s hot in August I figured I could handle it since I went to school in Arizona but this was a heat that I had never experienced. I could only make [...]
Filed under: New Orleans, VERY RANDOM THOUGHTS | Tagged: cafe du monde, central grocery, cochon butcher, cooking class, culinary tour, food, luke, mothers, New Orleans, NOLA, swamp tour, vampire tour | 1 Comment »
I finally made it to Bouchon, Thomas Keller’s French bistro! The restaurant is tricky to locate in the Venetian hotel but well worth the search. We were lucky enough to get a table outside in the sun (which is next to one of the pools). It took an extraordinarily long time to decide what we [...]
Filed under: Las Vegas | Tagged: Bouchon, brunch, Croque Madame, food, review, thomas keller, vegas, venetian hotel | 5 Comments »
I took an impromptu trip to Las Vegas with my BFF’s from college (Hi- Rachel & Dena!). We stayed at the Bellagio hotel and after walking around for hours earlier in the day we were in no mood to leave so we ended up at Fix for dinner. Fix is like eating in a night [...]
Filed under: Las Vegas, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: banana bread pudding, bellagio hotel, fix restaurant, food, lobster tacos, review | Leave a Comment »
This was at the top of my list of things to do when going to Washington DC. Mike’s brothers’ eldest daughter graduated (with honors ) from Georgetown University last weekend (Good job Christine!) so we made the trek east to be part of her big day. Georgetown cupcake seems to have a legion of fans. [...]
Filed under: REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS, Washington DC | Tagged: dc cupcakes, georgetown cupcake, georgetown cupcakes, georgetown university, tlc | Leave a Comment »
On our last night in Vegas we decided to have a light, casual meal at Mario Batali’s Enoteca San Marco at the Venetian. The restaurant is located in the Grand Canal Shoppes area of the hotel. We started things off with a Caprese salad. It was the most interesting and tasty version of a caprese [...]
Filed under: Las Vegas | Tagged: enoteca san marco, food, italian, mario batali, vegas, venetian hotel | 1 Comment »
For our “Big” night out in Las Vegas we decided to dine at Picasso which is located in the Bellagio Hotel. Mike had always wanted to go. Picasso named after artist Pablo Picasso serves elegant French cuisine with a Spanish influence and is prepared by chef Julian Serrano. The award winning restaurant has paintings and [...]
Filed under: Las Vegas | Tagged: art, bellagio, food, french, Julian Serrano, picasso, spanish, vegas | Leave a Comment »
As you may have guessed from the previous post Mike and I spent the weekend in Vegas. Since I am a food network fanatic I decided we would check out a couple of the iron chef restaurants while in town. We started things off with brunch at Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill at Caesars Palace. I [...]
Filed under: Las Vegas | Tagged: bobby flay, brunch, Caesars Palace, food, iron chef, Las Vegas, mesa grill, southwestern | Leave a Comment »
Growing up I was not into sweets. My mom would have to toss my Halloween candy in December because it was still sitting on the floor of my closet. As I have aged things have changed. I now really enjoy desserts. In 2006 Mike and I were in Beverly Hills and as we were driving [...]
Filed under: Southern CA | Tagged: cupcakes, food, la, sprinkles cupcakes | 1 Comment »
