15 months ago – we visited New Orleans to celebrate the opening of a friends new home – I hadn ... – anywhere – there is a Rent-A-Fence around the perimeter of the New Orleans Cancer Center ... to be pouring in – but what’s the plan – when – View New Orleans as half empty or half full ... – its culture – and of course – its food - there's something different about the place - Last...

Filed under: Wine , Magazines , Raves & Reviews , Lists , New Zealand If you're sitting around trying to decide on a new wine to try tonight with you dinner, may we suggest a little something from New Zealand? Forbes picks 15 "Five Star" wines from the tiny country that served as backdrop ... fruit flavors balanced with just the right amount of acidity to keep it food-friendly. Forget those...

Filed under: Tastings , Wine , Whisky , East Coast , Spirits This weekend sees East Hampton, New York turned into the 2nd Hamptons Wine and Food Festival . The organisers are promising a treat following last years success with a weekend full of parties, wine and food tasting seminars, cooking ... then there is a 'full menu of culinary entertainment, exploring emerging wine and food trends from around...

Jazz it up next week at the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience, May 23rd (Weds) until May 27th (Sun.) Just in time for Memorial Day weekend too. Can't make the wine fun? Check out this very cool poster, available... Continue...

... time to attend the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience & we had a blast. We knew we would be back down ... 200 different wine makers. That is a lot of juice......oh, and the food. You can't even mention ... , where chefs from premiere New Orleans' restaurants partner up with featured winmakers & create ... food & wine seminars that cover topics from Rosé to local Louisiana Gulf caught shrimp to the wines...

This is every early noticed considering we still have a few more days before it's 2007, but it never hurts to plan ahead, way head even. May 2007 means the 2007 New Orleans Wine & Food Experience! From Wine and... Continue...

... were in the dining room of his home – Last week – in New Orleans – I had a similar experience ... bones – Its that unexpcted familarity that turns dining on its ass in New Orleans - taking food from sustanance to food as an experience - withther you at a breakfast joint (Bluebird) serving eggs ... . Charles Tavern) or at Upperline - which screams real New Orleans dining the moment you walk...

Dinner with ten at Ralph and Kacoos - Its been voted best seafood in New Orleans - its large (seats 600) - its a chain (one of five) - its in the French Quarter - its a limited wine list - its a great wait-staff - its good for what it is - i.e.. - its just different...

They stop seating at 9:30 - we walked in the door at 9:28 - it would have been a shame to have missed - La Petite Grocery - A very simple room - high ceilings - a local clientele - low key vibe - We went for dirty martinis and Sazarac Rye instead of the usual wine - The food - superb ... on the New Orleans doggie bag - My main - New Orleans style Bouillabaisse with fresh gulf seafood...

From a NY Times blog - (see full posting at bottom) - a New Orleans resident - wiped out by Katrina ... recommendation for the first night in post-Katrina New Orleans - Called The Pelican Club and asked ... back - Enjoy HBH New York Times - DIning - New Orleans - Comments - 08/23/06 - I was a resident of New Orleans at the time the levees broke. My home in Lakeview was destroyed and among...