Essentially, it was a festivity assembled to celebrate food as art as well as the success of Prospect.1, which was coming to a close at the same time (last weekend). Mom and I arrived at the Brickyard, which looks exactly how it sounds: a large space of piled bricks, the remains of a former factory [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Cochon: A Pig Field Folly
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Rémy Eats: Tales from a Teenage Gastronome — Boucherie
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My first official adventure as Rémy Robert, Teenage Gastronome was to Boucherie. Many New Orleans foodies are familiar with Iris, a beloved jewel of a restaurant that was located on Jeannette right off of Carrollton until it relocated recently to the French Quarter. As it happens, Boucherie has filled its spot.My friend Lexie and I [...]
Galette des rois, or French king cake…!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ll be the first to admit how lucky I am to live within ten minutes of La Boulangerie, an adorable French bakery that is so charmingly authentic that it inspires acute nostalgia. It’s Mardi Gras, which means that La Boulangerie, bakeries, and grocery stores citywide are producing their own variations on the king cake. Although [...]
Laurel Street Bakery
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
These are the remains of the first bagel I had there:I loved it so much I forgot to take a picture! Worry not, though; I went back just two days later (this was less than a week ago, and I’ve returned once since then) and remembered that time around to commemorate photographically… I’ll be uploading [...]
Mmm… tapas.
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last year, I mentioned Baru in passing during a time when I was feeling very melancholy about the absence of a working camera in my life. I will remind you that I have nothing but exuberant, grateful feelings toward this restaurant, and it was precisely that attitude that made me feel so glum about the [...]
