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Chef's Special: Katrina | YUHMM – Taste it.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

LeBron James recently made a statement asking all NBA players to give up their number 23 jersey in dedication to Michael Jordan. He says that he will give up the … Related Posts with Thumbnails …

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Windsor Court, chef Greg Sonnier part ways | Brett Anderson – NOLA.com

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

The post-Katrina years have been difficult for both The New Orleans Grill and Greg Sonnier. So when the former joined the latter as executive chef last summer, it appeared to be an inspired match of talent, reputations and needs. …

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Former Longbranch chefs to open restaurant in New Orleans | Living

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Rene Bajeux, Rene Bistrot’s former chef and namesake, fled the city with his family under harrowing conditions after staying through Katrina to tend to the hotel’s guests. He has been in New Orleans but mostly idle for the past couple …

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Former Longbranch chefs to open restaurant in New Orleans | Living …

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Rene Bajeux, Rene Bistrot’s former chef and namesake, fled the city with his family under harrowing conditions after staying through Katrina to tend to the hotel’s guests. He has been in New Orleans but mostly idle for the pa …

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» Restaurant count hits historical high in 2009

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Chef Gerard Crozier’s final restaurant, Chateaubriand, was one of the most regretted casualties of Katrina. It caused him and his wife to leave town and retire from cooking after almost 50 years behind the stove, 33 of them here. …

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Oxford American – The Southern Magazine of Good Writing

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Who is the most ground-breaking Southern chef you know and why? Ben Barker, because he stays grounded in his roots. What Southern independent, locally-made foodstuff is so good it should be available and popular nationwide? …

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Treme Chef Cameos: Colicchio, Chang, Dufresne, and Ripert : Video

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Visiting the restaurant Patois headed by the chef Janette Desautel, they show up unannounced for dinner following NOLA chef John Besh’s advice (who didn’t call ahead!). Desautel tosses the menu, saying, “We can’t out-New York a bunch of …

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Chefs "Treme" Cameos: Tom Colicchio, David Chang, Wylie Dufresne

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

On last night’s episode of Treme, David Simon’s post-Katrina New Orleans-based HBO show, chefs David Chang, Tom Colicchio, Eric Ripert, and Wylie Dufresne had their cameos, playing themselves (four guys with a lot of attitude, as a waitress describes them). Visiting the restaurant Patois headed by the chef Janette Desautel, they show up unannounced for dinner following NOLA chef John Besh’s advice (who didn’t call ahead!).

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