Cajun Blue Dog with Crawfish by George Rodrique Louisiana Artist George Rodrigue (March 13, 1944 – December 14, 2013) In the mid-1990s George Rodrigue’s Cajun Blue Dog paintings, which started with a painting illustrating a Cajun legend called loup-garou (ghost dog), eventually it morphed into his memorable signature image and brand The Blue Dog […]
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New Orleans cooking is like jazz. The world is fascinated by the possibilities that can result when good jazz musicians sit together and “make music”. So it is with cooking. When people who care deeply about food use the ingredients and techniques of the entire history of New Orleans cooking, the possibilities are endless. That […]
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A view of Antoine’s front dining room. APRIL 1840 (An editorial excerpt Antoine’s Restaurant cookbook, © Roy F. Guste, Jr. fifth-generation proprietor of Antoine’s.) A young 16-year-old Antoine Alciatore opened a small pension on Rue St. Louis in New Orleans. Antoine had grown up in Marseilles, France, the son of a wool merchant, but at […]
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Artworks are the intellectual property of the individual artists and © (copyright 2019) by the individual artist, fabricators, respective owners or assignees. Used with permission. THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION • MUSEUM & RESEARCH CENTER 520 Royal Street, Frech Quarter, New Orleans, LA PRESENTS A R T O F T H E C I T […]
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TABLEAU Restaurant – “New Ideas” + “Traditional Offerings” 616 St. Peter St., Jackson Square, New Orleans, LA A FIRST-PERSON REVIEW By Jack Atkinson When visiting New Orleans’ French Quarter one notices there is a restaurant or bar on every corner. My experience is… if you casually walk into 90% of these options, on a […]
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The New Orleans Museum of Art, NOMA, is the oldest fine arts museum in the city of New Orleans. It is situated within City Park, a short distance from the intersection of Carrollton Avenue and Esplanade Avenue, and near the terminus of the “Canal Street – City Park” streetcar line. It was established in 1911 as the Delgado Museum of Art. Initially funded through […]
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Art being sold along the fence around Jackson Square is a tradition. Every day, local artists show up and line the sidewalks and fences with their original artwork. The colorful canvasses are just as much a part of Jackson Square as the buildings surrounding it. From oil paintings of famous New Orleans landmarks to […]
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The Original Café Du Monde Coffee Stand was established in 1862 in the New Orleans French Market. The Café is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It only closes on Christmas Day and on days when the occasional Hurricane passes too close to New Orleans. Ready to go to the table! […]
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Dinner at Antoine’s A Book by Frances Parkinson Keyes (Editor’s Note) As a best-selling novel in 1948 (multi-millions sold), Dinner at Antoine’s is both fiction and a time capsule of mid-century New Orleans’ history. It’s a peek into what life was like at that time, not just in New Orleans, but in the United States […]
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The French painter’s five-month sojourn with his mother’s family. Artist Edgar Degas was born in France but his mother was from New Orleans. On the occasion of Edgar’s birth, his father purchased a Creole cottage on Rampart Street in New Orleans and placed it in his son’s name, to link his oldest son to his […]