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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 […]

  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 […]

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! […]

Quality Italian Restaurant In Denver it’s an Indoor/outdoor dining experience.  By Zane Beck Quality Italian (Denver & NYC) is a modern interpretation of an Italian-American Steakhouse; serving a cross between Italian-American cuisine, regional Italian cuisine, and traditional steakhouse fare. They use high-quality ingredients from Italy as well as from the United States. The restaurant references […]

Spring Brunch Party on a Budget By Cathy Addoms We have begun the “lookout” for Spring this month of March. Daylight Savings Time starts on the 10th, Ash Wednesday was the 6th, Saint Patrick’s Day is the 17th and Spring starts the 20th. Seems like such a busy month but it really is a quiet […]

Most original Vegan desserts were simple sweet fruit cut and presented for dessert. In today’s world, fruit are still some of the best and healthiest desserts available. Often the sweetest treats are tropical fruits! The most popular tropical fruits are Pineapple, Bananas, Guava, Papaya and Mangos. PINEAPPLE: Fully ripe pineapples are slightly soft to the […]

Wake Up and Smell the Coffee! In Maimi’s Little Havana it’s a Way of Life! How to make espresso. (Please do not write it or call it expresso!) Espresso is made by quickly forcing hot water and steam through finely ground and firmly compressed coffee bean granules. The principle has been around for hundreds of […]

Little Brazil Restaurant, Collins Ave, Miami North Beach, FL  What is a coxinha? The coxinha Is a Brazilian dish (pronounced co-shee-nya) is a popular food in Brazil, consisting of a dough shaped in the form of a chicken leg and usually filled with shredded chicken and deep fried. It is served at parties, bars, street […]