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Café du Monde – Beignets & Café au Lait – New Orleans

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! […]

LITERATURE: “Dinner at Antoine’s” (Murder Mystery) by Frances Parkinson Keyes – A Condensed Retelling

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 […]

New Orleans? – Special Issue on NOLA Starts Here!

How you are? Com’on in now… laissez le bon temps rouler! (A Cajun welcome. How are you, come in – let the good time roll.)   This issue of ARTS&FOOD® Magazine is all about New Orleans, Louisiana, one of the most interesting and unique places in the United States of America. The Crescent City (so […]

Degas’ Five Months in New Orleans

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 […]

Art Collectable Objects| Shopping – New Orleans

The Center for the History of Collecting was established at the Frick Art Reference Library. Just like artworks,  museum quality art collectable objects need to be documented, cataloged and exhibited as a part of the art and cultural history of every era of civilization. New Orleans has, for many years, been a place for collectors […]

Cuba’s Perfectly Preserved 1950s Cars

A blue turtle car

Havana, Cuba: A Historic Car Museum on the Streets By Anna Addoms I recently traveled to Havana, Cuba, which for anyone who knows me, knows that Cuba has been on my travel bucket list forever. In many ways, Havana still exudes the experience of stepping into a time warp of the 1950’s – the architecture, […]

Dinner With Zane – at Quality Italian Restaurant (NYC and Denver, CO)

Brown yummy cake

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 […]

Miami’s Perez Art Museum Turns 35!

Miami's Perez Museum in Art Blog

Miami’s Perez Art Museum Presents brought nearly 4,500 guests from Miami and beyond for the museum’s signature art week bash, which kicked off PAMM’s 35th Anniversary. The event celebrated PAMM’s 35 years of unique history as a collecting institution with an ongoing commitment to diversity, presenting art from Latin America, the U.S. Latinx experience and the Caribbean […]

ART DECO DISTRICT IN MIAMI BEACH – Beautiful Preservation – Worthy of a Visit!

Miami Art Deco District Cover

The “ART DECO” District in Area of North Beach Miami is one of the most unique architectural districts in the entire United States. Preserved now, but in disrepair for many years, these pastel and sherbert colored, highly ornamental buildings made a comeback in the 1980s and now make up some of the most beautiful and […]

Revoltillo y Refresco de Coco y Piña

cuban egg frappe

FOR BREAKFAST Revoltillo – Cuban Scrambled Eggs with tomatoes and peas + Refresco de Coco y Piña – Chilled Pineapple and Coconut Milk Punch   Eggs are a basic part of almost every culture’s diet including Cuba’s. In Miami, Cuban and Caribbean island heritage has strongly influenced the food scene and these eggs make for […]