Leah Chase & Charlotte at Dooky Chase ~ Photo by Anita Mital
Last Holy Thursday I met up with a great group of friends (and met some new ones! ) at Dooky Chase for some delicious fried chicken and the traditional Gumbo Z’Herbs. It was a great time and the powdered sugar on the beignet was meeting Ms Leah, something I’d always wanted to do. What a gracious lady she is and one of New Orleans irreplaceable treasures!
Finally!!! After 11 seasons, Top Chef is coming to New Orleans!!!
I for one, can’t wait to see where they film and the challenges they devise to run the chefs through the gauntlet. It promises to be a good season. I hope they plan accordingly and avoid the summer heat and the August-September hurricane watch.
Feb 5
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Last Thursday,NS and I attended the ‘M&Ms Better With M Dinner’ at the Foundry (thank you Charlotte). It was a star-studded event which celebrated the launch of their brand new marketing campaign ‘Better With M.’ Proceeds from the event went to New Orleans Habitat for Humanity. No marketing campaign was needed to get me through the […]
Jan 30
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“There is no other place on earth even remotely like New Orleans. Don’t even try to compare it to anywhere else.” ~Anthony Bourdain New Orleans is a huge tourist destination so it’s often featured in various travel media. Trouble is, usually it’s all about the French Quarter and not so much about all the other […]
Well folks, the holiday season is slapping us in the face and the one topic of conversation I keep hearing here is NOLA is,
what ‘cha cooking?
I’m not planning anything fancy…just the regular stuff like,
Gumbo,Baked Mac and Cheese, Stuffed Bell Peppers,Candied Yams,Potato Salad,Turkey,Dirty Rice,Veggies, a few cakes and of course,
dinner rolls.
Again, nothing fancy…just my regular holiday cooking.
A few friends of mine and I were discussing what we put in our gumbo.
One of my friends puts everything but the kitchen sink in hers…gizzards,turkey wings,and all sort of other meats.
My other friend mentioned a lot of stuff as well but, the one thing I noticed that they both did not mention was,
Hot Sausage!
Where’s the heat!?!
I know a lot folks who make their gumbo without heat but, my mom was a creole-cooking, heat seeking woman and I was raised on gumbo with some serious heat to it.
My mom would always get her hot sausage from Bachemin’s Meat Market….Home of the Original Creole Hot Sausage.
Located next Circle Food Store on St. Bernard Ave., it was in the perfect location.
Folks would flock to Circle Food Store (you never said you were going to THE Circle Food Store) to purchase their staples and then, go next door to Bachemin’s (or Mule’s depending on how old you are…I grew up calling it Mule’s.)
Kevin Bachemin is a third-generation butcher. His grandfather purchased the meat market in 1969. Bachemin’s Meat Market had some of the best creole hot sausage around….tasty with some serious heat. Kevin was running the very lucrative business and holding down the family recipe when Katrina hit, wiping out their 40-year-old business.
Bachemin’s did not reopen but, Kev still cranks out hot sausage for those of us who just refuse to eat anything else.
Every holiday season, NavySeal and I give him a call and put the order in for our hot sausage hook up.
Ya can’t blame us for it…you can see the heat in it,
Talk about taking your gumbo up a notch…put some heat in it!
So this Thanksgiving, I’d like to say thank you to Kevin.
Thanks for crankin’ out some hot sausage for those of us in NOLA who know what it means to miss
Bachemin’s.
Nov 18
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So when the Times Picayune decided to cut and run, to 3 days a week, I cancelled my subscription and started daily delivery of The Advocate. After 6 weeks I can honestly say I do still enjoy getting the daily paper. Of course they are not alike – I miss the Thursday (now Wednesday) TP […]
Aug 24
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Lorin Gaudin, aka NOLA Food Goddess, is indeed a Food Goddess Extraordinaire! She is the Food Editor/Writer for Where Magazine New Orleans, does foodie podcasts for GoNOLA Radio and is a contributor for The New York Post and Culinary Consierge. She bakes weekly with Chef Lisa Barbato of Rivista, both of whom can be seen […]
Jul 31
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Here is the latest installment in the local farmers markets, better late than never! Both of these markets are open on Tuesdays, so I ventured uptown today to check them out and share some pictures with you. I went to the Crescent City Farmers Market first. This market originally began in the 700 block of […]
My first 2012 Tales of the Cocktail event took place Tuesday July 24 at the Yacht Harbor in Lakeview here in New Orleans, and it was so much fun, though in true TOTC fashion, it was a marathon. I spent the day photographing the sailing regatta with the Mount Gay crew and what a great time was had. Here are some from this fun sailing event; and of course, wherever there is rum, water, and sailors, there is eye candy.
The kind folks at The Fresh Market extended a “sneak peek” invite to the Femmes. Here is the report…
The Fresh Market opened in Greensboro, North Carolina approximately 30 years ago. The website offers a weekly e-mail blast you can sign up for on their in-store specials. The company tries to support local growers and suppliers and indicates this on their shelves. They stock predominately organic produce with a focus on seasonal items. There is also a recipe section on their website. They will be offering specials and chef’s tastings through this weekend so it would be a great time to check them out in person.
So let me allow the pictures to do the talking.
The entrances in the front and in the rear – there is a nice place to dine al fresco in the front
Plenty flowers for sale, they also make gourmet gift baskets, have meals to go and a quick counter selling coffee at the front entrance
There is a lovely produce section
and there are nice locally themed decorative touches around the store
The meat and seafood sections
Marc was our tour guide
and Chef Gwen Huffman of Foodtique NOLA was doing a cooking demonstration, steaks with a red wine and blue cheese reduction
The good folks from Sucre’ had sweets for sampling
Jim was passing out samples of the stores’ cheese selection
New Orleans Ice Cream Company was also offering tastings
as was Old New Orleans Rum
also met one of the vendors for Drink Iconic – a local maker of protein drinks located in the New Orleans Bio center - if y’all are reading this let me clarify the website and conference at Xavier I mentioned to you, its Rising Tide NOLA
The food isles and bulk isles – they have an extensive coffee selection including their own blends
They do their baking on site
and they make fresh sushi daily
Their wine and liquor selection is upstairs, and they offer a 10% off price mix and match case of wine all the time – plus there is a nice dining area on the second floor which can be used for small meetings when arranged in advance
So there you are – thanks so much to The Fresh Market for the nice goodie bag – I can’t wait to try the coffee!
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p.s. – make sure to try the pimento cheese – its the Fresh Market’s founder’s grandmother’s recipe and its divine!!! And also try the rotisserie chicken salad!!!
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