Breakfast: The Old Coffee Pot

Posted by Rob on Mar 26, 2013 in Featured Slider, Restaurants, Travel | 0 comments For breakfast today we sought out a well-recommended location in the French Quarter called The Old Coffee Pot - an original restaurant of old New Orleans established in 1696. The establishment’s history was evident in the historical paintings and objects located throughout the restaurant. Maureen and I ordered “the Plantation Breakfast” — two eggs any style, ham steak,...
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NOLA Local FoodFest 2013

Posted by Rob on Mar 23, 2013 in Featured Slider, Travel | 0 comments One of the reasons we came to New Orleans this Spring was to attend Local FoodFest, a food festival that’s put on by RoadFood.com. It’s unique in that while it features many New Orleans eateries and their signature dishes, it all also features local specialities from around the USA, such as tamales from Tucson, or BBQ form Memphis. We wandered the Fest today and sampled a number of...
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The 2013 Sazerac Crawl

Posted by Rob on Mar 23, 2013 in Cocktails, Featured Slider, Restaurants, Travel | 1 comment You really can’t go long when reading about New Orleans before you come across the Sazerac. It has a long history and has evolved through the generations to become the drink it is today. It’s very hard to get one outside of New Orleans  and get a good one. The trick is in the ingredients. The purported tradition is to use Sazerac Rye Whiskey and Peychaud Bitters, both New Orleans...
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Lunch at Butcher

Posted by Rob on Mar 22, 2013 in Featured Slider, Restaurants, Travel | 0 comments it’s a cloudy, muggy day in the Big Easy. The forecast threatened rain at any time, but has held off for the most part. We decide to go a little further afield and change it up a little form the New Orleans cuisine we’ve been exploring up until now. We head to Butcher. It’s an annex of sort to Cochon, a very popular snout-to-tail place that’s getting terrific reviews and...
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Classic Baked Mac & Cheese

Posted by Rob on Nov 4, 2012 in Featured Slider, HM Kitchen, Vegetarian | 0 comments It is a blustery, rainy day in Ottawa. We are experiencing the remnants of Hurricane Sandy. Can’t complain, it’s really not much different than a normal rainy October day. People south of us have really suffered through more devastating effects of the hurricane weather. That said, classic Halloween weather for this region puts me in the mood for comfort food and there is nothing that fits...
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