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Tuesday, 21 September 2010 16:11 |
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This quarter, Edible is shining a spotlight on the amazing school food reform that is taking place in New Orleans. In our cover story, "Leading the Lunch Line," you'll read about how local non-profits, educators, and activists are leading efforts to transform the way our children eat while they're in school.
To celebrate the release of our fall issue last week, we kick-started the conversation about school food with a screening of Lunch Line, a new documentary by Nashville-based independent filmmakers Michael Graziano and Ernie Park. Exploring the national school lunch program from a historical perspective, the film sheds light on the mix of political and social factors that led to the formation of the USDA's National School Lunch Program back in 1946.
Lunch Line is an engaging film and a valuable history lesson for those interested in understanding the complex set of challenges facing school food reform in this country. An Atlantic Weekly review said that "Lunch Line is an excellent primer on how our school lunch came to be what it is—and thus should be required viewing for anyone seeking to change it." (Read the entire review here.) Thank you to Mike and Ernie for bringing their film to NOLA and contributing to our ongoing conversation about school food this season!
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Friday, 16 July 2010 00:41 |
 You know those unforgettable meatballs you invented once when you ran out of tomatoes and substituted pineapple, coconut and brown sugar? Or your mother's jambalaya recipe that uses a pinch of Old Bay seasoning from her native Baltimore that everyone always raves about? If you've ever dreamed of immortalizing your culinary creations in cookbook form, there's a class next Tuesday night at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum for you. The course, entitled Cookbook Publishing 101, offers an A to Z breakdown of how to become a cookbook author. It is hosted by two women with extensive cookbook experience: Lisa Ekus-Saffer, a literary agent behind such titles as The Splendid Table, The Cake Bible and The Union Square Café Cookbook, and Virginia Willis, a chef, food writer, and author of Bon Appétit, Y’all, Recipes and Stories of Three Generations of Southern Cooking. Attendees will learn about all aspects of the cookbook publishing process, from finding and working with a literary agent to identifying a unique angle to creating a strong proposal. The cost of the course is $199 and runs from 6 to 9 pm on July 20th at 1 Poydras Street. You can register here.
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Friday, 02 July 2010 01:14 |
 Next week, NOLA Brewing Co. releases its second seasonal, a lemon basil-flavored wheat beer that, somewhat counterintuitively, will replace the brewery's Hurricane Saison just in time for hurricane season. The new brew, which is named Seventh Street Wheat in honor of the eponymous wharf that sits across from the brewery, will debut next Thursday, June 8th, at the Maple Leaf Bar, with $3 drafts from 7-10pm. Light and zesty and already generating beer geek buzz, Seventh Street Wheat will keep New Orleanians quenched through the Summer heat until NOLA releases its Irish Channel Stout next November.
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 15:15 |
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 When it comes to stocking the pantry, New Orleanians have our tried-and-true staples -- Creole seasoning to sprinkle on the home fries, crab boil to zest up the stockpot, and Crystal Hot Sauce to add a kick to, well, just about anything. But when a recipe calls for Sargol Saffron or Madagascar Peppercorns, we may have to look beyond the spice aisle at our neighborhood Rouses. Stores like Whole Foods, Vom Fass, and St. James Cheese Company sell plenty of exotic edibles, but some specialty items can be hard to find and even harder on the wallet.
Enter Small Specialties Gourmet, a new online grocer that is promising unbeatable prices on hard-to-find spices, teas, coffees, and dried herbs ($1.20 per oz of Greek Oregano, for example, compared to the $2-6 charged by other online companies). Small Specialties was founded by Jeff and Dena Morris, a husband and wife team passionate about high quality ingredients and fed up with the pricey offerings at their local food stores in Raleigh, NC. Now, they're peddling ultra-gourmet goods from cyberspace and spicing up the kitchens of home cooks and restaurant chefs across the country.
Small Specialties currently offers over 100 products and plans to expand to nearly 500 within the next year. So, next time Thomas Keller's cookbook calls for Fleur de Sel, don't try to substitute Tony Chachere's; check out Small Specialties' website instead.
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Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:01 |
 Our friends at Jack & Jake's are working hard to finalize plans on their soon-to-open local and organic market on Earhart Blvd (a beautiful brick building that served as the venue for our Spring issue release party in March). In the meantime, Jack & Jake's is throwing a benefit this weekend for local fishermen affected by the BP oil disaster. The Makin' Groceries Not Oil fundraiser will take place this Saturday at the Jack & Jake's building at 8300 Earhart Blvd. The event, which costs $25 at the door, will run from 7-10pm and will feature food and drinks from local restaurants, live music by Gypsy Elise and the Royal Blues, and plenty of copies of the Summer issue of Edible New Orleans. So come out and support our local fishermen on Saturday night! More info at www.jackandjakes.com.
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Monday, 21 June 2010 17:58 |
 New Orleans might not have as strong a pizza culture as New York, Chicago, or dare we even suggest it, Naples, but it's certainly not a mozz-and-tomato wasteland, either. When John Besh opened his Italian restaurant, Domenica, last year, chef Alon Shaya's perfectly charred pies immediately upped the ante on the city's pizza options. Baked in a wood-burning oven, the Naples-style pies are served with decadent toppings like lamb meatballs, spicy salami, and, our favorite, a combo of fontina cheese, bacon and a yard egg.
Until last week, you had to dine-in to enjoy Domenica's cheesy creations. No longer! The restaurant is now taking carryout pizza orders everyday from 11am to 10pm, by phone or through a Domino's-style online ordering system that shows you nifty pictures of each specialty pie. You can choose from among the 14 pies on offer or get creative and design your own.
This is still not New York--you'll have to pick up your order from the restaurant--but Domenica takeout is definitely another boon to the Crescent City's growing pizza scene.
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Wednesday, 09 June 2010 15:06 |
 The first ever New Orleans Oyster Festival, which we told you about last week, drew thousands to the French Quarter this past weekend for oyster eating contests and plenty of mouthwatering eats. But, the oyster festival was just an appetizer for this weekend, when the French Market is putting on Vieux-to-Do. The event includes the Louisiana Seafood Festival, the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, and the Creole Tomato Festival. Events for the three festivals will take place across the French Quarter and you can find a complete listing of the schedules on the French Market website. At the Cajun-Zydeco festival, there will be food stands from such local restaurants as La Divina Gelateria, Dickie Brennan's, and Bywater Bar-B-Que, as well as many more, not to mention all the zydeco music you can handle, while, at the Creole Tomato festival, there will be hands-on cooking demonstrations at the farmers' market. The Louisiana Seafood Festival, like the Oyster Festival, celebrates the state's cultural heritage of local seafood--something we're all thinking about even more than usual these days.
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Friday, 04 June 2010 15:30 |
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With the Gulf oil spill continuing to devastate communities along Louisiana's gulf coast, the New Orleans Oyster Festival is a reminder that, despite the catastrophe, local fishermen and seafood purveyors refuse to give up on their way of life. The festival will be held this Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6, along the river in the French Quarter. In addition to oyster eating contests and performances by artists like Cowboy Mouth, Irma Thomas, and the Treme Brass Band, there will be a cornucopia of oyster edibles from restaurants like Luke, Stanley, and Antoine's. Proceeds from the festival will go to the Save Our Coast foundation. Come out and show your love for Louisiana seafood.
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Monday, 24 May 2010 15:22 |
 Wednesday marks the beginning of one of the premiere wine festivals anywhere in the nation: the New Orleans Food and Wine Experience. The four-day festival will feature wine, tastings, seminars, and many of the city's most renowned chefs. Restaurants around New Orleans will also be showcasing tasting menus paired with some of NOWFE's celebrated vintages. Oh yeah, and there will be plenty of celebrity guests including Paula Deen and previous cast members from Bravo's Top Chef series. See, we weren't exaggerating when we said the NOFWE is a big deal. NOWFE runs from Wednesday, May 26 to Saturday, May 29. Check out the full schedule of events on the NOWFE website and be sure to stop by the Edible New Orleans table at the Grand Tastings on Friday and Saturday and introduce yourself. We'll see you there.
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Thursday, 20 May 2010 15:58 |
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If the dehydrated hot dogs and overpriced popcorn available at most movie theaters aren't your idea of culinary utopia, the re-opening of the Canal Place Cinema may be more your speed. When the theaters re-open on May 26th, they'll do so alongside acclaimed Chef Adolfo Garcia's new Mediterranean-inspired restaurant, Gusto. Moviegoers will have food delivered right to their seats, and those not seeing a film can still dine-in on selections like flatbread pizzas and seasonal cocktails. Canal Place Cinema will re-open and Gusto will launch next Wednesday night at 10 pm in conjunction with the premiere of Sex in the City 2. White truffle popcorn, anyone?
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