Two women dressed head to toe in black burkas were getting on the same Delta flight, from Paris to Atlanta, that I was boarding. Yes, I know about the proper political correctness and the unfairness of stereotypes, but there are some things that make fellow flyers squeamish. France is a country that doesn’t allow faces […]
Non-Fiction: Author of academic works and published research on the history of cuisine, Paul Freedman’s Ten Restaurants That Changed America is thick with details and hunger-inducing menus. Opening with an introduction by restaurateur Danny Meyer, the owner of Union Square Hospitality Group,. Freedman focuses primarily on Le Pavillion, Chez Panisse, Mamma Leone’s, The Mandarin, Delmonico’s, […]
There was once a bakery called Picou’s located off of Esplanade Avenue near Bayou St. John. I am not saying that its neighborhood was rough back then, but to get what you wanted you had to stand outside and have your item given to you from a revolving bulletproof cube. Nevertheless, it was a popular […]