Archive for the ‘Creole’ Category

Emeril’s New Orleans
March 27, 2010

Emeril’s New Orleans was our first dinner in town.   He has several restaurants in town and I was told that this was a good exemplar of the food he became known for.  We started with the Rabbit on fried green tomatoes this was probably our favorite dish of the night. Delicious rabbit tender and flavorful, [...]

Emeril’s New Orleans
March 26, 2010

Emeril’s New Orleans was our first dinner in town.   He has several restaurants in town and I was told that this was a good exemplar of the food he became known for.  We started with the Rabbit on fried green tomatoes this was probably our favorite dish of the night. Delicious rabbit tender and flavorful, [...]

Tet, Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Weekend
February 15, 2010

With Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Day falling on the same weekend what else was there to do but have a three day festival of food and nature in Yosemite.  The first day we celebrated Tet and Chinese New Year, the second Mardi Gras, and on the third day we celebrated Valentine’s Day [...]

BRENDA’S**’
October 28, 2007

Upon the invitation of some food loving friends, I headed to Polk Gulch for brunch. There in the mix with all the Polk Street bars, was Brenda’s, a small ‘French Soul Food’ restaurant. Brenda, the former executive chef at Oritalia grew up in a Filipino-Creole household and started her cooking career in New Orleans. Her [...]

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