Weekly Column

Restaurants lie to you at 8 p.m. on Saturday night. They tell the truth at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning.…

It’s king cake season. Those four words don’t carry a lot of weight across 90% of this country. Though in…

It looks like 2023 will go down as the year of the king cake— at least in my book. I…

NEW ORLEANS— In a poll of national food critics I believe New Orleans would be listed among the top three…

The following is the first in a summer-column series that will cover dining in New Orleans. Over the next four…

This past weekend was a memorable one for our family. Our 26-year old daughter got engaged to her longtime boyfriend.…

The best thing I ever did for my family started with my son sucking at Monopoly. For more than three…

WATERCOLOR, Fla.— The Florida Panhandle has known a lot of different versions of me over the past 60 years. It…

Bakeries will humble a restaurant guy in a hurry. After 45 years in the business, I figured food was food…

The most successful entrepreneur I know is also a friend of mine. That’s a pretty good combination if you’re smart…

I have a friend who likes funerals. That got my attention when he said it last week while eulogizing his…

If you really want to know me, don’t ask where I live. Ask where I still drive by. I don’t…

You can buy almost anything in New Orleans. You can buy a fine meal, a good seat for a great…

Perfection finally showed up at my house last week. I ate it over the kitchen sink. It took 64 years…

I was married by an Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas. His name was Norm. Both of those sentences are true.…