| Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder | Written by Mary Tutwiler Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Sometimes life is a lot like art. Take last night. I was sitting at the bar at Pamplona with a friend, sipping on absinthe and he asked me how the anise flavored spirit, beloved by poets and painters, and banned as a hallucinogenic poison in the U.S. since 1912, had gotten back in circulation.
| Read more |
| Honey, Pie! | 
Sail across the Atlantic to be where you belong.
Mention mincemeat pies, and most folks wrinkle their noses in horror. “Meat and prunes,” I remember thinking as a child, a combination as frightening as liver and squash, which wound up on my dinner plate on terrible occasion. These days I love liver and squash (think grilled, still-pink calves’ liver with onions, and roasted butternut squash spiked with a bit of cumin, fennel seed and garlic). And I also have learned to love mince pies. But don’t even consider the mincemeat that comes out of a can; I think that’s what gave me the willies back when. Think dried currents, raisins, orange and lemon peel, apples, brown sugar, butter and brandy, and you’ve got more to do with sugar plums than with meat pasties.
| Read more |
| Nidal Balbeisi conquers downtown |  With the acquisition of Stan’s, Balbeisi is building a restaurant empire in old Lafayette
Nidal Balbeisi is attempting to conquer the world the way all great tacticians do, through its belly. First he seduces you at Zeus, his Mid-Eastern flagship restaurant, with delectable baba ghanoush. Then he makes his shwarma sandwiches as quick and convenient as the ubiquitous burger at the multiple locations of his Zeus Express drive thru. Next, he brainwashes you with mind-bending margaritas at his Mexican cantina, Agave. Now, he’s planning the coup de gras with his newest culinary adventure — Italian fusion — at Trynd Café and Night Club. The location? Last week, Balbeisi bought Stanley Lerille’s laid back lunch and high octane disco, located in the former Masonic temple on Vermilion Street downtown.
| Read more |
|
|
|
|
Buy CIALIS online Buy SILDENAFIL Cialis Online buy CIALIS 20mg Purchase viagra online

|
|
Friday, 30 July 2010 |
|
Written by Mary Tutwiler
|
|
A red carpet welcome rolled out the latest addition to the bar scene in Lafayette.
|
|
Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
|
Written by Nathan Stubbs
|
|
The Times Picayune has been traveling Cajun country's "smoked meat highway," through its contributing writer, also Independent Weekly staffer, Mary Tutwiler.
|
|
Tuesday, 27 July 2010 |
|
Written by Mary Tutwiler
|
|
Freeing the tongue by pleasing the palate presents a pleasant way to parlez française.
|
|
Monday, 26 July 2010 |
|
Written by Mary Tutwiler
|
|
The Times-Picayune printed their most important issue of the year. No, it’s not the Saint’s schedule.
|
|
Thursday, 15 July 2010 |
|
Written by Mary Tutwiler
|
|
We always knew that the paella at Pamplona was the best in Lafayette.
|
|
Wednesday, 14 July 2010 |
|
Written by Mary Tutwiler
|
|
Dozo Japanese restaurant heats up hibachi with a difference.
|
|
Thursday, 17 June 2010 |
|
Written by Mary Tutwiler
|
|
For proponents of the pig, good news on the culinary front.
|
|
Wednesday, 16 June 2010 |
|
Written by Mary Tutwiler
|
|
The Saturday farmers market in the Oil Center celebrates its grand opening on June 19.
|
|
Monday, 07 June 2010 |
|
Written by Mary Tutwiler
|
|
When it comes to testing seafood for the taint of oil, there’s no better probe than that Gallic proboscis in the center of your face.
|
|
Tuesday, 18 May 2010 |
|
Written by Mary Tutwiler
|
|
It was Village Café Executive Chef Jude Tauzin’s night to shine.
|
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next > End >>
|
|
Page 1 of 6 |
|
|
|
|
|
Acadiana Weather
96°F
-
Sat
98°F
77°F
-
Sun
101°F
79°F
-
Mon
97°F
79°F
-
Tue
94°F
78°F
|
|