Red beans and rice is one of the most popular dishes served in New Orleans on Monday’s, but is a real treat any day of the week!

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I was watching Emeril Live on the Food Network the other night and the theme of that segment was Onions, so I thought it would make an excellent post topic for the CCR blog. There are so many varieties that fall within the onion culinary category I thought I would touch on a few of them […]

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Established in 1862 and serving cafe’ au lait and beignets ever since, this historic coffee stand is located on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. An order of beignets includes three of the pillow shaped crispy fried yeast dough squares topped with a generous amount of powdered sugar. It is open 7 days a week […]

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Before the Interstate was completed in Louisiana we used to travel from New Orleans through Baton Rouge by way of Airline Highway, also known as Highway 61. Heading along the route northwest and about 30 miles outside of New Orleans is La Place, where the old Airline Motors Restaurant  (221 E Airline Hwy, La Place, LA […]

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