In Louisiana, you go to your grandma's house when you're five years old, and she serves you thick coffee You go to work in February and find at least five king cakes. shrimp bisque and lemon icebox creme brulée at Brigtsen's Crab and mirliton soup at Cafe Degas (our favorite eggs Benedict at Commander's Palace Steak frites and warm French dip at Izzat Ginger salad and wood-fired

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As my grandmother used to say, “Here we don’t eat to live. We live to eat.”  Some of my favorites: Cafe Degas  (Mid-City), Tartine  (Uptown), The Delachaise , La Petite Grocery , and Lilette  (Garden District), Izzat , Mamou , and The Five  (French Quarter). Related: Five secret Catholic sites in Paris And: the Winged Victory One day as I walked home from a Are you ready to come to my favorite place on earth?

Not only is it a month filled with football and festive fun, October is also one of my favorite times Here are some of my favorite things about New Orleans in October. 1. (Here's us at one of five costume events in one recent October—this one was an '80s-themed 40th birthday With magnificent, ancient live oaks and historic, garden-forward design, Audubon Zoo also makes an amazing Pictured above: a favorite outdoor activity, Jazz'n the Vines outdoor jazz concerts at a vineyard across

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In our earthly lives, feasts matter because they're an opportunity to connect the visible and invisible My favorite element of this golden statue is the look on her face: determined, focused, and so very young As my grandmother used to say, “Here we don’t eat to live. We live to eat.” Some of my favorites: Cafe Degas (Mid-City); Tartine (Uptown); The Delachaise, Le Petit Bleu, La Petite Grocery, and Lilette (Garden District); Croissant d’Or, Cafe Amelie, Izzat, Mamou, and The Five (French

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