Weekend Update: Food Coma.
To fully understand, I have to go back to last Thursday. You see, I was visiting two camps a couple hours away from town helping Daph look for sites for what will hopefully be the first Tulane LeaderShape this upcoming spring (GET EXCITED!!!). One of the sites bragged about how amazing their food was and invited us to stay for lunch. When you're scoping out a site where 60+ people will be having over 20 meals, it's important that you get it right. We were treated to the best fried catfish I've ever had on a bed of shrimp etouffee. Oh, and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert. Yes, please! While the site didn't end up working out for us, I have to give them credit for some incredible food. Yes, indeed.
Friday, while our students were celebrating fall break, I took advantage of an opportunity to join about 20 students on a fall break outing to the New Orleans School of Cooking. I had never been to the cooking school down in the Quarter and didn't realize I was in for a real treat! Led by Harriett, the sweetest, sassiest, New Orleanian grandma you ever wanted, we feasted on corn and crab bisque, crawfish etouffee, bread pudding, and pralines straight from the oven. HEAVEN. Harriet walked us through each recipe giving us tips along the way. While we didn't get to cook the food ourselves (something I personally would have enjoyed doing), we did walk away with the recipes for everything we tried. My biggest takeaway: Butter. Harriet used it plentifully!
You might think that after all that rich food on Thursday and Friday, I would throw in the towel. But this is New Orleans! And with one of my favorite cousins in town from the DC area and Seafood Fest happening at City Park, I was ready for more! So Friday evening I met up with Jen and Tim and my aunt and uncle to enjoy the festival and sample a few goods. My menu: crawfish bread, crawfish nachos, charbroiled oysters, and catfish sliders with green tomato chow chow. The weather was beautiful and the food was unbeatable. It was also nice to enjoy a festival where the crowds were manageable. Perhaps Seafood Fest is still a secret around town.
After waking up early Saturday to cheer on Ed as he ran and completed the Jazz Half Marathon (his first) and volunteering with RECreate, Ed and I met back up late afternoon and headed back down to Seafood Fest.
I was excited to spend the late afternoon and evening relaxing on a blanket listening to good music (Sister Hazel capped off the evening with a great show!) and enjoying the sun and slightly cooler temperatures. Oh, and of course more food. We sampled the baked crab and crawfish mac and cheese, more crawfish bread, and I had a BBQ oyster po-boy.
And Sunday? I hit the gym. As well as yesterday. And plan to for the rest of this week aside from a dinner with first year students tonight at Ralph's on the Park. Good living. Really good living.
Cheers.
Friday, while our students were celebrating fall break, I took advantage of an opportunity to join about 20 students on a fall break outing to the New Orleans School of Cooking. I had never been to the cooking school down in the Quarter and didn't realize I was in for a real treat! Led by Harriett, the sweetest, sassiest, New Orleanian grandma you ever wanted, we feasted on corn and crab bisque, crawfish etouffee, bread pudding, and pralines straight from the oven. HEAVEN. Harriet walked us through each recipe giving us tips along the way. While we didn't get to cook the food ourselves (something I personally would have enjoyed doing), we did walk away with the recipes for everything we tried. My biggest takeaway: Butter. Harriet used it plentifully!
You might think that after all that rich food on Thursday and Friday, I would throw in the towel. But this is New Orleans! And with one of my favorite cousins in town from the DC area and Seafood Fest happening at City Park, I was ready for more! So Friday evening I met up with Jen and Tim and my aunt and uncle to enjoy the festival and sample a few goods. My menu: crawfish bread, crawfish nachos, charbroiled oysters, and catfish sliders with green tomato chow chow. The weather was beautiful and the food was unbeatable. It was also nice to enjoy a festival where the crowds were manageable. Perhaps Seafood Fest is still a secret around town.
After waking up early Saturday to cheer on Ed as he ran and completed the Jazz Half Marathon (his first) and volunteering with RECreate, Ed and I met back up late afternoon and headed back down to Seafood Fest.
I was excited to spend the late afternoon and evening relaxing on a blanket listening to good music (Sister Hazel capped off the evening with a great show!) and enjoying the sun and slightly cooler temperatures. Oh, and of course more food. We sampled the baked crab and crawfish mac and cheese, more crawfish bread, and I had a BBQ oyster po-boy.
And Sunday? I hit the gym. As well as yesterday. And plan to for the rest of this week aside from a dinner with first year students tonight at Ralph's on the Park. Good living. Really good living.
Cheers.
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