To provide details and/or a knowledgeable companion from a local restaurant reviewer. So many restaurants - so little time! Attention tourists and transplants! Don't fall for all the hype of a slick advertisement - my honest opinion from a native who has dined out for overy forty years. Also, perhaps, you would like to try an off the beaten path independent restaurant - many of which are featured in my weekly, local cable TV show, Restaurant Revue (Orleans Cox Cable, Channel 76, Wednesdays and S …

Hello fellow cooking fans. New Orleans has always been a place for great cuisine. Whether it be at the start of the meal with a great appetizer, a mouth watering entree, or a delicate sweet taste of a desert, we have got all the types in this city. People have been creating new recipes and reusing old ones for years in this city. I know when my father used to own both a bakery and a pizza place how much I liked to share my family cuisine with others. I want to create a place for people that enjo …

This meetup group has a triple focus: [1] To enable local expatriates/foreigners/immigrants/etc. to connect, meet face-to-face, socialize regardless of nationalities; [2] To be inclusive of Americans who have lived abroad or simply have a passion for international travel and world cultures -- and thus allow both populations to interact for the sheer fun of it; [3] To be a responsible forum for global issues such as poverty and economic cooperation, geopolitics, cultural exchange and understandin …