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Interrupting my post-moratorium to report that I just ate my weight in pizza in 9 minutes flat. #greenbay h/t @wrightthompsonbooks

I tried Montreal Portuguese chicken for the first time some 15 years ago, when @nathaliejordi took me to @Romados_ on one of our first trips together. Getting rotisserie chicken – and pastel de nata, if it’s a Portuguese place – is now part of the ritual whenever I visit Montreal, one of my favorite cities. I started to consider the depth of Montreal’s rotisserie culture, which goes back nearly 100 years, when I heard @maquereaufrappier and his team were opening @rotisserie.lalune, an homage to classic Quebecois rotisseries. The restaurant is as excellent as you’d imagine, and it provided the perfect framing for my latest story in The Times, about rotisserie chicken heaven. I think you may find it a welcome distraction. Link in bio. Merci to @alexihobbs for the photos.

I tried Montreal Portuguese chicken for the first time some 15 years ago, when @nathaliejordi took me to @Romados_ on one of our first trips together. Getting rotisserie chicken – and pastel de nata, if it’s a Portuguese place – is now part of the ritual whenever I visit Montreal, one of my favorite cities. I started to consider the depth of Montreal’s rotisserie culture, which goes back nearly 100 years, when I heard @maquereaufrappier and his team were opening @rotisserie.lalune, an homage to classic Quebecois rotisseries. The restaurant is as excellent as you’d imagine, and it provided the perfect framing for my latest story in The Times, about rotisserie chicken heaven. I think you may find it a welcome distraction. Link in bio. Merci to @alexihobbs for the photos.

I tried Montreal Portuguese chicken for the first time some 15 years ago, when @nathaliejordi took me to @Romados_ on one of our first trips together. Getting rotisserie chicken – and pastel de nata, if it’s a Portuguese place – is now part of the ritual whenever I visit Montreal, one of my favorite cities. I started to consider the depth of Montreal’s rotisserie culture, which goes back nearly 100 years, when I heard @maquereaufrappier and his team were opening @rotisserie.lalune, an homage to classic Quebecois rotisseries. The restaurant is as excellent as you’d imagine, and it provided the perfect framing for my latest story in The Times, about rotisserie chicken heaven. I think you may find it a welcome distraction. Link in bio. Merci to @alexihobbs for the photos.

I tried Montreal Portuguese chicken for the first time some 15 years ago, when @nathaliejordi took me to @Romados_ on one of our first trips together. Getting rotisserie chicken – and pastel de nata, if it’s a Portuguese place – is now part of the ritual whenever I visit Montreal, one of my favorite cities. I started to consider the depth of Montreal’s rotisserie culture, which goes back nearly 100 years, when I heard @maquereaufrappier and his team were opening @rotisserie.lalune, an homage to classic Quebecois rotisseries. The restaurant is as excellent as you’d imagine, and it provided the perfect framing for my latest story in The Times, about rotisserie chicken heaven. I think you may find it a welcome distraction. Link in bio. Merci to @alexihobbs for the photos.

I tried Montreal Portuguese chicken for the first time some 15 years ago, when @nathaliejordi took me to @Romados_ on one of our first trips together. Getting rotisserie chicken – and pastel de nata, if it’s a Portuguese place – is now part of the ritual whenever I visit Montreal, one of my favorite cities. I started to consider the depth of Montreal’s rotisserie culture, which goes back nearly 100 years, when I heard @maquereaufrappier and his team were opening @rotisserie.lalune, an homage to classic Quebecois rotisseries. The restaurant is as excellent as you’d imagine, and it provided the perfect framing for my latest story in The Times, about rotisserie chicken heaven. I think you may find it a welcome distraction. Link in bio. Merci to @alexihobbs for the photos.

I tried Montreal Portuguese chicken for the first time some 15 years ago, when @nathaliejordi took me to @Romados_ on one of our first trips together. Getting rotisserie chicken – and pastel de nata, if it’s a Portuguese place – is now part of the ritual whenever I visit Montreal, one of my favorite cities. I started to consider the depth of Montreal’s rotisserie culture, which goes back nearly 100 years, when I heard @maquereaufrappier and his team were opening @rotisserie.lalune, an homage to classic Quebecois rotisseries. The restaurant is as excellent as you’d imagine, and it provided the perfect framing for my latest story in The Times, about rotisserie chicken heaven. I think you may find it a welcome distraction. Link in bio. Merci to @alexihobbs for the photos.

I tried Montreal Portuguese chicken for the first time some 15 years ago, when @nathaliejordi took me to @Romados_ on one of our first trips together. Getting rotisserie chicken – and pastel de nata, if it’s a Portuguese place – is now part of the ritual whenever I visit Montreal, one of my favorite cities. I started to consider the depth of Montreal’s rotisserie culture, which goes back nearly 100 years, when I heard @maquereaufrappier and his team were opening @rotisserie.lalune, an homage to classic Quebecois rotisseries. The restaurant is as excellent as you’d imagine, and it provided the perfect framing for my latest story in The Times, about rotisserie chicken heaven. I think you may find it a welcome distraction. Link in bio. Merci to @alexihobbs for the photos.

Happy Lundi Gras #mardigras2026

I spent nearly a week in Minneapolis - and the greater Twin Cities – reporting a piece about the decentralized network of Minnesotans trying to feed people who are too afraid to leave their homes during “Operation Metro Surge.” I don’t want to add much beyond what’s in the story – link in bio – except to say the fear felt by immigrants of color, particularly families with children who aren’t attending school, was palpable, and the scale and complexity of the community-wide effort to assist them is pretty staggering. People and organizations I visited for the story include (in order of photo) @juntospodemosmn, a mutual aid organization run out of a barber shop near George Floyd Square; @thesannehfoundation, a youth-focused local charity; Wilson Quizhpi Cuzco, who puts in 11 hour days standing guard outside his family’s grocery; Jason Kuhlman, the principal of an elementary school that has had at least four students sent to a Texas detention center (but still finds time to deliver food); and Principal Academy, a public charter school – it’s student body is over 90 % Hispanic – that has been closed for in-person classes for a month now and has turned its empty cafeteria into a food distribution site. Thanks to @benbrewerphoto  and @ackermangruber for the photos.

I spent nearly a week in Minneapolis - and the greater Twin Cities – reporting a piece about the decentralized network of Minnesotans trying to feed people who are too afraid to leave their homes during “Operation Metro Surge.” I don’t want to add much beyond what’s in the story – link in bio – except to say the fear felt by immigrants of color, particularly families with children who aren’t attending school, was palpable, and the scale and complexity of the community-wide effort to assist them is pretty staggering. People and organizations I visited for the story include (in order of photo) @juntospodemosmn, a mutual aid organization run out of a barber shop near George Floyd Square; @thesannehfoundation, a youth-focused local charity; Wilson Quizhpi Cuzco, who puts in 11 hour days standing guard outside his family’s grocery; Jason Kuhlman, the principal of an elementary school that has had at least four students sent to a Texas detention center (but still finds time to deliver food); and Principal Academy, a public charter school – it’s student body is over 90 % Hispanic – that has been closed for in-person classes for a month now and has turned its empty cafeteria into a food distribution site. Thanks to @benbrewerphoto  and @ackermangruber for the photos.

I spent nearly a week in Minneapolis - and the greater Twin Cities – reporting a piece about the decentralized network of Minnesotans trying to feed people who are too afraid to leave their homes during “Operation Metro Surge.” I don’t want to add much beyond what’s in the story – link in bio – except to say the fear felt by immigrants of color, particularly families with children who aren’t attending school, was palpable, and the scale and complexity of the community-wide effort to assist them is pretty staggering. People and organizations I visited for the story include (in order of photo) @juntospodemosmn, a mutual aid organization run out of a barber shop near George Floyd Square; @thesannehfoundation, a youth-focused local charity; Wilson Quizhpi Cuzco, who puts in 11 hour days standing guard outside his family’s grocery; Jason Kuhlman, the principal of an elementary school that has had at least four students sent to a Texas detention center (but still finds time to deliver food); and Principal Academy, a public charter school – it’s student body is over 90 % Hispanic – that has been closed for in-person classes for a month now and has turned its empty cafeteria into a food distribution site. Thanks to @benbrewerphoto  and @ackermangruber for the photos.

I spent nearly a week in Minneapolis - and the greater Twin Cities – reporting a piece about the decentralized network of Minnesotans trying to feed people who are too afraid to leave their homes during “Operation Metro Surge.” I don’t want to add much beyond what’s in the story – link in bio – except to say the fear felt by immigrants of color, particularly families with children who aren’t attending school, was palpable, and the scale and complexity of the community-wide effort to assist them is pretty staggering. People and organizations I visited for the story include (in order of photo) @juntospodemosmn, a mutual aid organization run out of a barber shop near George Floyd Square; @thesannehfoundation, a youth-focused local charity; Wilson Quizhpi Cuzco, who puts in 11 hour days standing guard outside his family’s grocery; Jason Kuhlman, the principal of an elementary school that has had at least four students sent to a Texas detention center (but still finds time to deliver food); and Principal Academy, a public charter school – it’s student body is over 90 % Hispanic – that has been closed for in-person classes for a month now and has turned its empty cafeteria into a food distribution site. Thanks to @benbrewerphoto  and @ackermangruber for the photos.

I spent nearly a week in Minneapolis - and the greater Twin Cities – reporting a piece about the decentralized network of Minnesotans trying to feed people who are too afraid to leave their homes during “Operation Metro Surge.” I don’t want to add much beyond what’s in the story – link in bio – except to say the fear felt by immigrants of color, particularly families with children who aren’t attending school, was palpable, and the scale and complexity of the community-wide effort to assist them is pretty staggering. People and organizations I visited for the story include (in order of photo) @juntospodemosmn, a mutual aid organization run out of a barber shop near George Floyd Square; @thesannehfoundation, a youth-focused local charity; Wilson Quizhpi Cuzco, who puts in 11 hour days standing guard outside his family’s grocery; Jason Kuhlman, the principal of an elementary school that has had at least four students sent to a Texas detention center (but still finds time to deliver food); and Principal Academy, a public charter school – it’s student body is over 90 % Hispanic – that has been closed for in-person classes for a month now and has turned its empty cafeteria into a food distribution site. Thanks to @benbrewerphoto  and @ackermangruber for the photos.

Hey New Orleans - @theresamccu's "Insatiable City" is an essential book about food, restaurants and New Orleans, and also race, slavery and U.S. history. It's a book I'd long wished someone would write, I realized as I read it. Theresa is going to be @the.gardendistrictbookshop at 6 p.m. tonight (Thursday, October 30), talking to @lizatsofab. Come by - I'm sure it will be worth your time.

Did you miss The New York Times Restaurant List when it published online earlier this month? Or perhaps you can’t get enough of it? The print version is in today’s paper. I hadn’t seen it yet, and it’s lovely. If you’re hungry for more, check out @PriyaKrishna and I on last week’s Sunday Special, The Times’ new culture podcast. Listen to the end for a surprise from Priya, not long after I catch her cheating on the quiz. Link to the episode is in bio.

Did you miss The New York Times Restaurant List when it published online earlier this month? Or perhaps you can’t get enough of it? The print version is in today’s paper. I hadn’t seen it yet, and it’s lovely. If you’re hungry for more, check out @PriyaKrishna and I on last week’s Sunday Special, The Times’ new culture podcast. Listen to the end for a surprise from Priya, not long after I catch her cheating on the quiz. Link to the episode is in bio.

Did you miss The New York Times Restaurant List when it published online earlier this month? Or perhaps you can’t get enough of it? The print version is in today’s paper. I hadn’t seen it yet, and it’s lovely. If you’re hungry for more, check out @PriyaKrishna and I on last week’s Sunday Special, The Times’ new culture podcast. Listen to the end for a surprise from Priya, not long after I catch her cheating on the quiz. Link to the episode is in bio.

Did you miss The New York Times Restaurant List when it published online earlier this month? Or perhaps you can’t get enough of it? The print version is in today’s paper. I hadn’t seen it yet, and it’s lovely. If you’re hungry for more, check out @PriyaKrishna and I on last week’s Sunday Special, The Times’ new culture podcast. Listen to the end for a surprise from Priya, not long after I catch her cheating on the quiz. Link to the episode is in bio.

Hey New Orleans and Friends of @pableaux - come to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, on Rampart Street, tonight (Friday, Sept. 26) at 6p.m. 30 of Pableaux’s photos will be on display. Good vibes, conversation and an opportunity to toast our photographer-friend.

I spent a good part of the year between Mardi Gras and June - and then again in August - traveling the country, kicking the tires on restaurants for @nytcooking's annual Restaurant List -a roster of our staff's favorite places to eat right now, which doubles as a mosaic of what's great about eating in the U.S. I ended up writing about a dozen places: @mawnphilly, the Cambodian-leaning BYO; @emerils and @saintclaire_neworleans, two distinctive restaurants here in New Orleans; @wildweed.cinci, an amazing tasting menu-Italian place in Ohio; the great Midwestern bistro @bucheronmpls; @turkeyleggman.kc, the excellent, niche barbecue place in Kansas City; @lashukrandc - my pick for restaurant of the year - and @sunnysmia; the new and improved @mayflowercafe up in Jackson; @jcholdway, one of the most consistently satisfying regional bistros anywhere; @callioperestaurant, a wonderful pan-Middle Eastern restaurant in Chattanooga; and @sandersbbqsupplyco, which is serving some of the best barbecue outside of Texas. Start planning your road trips. Link in bio.

I spent a good part of the year between Mardi Gras and June - and then again in August - traveling the country, kicking the tires on restaurants for @nytcooking's annual Restaurant List -a roster of our staff's favorite places to eat right now, which doubles as a mosaic of what's great about eating in the U.S. I ended up writing about a dozen places: @mawnphilly, the Cambodian-leaning BYO; @emerils and @saintclaire_neworleans, two distinctive restaurants here in New Orleans; @wildweed.cinci, an amazing tasting menu-Italian place in Ohio; the great Midwestern bistro @bucheronmpls; @turkeyleggman.kc, the excellent, niche barbecue place in Kansas City; @lashukrandc - my pick for restaurant of the year - and @sunnysmia; the new and improved @mayflowercafe up in Jackson; @jcholdway, one of the most consistently satisfying regional bistros anywhere; @callioperestaurant, a wonderful pan-Middle Eastern restaurant in Chattanooga; and @sandersbbqsupplyco, which is serving some of the best barbecue outside of Texas. Start planning your road trips. Link in bio.

I spent a good part of the year between Mardi Gras and June - and then again in August - traveling the country, kicking the tires on restaurants for @nytcooking's annual Restaurant List -a roster of our staff's favorite places to eat right now, which doubles as a mosaic of what's great about eating in the U.S. I ended up writing about a dozen places: @mawnphilly, the Cambodian-leaning BYO; @emerils and @saintclaire_neworleans, two distinctive restaurants here in New Orleans; @wildweed.cinci, an amazing tasting menu-Italian place in Ohio; the great Midwestern bistro @bucheronmpls; @turkeyleggman.kc, the excellent, niche barbecue place in Kansas City; @lashukrandc - my pick for restaurant of the year - and @sunnysmia; the new and improved @mayflowercafe up in Jackson; @jcholdway, one of the most consistently satisfying regional bistros anywhere; @callioperestaurant, a wonderful pan-Middle Eastern restaurant in Chattanooga; and @sandersbbqsupplyco, which is serving some of the best barbecue outside of Texas. Start planning your road trips. Link in bio.

I spent a good part of the year between Mardi Gras and June - and then again in August - traveling the country, kicking the tires on restaurants for @nytcooking's annual Restaurant List -a roster of our staff's favorite places to eat right now, which doubles as a mosaic of what's great about eating in the U.S. I ended up writing about a dozen places: @mawnphilly, the Cambodian-leaning BYO; @emerils and @saintclaire_neworleans, two distinctive restaurants here in New Orleans; @wildweed.cinci, an amazing tasting menu-Italian place in Ohio; the great Midwestern bistro @bucheronmpls; @turkeyleggman.kc, the excellent, niche barbecue place in Kansas City; @lashukrandc - my pick for restaurant of the year - and @sunnysmia; the new and improved @mayflowercafe up in Jackson; @jcholdway, one of the most consistently satisfying regional bistros anywhere; @callioperestaurant, a wonderful pan-Middle Eastern restaurant in Chattanooga; and @sandersbbqsupplyco, which is serving some of the best barbecue outside of Texas. Start planning your road trips. Link in bio.

I spent a good part of the year between Mardi Gras and June - and then again in August - traveling the country, kicking the tires on restaurants for @nytcooking's annual Restaurant List -a roster of our staff's favorite places to eat right now, which doubles as a mosaic of what's great about eating in the U.S. I ended up writing about a dozen places: @mawnphilly, the Cambodian-leaning BYO; @emerils and @saintclaire_neworleans, two distinctive restaurants here in New Orleans; @wildweed.cinci, an amazing tasting menu-Italian place in Ohio; the great Midwestern bistro @bucheronmpls; @turkeyleggman.kc, the excellent, niche barbecue place in Kansas City; @lashukrandc - my pick for restaurant of the year - and @sunnysmia; the new and improved @mayflowercafe up in Jackson; @jcholdway, one of the most consistently satisfying regional bistros anywhere; @callioperestaurant, a wonderful pan-Middle Eastern restaurant in Chattanooga; and @sandersbbqsupplyco, which is serving some of the best barbecue outside of Texas. Start planning your road trips. Link in bio.

I spent a good part of the year between Mardi Gras and June - and then again in August - traveling the country, kicking the tires on restaurants for @nytcooking's annual Restaurant List -a roster of our staff's favorite places to eat right now, which doubles as a mosaic of what's great about eating in the U.S. I ended up writing about a dozen places: @mawnphilly, the Cambodian-leaning BYO; @emerils and @saintclaire_neworleans, two distinctive restaurants here in New Orleans; @wildweed.cinci, an amazing tasting menu-Italian place in Ohio; the great Midwestern bistro @bucheronmpls; @turkeyleggman.kc, the excellent, niche barbecue place in Kansas City; @lashukrandc - my pick for restaurant of the year - and @sunnysmia; the new and improved @mayflowercafe up in Jackson; @jcholdway, one of the most consistently satisfying regional bistros anywhere; @callioperestaurant, a wonderful pan-Middle Eastern restaurant in Chattanooga; and @sandersbbqsupplyco, which is serving some of the best barbecue outside of Texas. Start planning your road trips. Link in bio.

I spent a good part of the year between Mardi Gras and June - and then again in August - traveling the country, kicking the tires on restaurants for @nytcooking's annual Restaurant List -a roster of our staff's favorite places to eat right now, which doubles as a mosaic of what's great about eating in the U.S. I ended up writing about a dozen places: @mawnphilly, the Cambodian-leaning BYO; @emerils and @saintclaire_neworleans, two distinctive restaurants here in New Orleans; @wildweed.cinci, an amazing tasting menu-Italian place in Ohio; the great Midwestern bistro @bucheronmpls; @turkeyleggman.kc, the excellent, niche barbecue place in Kansas City; @lashukrandc - my pick for restaurant of the year - and @sunnysmia; the new and improved @mayflowercafe up in Jackson; @jcholdway, one of the most consistently satisfying regional bistros anywhere; @callioperestaurant, a wonderful pan-Middle Eastern restaurant in Chattanooga; and @sandersbbqsupplyco, which is serving some of the best barbecue outside of Texas. Start planning your road trips. Link in bio.

I spent a good part of the year between Mardi Gras and June - and then again in August - traveling the country, kicking the tires on restaurants for @nytcooking's annual Restaurant List -a roster of our staff's favorite places to eat right now, which doubles as a mosaic of what's great about eating in the U.S. I ended up writing about a dozen places: @mawnphilly, the Cambodian-leaning BYO; @emerils and @saintclaire_neworleans, two distinctive restaurants here in New Orleans; @wildweed.cinci, an amazing tasting menu-Italian place in Ohio; the great Midwestern bistro @bucheronmpls; @turkeyleggman.kc, the excellent, niche barbecue place in Kansas City; @lashukrandc - my pick for restaurant of the year - and @sunnysmia; the new and improved @mayflowercafe up in Jackson; @jcholdway, one of the most consistently satisfying regional bistros anywhere; @callioperestaurant, a wonderful pan-Middle Eastern restaurant in Chattanooga; and @sandersbbqsupplyco, which is serving some of the best barbecue outside of Texas. Start planning your road trips. Link in bio.

I spent a good part of the year between Mardi Gras and June - and then again in August - traveling the country, kicking the tires on restaurants for @nytcooking's annual Restaurant List -a roster of our staff's favorite places to eat right now, which doubles as a mosaic of what's great about eating in the U.S. I ended up writing about a dozen places: @mawnphilly, the Cambodian-leaning BYO; @emerils and @saintclaire_neworleans, two distinctive restaurants here in New Orleans; @wildweed.cinci, an amazing tasting menu-Italian place in Ohio; the great Midwestern bistro @bucheronmpls; @turkeyleggman.kc, the excellent, niche barbecue place in Kansas City; @lashukrandc - my pick for restaurant of the year - and @sunnysmia; the new and improved @mayflowercafe up in Jackson; @jcholdway, one of the most consistently satisfying regional bistros anywhere; @callioperestaurant, a wonderful pan-Middle Eastern restaurant in Chattanooga; and @sandersbbqsupplyco, which is serving some of the best barbecue outside of Texas. Start planning your road trips. Link in bio.

I spent a good part of the year between Mardi Gras and June - and then again in August - traveling the country, kicking the tires on restaurants for @nytcooking's annual Restaurant List -a roster of our staff's favorite places to eat right now, which doubles as a mosaic of what's great about eating in the U.S. I ended up writing about a dozen places: @mawnphilly, the Cambodian-leaning BYO; @emerils and @saintclaire_neworleans, two distinctive restaurants here in New Orleans; @wildweed.cinci, an amazing tasting menu-Italian place in Ohio; the great Midwestern bistro @bucheronmpls; @turkeyleggman.kc, the excellent, niche barbecue place in Kansas City; @lashukrandc - my pick for restaurant of the year - and @sunnysmia; the new and improved @mayflowercafe up in Jackson; @jcholdway, one of the most consistently satisfying regional bistros anywhere; @callioperestaurant, a wonderful pan-Middle Eastern restaurant in Chattanooga; and @sandersbbqsupplyco, which is serving some of the best barbecue outside of Texas. Start planning your road trips. Link in bio.

The photo of @cynthiajoyce and @keithsperawrites and I was taken 20 years ago last night, at Clancy’s, where we ate together on the last night in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana. I’ve been at a loss about how to mark the anniversary. The best idea I could come up with was to take the boys to their first Clancy’s meal. That’s us last night in the second photo, doing our best to reproduce the shot Cynthia, Keith and I took outside, 20 years ago – the picture none of us has been able to find. Oscar and Jules gave the gumbo high marks. Be good to each other. #hurricanekatrina #katrinaanniversary

The photo of @cynthiajoyce and @keithsperawrites and I was taken 20 years ago last night, at Clancy’s, where we ate together on the last night in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana. I’ve been at a loss about how to mark the anniversary. The best idea I could come up with was to take the boys to their first Clancy’s meal. That’s us last night in the second photo, doing our best to reproduce the shot Cynthia, Keith and I took outside, 20 years ago – the picture none of us has been able to find. Oscar and Jules gave the gumbo high marks. Be good to each other. #hurricanekatrina #katrinaanniversary

First day of 5th and 3rd grade.
The back-to-school grocery receipt - tall as Jules

First day of 5th and 3rd grade.
The back-to-school grocery receipt - tall as Jules

Publishing the updated list of the 25 Best Places to Eat in New Orleans is an ideal time to point out that there are more than 25 great places to eat here. I always wish I could write about more. That said, it’s still fun to celebrate so many great restaurants in the city I moved to nearly 25 years ago – and have lived in longer than anyplace else. There are two new additions, neither exactly new restaurants: @coquette_nola and @st.pizza.nola. More favorites making me homesick:
@acamayanola
 @frankbrigtsen
@charliessteakhouse
@cafereconcile
@tandinhnola
@mosquitosupperclub
@peche.restaurant

Publishing the updated list of the 25 Best Places to Eat in New Orleans is an ideal time to point out that there are more than 25 great places to eat here. I always wish I could write about more. That said, it’s still fun to celebrate so many great restaurants in the city I moved to nearly 25 years ago – and have lived in longer than anyplace else. There are two new additions, neither exactly new restaurants: @coquette_nola and @st.pizza.nola. More favorites making me homesick:
@acamayanola
 @frankbrigtsen
@charliessteakhouse
@cafereconcile
@tandinhnola
@mosquitosupperclub
@peche.restaurant

Publishing the updated list of the 25 Best Places to Eat in New Orleans is an ideal time to point out that there are more than 25 great places to eat here. I always wish I could write about more. That said, it’s still fun to celebrate so many great restaurants in the city I moved to nearly 25 years ago – and have lived in longer than anyplace else. There are two new additions, neither exactly new restaurants: @coquette_nola and @st.pizza.nola. More favorites making me homesick:
@acamayanola
 @frankbrigtsen
@charliessteakhouse
@cafereconcile
@tandinhnola
@mosquitosupperclub
@peche.restaurant

Publishing the updated list of the 25 Best Places to Eat in New Orleans is an ideal time to point out that there are more than 25 great places to eat here. I always wish I could write about more. That said, it’s still fun to celebrate so many great restaurants in the city I moved to nearly 25 years ago – and have lived in longer than anyplace else. There are two new additions, neither exactly new restaurants: @coquette_nola and @st.pizza.nola. More favorites making me homesick:
@acamayanola
 @frankbrigtsen
@charliessteakhouse
@cafereconcile
@tandinhnola
@mosquitosupperclub
@peche.restaurant

Publishing the updated list of the 25 Best Places to Eat in New Orleans is an ideal time to point out that there are more than 25 great places to eat here. I always wish I could write about more. That said, it’s still fun to celebrate so many great restaurants in the city I moved to nearly 25 years ago – and have lived in longer than anyplace else. There are two new additions, neither exactly new restaurants: @coquette_nola and @st.pizza.nola. More favorites making me homesick:
@acamayanola
 @frankbrigtsen
@charliessteakhouse
@cafereconcile
@tandinhnola
@mosquitosupperclub
@peche.restaurant

Publishing the updated list of the 25 Best Places to Eat in New Orleans is an ideal time to point out that there are more than 25 great places to eat here. I always wish I could write about more. That said, it’s still fun to celebrate so many great restaurants in the city I moved to nearly 25 years ago – and have lived in longer than anyplace else. There are two new additions, neither exactly new restaurants: @coquette_nola and @st.pizza.nola. More favorites making me homesick:
@acamayanola
 @frankbrigtsen
@charliessteakhouse
@cafereconcile
@tandinhnola
@mosquitosupperclub
@peche.restaurant

Publishing the updated list of the 25 Best Places to Eat in New Orleans is an ideal time to point out that there are more than 25 great places to eat here. I always wish I could write about more. That said, it’s still fun to celebrate so many great restaurants in the city I moved to nearly 25 years ago – and have lived in longer than anyplace else. There are two new additions, neither exactly new restaurants: @coquette_nola and @st.pizza.nola. More favorites making me homesick:
@acamayanola
 @frankbrigtsen
@charliessteakhouse
@cafereconcile
@tandinhnola
@mosquitosupperclub
@peche.restaurant

Publishing the updated list of the 25 Best Places to Eat in New Orleans is an ideal time to point out that there are more than 25 great places to eat here. I always wish I could write about more. That said, it’s still fun to celebrate so many great restaurants in the city I moved to nearly 25 years ago – and have lived in longer than anyplace else. There are two new additions, neither exactly new restaurants: @coquette_nola and @st.pizza.nola. More favorites making me homesick:
@acamayanola
 @frankbrigtsen
@charliessteakhouse
@cafereconcile
@tandinhnola
@mosquitosupperclub
@peche.restaurant

Publishing the updated list of the 25 Best Places to Eat in New Orleans is an ideal time to point out that there are more than 25 great places to eat here. I always wish I could write about more. That said, it’s still fun to celebrate so many great restaurants in the city I moved to nearly 25 years ago – and have lived in longer than anyplace else. There are two new additions, neither exactly new restaurants: @coquette_nola and @st.pizza.nola. More favorites making me homesick:
@acamayanola
 @frankbrigtsen
@charliessteakhouse
@cafereconcile
@tandinhnola
@mosquitosupperclub
@peche.restaurant

Publishing the updated list of the 25 Best Places to Eat in New Orleans is an ideal time to point out that there are more than 25 great places to eat here. I always wish I could write about more. That said, it’s still fun to celebrate so many great restaurants in the city I moved to nearly 25 years ago – and have lived in longer than anyplace else. There are two new additions, neither exactly new restaurants: @coquette_nola and @st.pizza.nola. More favorites making me homesick:
@acamayanola
 @frankbrigtsen
@charliessteakhouse
@cafereconcile
@tandinhnola
@mosquitosupperclub
@peche.restaurant

Diane Moua and Yia Vang opened their restaurants – Diane’s Place and Vinai – within months of each other last year. The two restaurants showcasing Hmong food represent an extremely rare occurrence in American culinary arts: the emergence of a cuisine virtually unknown outside its own immigrant community, stewarded by chefs trained in Western-style restaurants.  As Hmong Americans in the upper Midwest whose families were displaced by war, the chefs’ share a lot of life experiences. But their restaurants are remarkably different. Together, they tell a fuller story, about the Hmong experience but also about the Twin Cities, whose food scene has provided a positive counternarrative to a tough half decade in Minnesota. I was able to follow the long roads the chefs took to opening their restaurants over repeat visits to Minneapolis – it’s my hometown, so I visit frequently. Which made this story extra rewarding to report. I only wish I could have written longer – about the burden Yia has shouldered as a burgeoning local celebrity, say, and the many people in the local business community who enabled Diane open her business without taking on investors. Terrific photos by @ackermangruber. Link in bio.

Diane Moua and Yia Vang opened their restaurants – Diane’s Place and Vinai – within months of each other last year. The two restaurants showcasing Hmong food represent an extremely rare occurrence in American culinary arts: the emergence of a cuisine virtually unknown outside its own immigrant community, stewarded by chefs trained in Western-style restaurants.  As Hmong Americans in the upper Midwest whose families were displaced by war, the chefs’ share a lot of life experiences. But their restaurants are remarkably different. Together, they tell a fuller story, about the Hmong experience but also about the Twin Cities, whose food scene has provided a positive counternarrative to a tough half decade in Minnesota. I was able to follow the long roads the chefs took to opening their restaurants over repeat visits to Minneapolis – it’s my hometown, so I visit frequently. Which made this story extra rewarding to report. I only wish I could have written longer – about the burden Yia has shouldered as a burgeoning local celebrity, say, and the many people in the local business community who enabled Diane open her business without taking on investors. Terrific photos by @ackermangruber. Link in bio.

Diane Moua and Yia Vang opened their restaurants – Diane’s Place and Vinai – within months of each other last year. The two restaurants showcasing Hmong food represent an extremely rare occurrence in American culinary arts: the emergence of a cuisine virtually unknown outside its own immigrant community, stewarded by chefs trained in Western-style restaurants.  As Hmong Americans in the upper Midwest whose families were displaced by war, the chefs’ share a lot of life experiences. But their restaurants are remarkably different. Together, they tell a fuller story, about the Hmong experience but also about the Twin Cities, whose food scene has provided a positive counternarrative to a tough half decade in Minnesota. I was able to follow the long roads the chefs took to opening their restaurants over repeat visits to Minneapolis – it’s my hometown, so I visit frequently. Which made this story extra rewarding to report. I only wish I could have written longer – about the burden Yia has shouldered as a burgeoning local celebrity, say, and the many people in the local business community who enabled Diane open her business without taking on investors. Terrific photos by @ackermangruber. Link in bio.

Diane Moua and Yia Vang opened their restaurants – Diane’s Place and Vinai – within months of each other last year. The two restaurants showcasing Hmong food represent an extremely rare occurrence in American culinary arts: the emergence of a cuisine virtually unknown outside its own immigrant community, stewarded by chefs trained in Western-style restaurants.  As Hmong Americans in the upper Midwest whose families were displaced by war, the chefs’ share a lot of life experiences. But their restaurants are remarkably different. Together, they tell a fuller story, about the Hmong experience but also about the Twin Cities, whose food scene has provided a positive counternarrative to a tough half decade in Minnesota. I was able to follow the long roads the chefs took to opening their restaurants over repeat visits to Minneapolis – it’s my hometown, so I visit frequently. Which made this story extra rewarding to report. I only wish I could have written longer – about the burden Yia has shouldered as a burgeoning local celebrity, say, and the many people in the local business community who enabled Diane open her business without taking on investors. Terrific photos by @ackermangruber. Link in bio.

Diane Moua and Yia Vang opened their restaurants – Diane’s Place and Vinai – within months of each other last year. The two restaurants showcasing Hmong food represent an extremely rare occurrence in American culinary arts: the emergence of a cuisine virtually unknown outside its own immigrant community, stewarded by chefs trained in Western-style restaurants.  As Hmong Americans in the upper Midwest whose families were displaced by war, the chefs’ share a lot of life experiences. But their restaurants are remarkably different. Together, they tell a fuller story, about the Hmong experience but also about the Twin Cities, whose food scene has provided a positive counternarrative to a tough half decade in Minnesota. I was able to follow the long roads the chefs took to opening their restaurants over repeat visits to Minneapolis – it’s my hometown, so I visit frequently. Which made this story extra rewarding to report. I only wish I could have written longer – about the burden Yia has shouldered as a burgeoning local celebrity, say, and the many people in the local business community who enabled Diane open her business without taking on investors. Terrific photos by @ackermangruber. Link in bio.

Diane Moua and Yia Vang opened their restaurants – Diane’s Place and Vinai – within months of each other last year. The two restaurants showcasing Hmong food represent an extremely rare occurrence in American culinary arts: the emergence of a cuisine virtually unknown outside its own immigrant community, stewarded by chefs trained in Western-style restaurants.  As Hmong Americans in the upper Midwest whose families were displaced by war, the chefs’ share a lot of life experiences. But their restaurants are remarkably different. Together, they tell a fuller story, about the Hmong experience but also about the Twin Cities, whose food scene has provided a positive counternarrative to a tough half decade in Minnesota. I was able to follow the long roads the chefs took to opening their restaurants over repeat visits to Minneapolis – it’s my hometown, so I visit frequently. Which made this story extra rewarding to report. I only wish I could have written longer – about the burden Yia has shouldered as a burgeoning local celebrity, say, and the many people in the local business community who enabled Diane open her business without taking on investors. Terrific photos by @ackermangruber. Link in bio.

Diane Moua and Yia Vang opened their restaurants – Diane’s Place and Vinai – within months of each other last year. The two restaurants showcasing Hmong food represent an extremely rare occurrence in American culinary arts: the emergence of a cuisine virtually unknown outside its own immigrant community, stewarded by chefs trained in Western-style restaurants.  As Hmong Americans in the upper Midwest whose families were displaced by war, the chefs’ share a lot of life experiences. But their restaurants are remarkably different. Together, they tell a fuller story, about the Hmong experience but also about the Twin Cities, whose food scene has provided a positive counternarrative to a tough half decade in Minnesota. I was able to follow the long roads the chefs took to opening their restaurants over repeat visits to Minneapolis – it’s my hometown, so I visit frequently. Which made this story extra rewarding to report. I only wish I could have written longer – about the burden Yia has shouldered as a burgeoning local celebrity, say, and the many people in the local business community who enabled Diane open her business without taking on investors. Terrific photos by @ackermangruber. Link in bio.

Diane Moua and Yia Vang opened their restaurants – Diane’s Place and Vinai – within months of each other last year. The two restaurants showcasing Hmong food represent an extremely rare occurrence in American culinary arts: the emergence of a cuisine virtually unknown outside its own immigrant community, stewarded by chefs trained in Western-style restaurants.  As Hmong Americans in the upper Midwest whose families were displaced by war, the chefs’ share a lot of life experiences. But their restaurants are remarkably different. Together, they tell a fuller story, about the Hmong experience but also about the Twin Cities, whose food scene has provided a positive counternarrative to a tough half decade in Minnesota. I was able to follow the long roads the chefs took to opening their restaurants over repeat visits to Minneapolis – it’s my hometown, so I visit frequently. Which made this story extra rewarding to report. I only wish I could have written longer – about the burden Yia has shouldered as a burgeoning local celebrity, say, and the many people in the local business community who enabled Diane open her business without taking on investors. Terrific photos by @ackermangruber. Link in bio.