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French Quarter Fest First Timers

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The official 2011 French Quarter Festival Poster. Photo from nola.com.

You all probably know by now that $1.25 and I just love spring in New Orleans.  Not only is the weather beautiful (for the most part anyway), but it’s festival season!  And one of our absolute favorites, French Quarter Fest, is just days away.  

In my impatient wait for the weekend to hurry up and get here, I decided to check out the list of festival food vendors set to tantalize our taste buds this year.  I was really just checking to make sure I could get my old standby favorites from last year, but I noticed there are quite a few newcomers to the list this year too.  So, in addition to all of the faithful favorites, $1.25 and I are going to have to find some room to sample these newbies as well.

In Jackson Square look for Broussard’s Restaurant and Courtyard, where they’ll be serving Crawfish in Puff Pastry with Mustard Dill and Slow Roasted Pork in Onion Stew Po’ Boy (YUM!).  Right after that we’ll beeline our way over to Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse for their Prime Beef Debris Po’ Boy and a BBQ Shrimp Po’ Boy.

From there, you’ll want to head to the Old U.S. Mint food booths, where Boswell’s Jamaican Grill will add Jerk Chicken, Rice and Peas, Callaloo, and Beef or Veggie Patties to the mix.  I’m particularly excited to check out the new Tempura Battered Softshell Crab Po’ Boy at the new Oceana Grill booth.  Oceana will also be serving chargrilled oysters, but $1.25 and I don’t do the oyster thing.

Finally, at Woldenberg Riverfront Park, you won’t want to miss Big Mooney’s Restaurant’s Stuffed Crab, Stuffed Crab Po’ Boy and Seafood Pasta.  Mona’s will be there too with their Gyro Sandwich, Gyro Platter and some other Mediterranean goodies.

Phew.  And you thought French Quarter Fest couldn’t get any better!  Looks like we’re in for a great weekend. We’ll have more for you as we get closer to quittin’ time on Friday. Check back here later in the week and, in the mean time, check out fqfi.org for more information.

Jazz Fest Run Down

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Hopefully by now your sunburns have started to heal up and your liver has dried out. With the endless shows around town this past weekend its been quite the whirlwind: Hit the Fest. Drink and eat all day. Shower. Hit a show. Drink and eat all night. Rinse and repeat.
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French Quarter Fest, the Recap

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So like any good New Orleanian, I was ready for French Quarter Fest armed with my $1.25 for the street car, a hat, sunglasses, a hell of an appetite and Tom Fitzmorris’ FQF guide. There were many of the old favorites, some newcomers and, of course, plenty of Abita. Like everything in this life, there were some hits and some “meh”s and everything in between. Unlike life, there were no misses.

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What’s Cooking: Italian Sausage Pasta with Artichokes and Sundried Tomatoes

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This recipe from The Food Network’s Giada De Laurentiis is an absolute favorite of mine. I’ve gotten to the point where I’ve pretty much memorized the recipe and I can usually grab all the items I need with a quick trip to the store, so it’s becoming a stand-by for those nights when I don’t have anything else planned. I’ve done all different versions, including roasted red peppers in place of the sun dried tomatoes, spinach in place of the artichokes, chicken or turkey sausage, etc. $1.25 likes pasta a little on the spicy side, so even when I use a hot italian sausage I’ll usually throw a few red pepper flakes in too. Fresh basil, parsley and mozzarella are the key to this dish, so don’t try to sneak by with anything else!
Here’s a shot from the last time I made this for a weeknight dinner.

Give it a try, I’m sure you’ll love it too!

Quick Hits–Crescent Pie & Sausage Co.

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Hit up a very quick dinner tonight at Crescent Pie & Sausage Co.. A nice pizza and sausage restaurant which has sprung up across the street from Banks Street Bar. The Pie and Sausage Company is run, in part, by Jeff Baron who has fed thousands of drunk Tulane students with the Dough Bowl at the Boot and feeds early risers and nurses the hangovers of thirty somethings at Huevos, the hip new Mid-City breakfast spot just next door. For tonight’s dinner we split two entrees from the limited menu, the BLT Pizza and the Chaurice sausage with greens and homemade mac and cheese.