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I've planted the LSU-developed, named variety "Creole" and it never produces worth a hoot. Two or three tomatoes, all season, per bush. Feh. The best-tasting, most consistent performers in my garden are the hybrids Better Boy, Beefmaster, and Celebrity: the same varieties planted by most m...

Try the minted lamb meatball pizza w/ricotta: absolutely great.

Slice of hogshead cheese, over a bowl of hot grits: no more "gelatinous" texture, just melty pork goodness.

fresh cracklings
any mint gelato flavor from La Divina

Cafe Reconcile's fried chicken is righteous (in multiple ways), and Dunbar's (corner of Dominican & Pine) is also very good (but it is closed for the summer).

I can't say that I'll be motivated to try a place offering "progressive comfort food".....translates to me as "high profit margin starch requiring little technical expertise to prepare". Am I a curmudgeon? (Yes.) But seriously, these days, I'm not visiting restaurants offering th...

Popped in today, and the place has a nice selection. Tried bits of blueberry danish, pecan tart, cannoli, strawberry tart (some were samples, some purchased). Was very happy to see small, two-bite fancy pastries in the case. Breads looked good, too. Right at lunch time, maybe 4-5 people in the place...

Hey now--we'll still have fishing Lake Ponchartrain and certainly Lake Salvador (for a while at least).

Yet another small schedule change: Nom Nom Truck won't be at Pinkberry until 6 pm today...ah, the vagaries of TV production schedules.

Pinkberry is an L.A.-based fro-yo chain with a serious cult following.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkberry
Pure yogurt, on Hampson, also offers the same sort of nouveau, fruit-topped, tart froyo, as does Menchies in Baton Rouge.