http://www.appetites.us/ Musings about food and eating. Restaurant reviews, recipes and the like. Unless otherwise noted, material posted here is © Robert D. Peyton. Contact the author at rdpeyton@gmail.com en-us Robert_Peyton@hotmail.com 2006-08-19T20:38:06-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/08/lunch_at_august.html I had a typically great lunch at August recently. I guess it's been a few months since my last meal at Chef John Besh's flagship operation, and once again I ended up wondering why it's been so long. We sat... 444@http://www.appetites.us/ 2006-08-19T20:38:06-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/08/chefs_in_exile.html I recently came across a website for an upcoming book called Chefs In Exile that looks really promising. Excerpt from the website: This book will be the stories of some 25-30 of New Orleans' top chefs, who "cooked in exile"... 443@http://www.appetites.us/ Restaurant News 2006-08-17T06:57:43-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/08/spm.html I really love to get comments on this website. 99% of the legitimate comments are great; for example, when I reviewed Poppy Brite's book, and she actually commented on it with some insight into the work and her style. That... 442@http://www.appetites.us/ Site news 2006-08-15T19:41:11-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/08/feasting_on_asphalt.html Alton Brown is a geek. A food geek. I dig that about the guy. Some of the antics on his signature show, Good Eats, are annoying, but overall I like him. From everything I've heard from people who've met him,... 441@http://www.appetites.us/ Commentary 2006-08-13T20:09:12-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/08/salsify_and_phyllo.html After sitting through a 7+ hour deposition today that largely consisted of a woman describing photographs she'd taken, I stopped off at Whole Foods on the way home. For some reason I decided that I would try and pull something... 440@http://www.appetites.us/ 2006-08-01T21:26:56-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/07/liquor.html I'm sick again. Physically. The latter part of this week has been a blur; I've slept maybe 2 hours in the last 72. I've made it into my office a couple of times to pick up mail, and some records... 439@http://www.appetites.us/ Reviews 2006-07-21T21:16:47-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/07/tomato_sauce_with_peach_and_jalapeno.html I bought some Dover Sole this afternoon at Whole Foods. The small, thin fillets looked great, and I wanted something light for dinner. I already had some very ripe creole tomatoes on hand, as well as some peaches that I... 438@http://www.appetites.us/ 2006-07-16T19:48:08-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/07/i_am_an_artist.html I am an artist. This, of course, comes as no surprise to most of you. "Why Robert" you must be saying to yourselves, "Your skill with words long ago convinced me that you had the soul of an artist." Well,... 437@http://www.appetites.us/ 2006-07-14T18:54:45-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/07/camellia_grill.html Being home sick is no fun, but it does at least afford me a couple of minutes to post this update. Recently I was in the Riverbend area for lunch, and while there I took a few photographs of the... 436@http://www.appetites.us/ 2006-07-11T09:18:01-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/07/zagat_and_happy_4th.html My pal Todd has been picked to edit the New Orleans nightlife edition of the upcoming Zagat's Guide. He asked me to pass along the link to the survey you can fill out to be a part of the guide.... 435@http://www.appetites.us/ Commentary 2006-07-04T08:48:33-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/07/hey_now.html I'm not saying I'm not a sellout, or a whore, or whatever else you want to call it when I get free stuff from publishers and then write about it. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, eh? Some outfit... 434@http://www.appetites.us/ 2006-07-02T18:57:16-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/06/grill.html I recently received a copy of Grill! by Pippa Cuthbert and Lindsay Cameron Wilson for review. It's a neat little book, and one of a series of similar works by the same authors, which include Soup!, Ice Cream! and Juice!... 433@http://www.appetites.us/ Reviews 2006-06-28T22:08:16-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/06/restaurant_restorative.html The Southern Food & Beverage Museum, in collaboration with The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, is putting on an exhibit titled Come Hell or High Water: Stories of Eating, Drinking and Surviving in Katrina’s Wake. There is a preview of... 432@http://www.appetites.us/ Commentary 2006-06-20T19:08:43-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/06/rene_bistrot.html Last week I had lunch at Rene Bistrot for the first time since Katrina devastated the restaurant. The dining room is not re-opened, but lunch is being served in the Renaissance Pere Marquette hotel. My understanding, such as it is,... 431@http://www.appetites.us/ Restaurant News 2006-06-18T20:01:54-06:00 http://www.appetites.us/archives/2006/06/lobster.html I read this morning that Whole Foods is not going to sell live lobsters or crabs any longer. Now this is not something that really affects me directly. I don't cook live lobsters or crabs, though if I was going... 430@http://www.appetites.us/ Commentary 2006-06-16T06:34:12-06:00