September 2017

REALITY BITES

  FAST FOOD FACE OFF: CHEESEBURGER & FRIES EDITION I love trashy junk food, but which one is the best? To find out, I decided to do the ultimate fast food face off,...

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July 2017

REALITY BITES: LET’S TALK TACOS

A question that I get asked a lot is if there is actually good Mexican food in New Orleans. Like, dude, we’re a state away from Texas… why is it so hard? In a quest to...

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June 2017

REALITY BITES: BBQ

New Orleans is not a town historically known for its barbecue. Luckily, there’s a slew of restaurants now that have set out to change our reputation. I’m especially grateful...

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June 2017

RIFF IN PEACE:ERIN DWYER (1980-2017)

Those of us who make up the beautifully braided knot that is the New Orleans indie, punk, and queer communities were saddened to hear of Erin Dwyer’s passing last month. It’s...

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May 2017

REALITY BITES: DONUTS!

  Are y’all ready for the donut smackdown? I’ve pitted six shops against each other to find the best donuts around. To even the playing field, I tried the classic glazed...

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April 2017

REALITY BITES: GAS STATION GRUB

I recently went to a party that was catered by Shawarma on the Go, which is a little place inside of the JetGo on Magazine Street. I’ll admit that it’s not a culinary decision...

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March 2017

REALITY BITES: CHINESE FOOD PART 1

This is going to have to be another multi-part investigation, as there are so many Chinese restaurants! I tried to order a variety of dishes everywhere I went, but made sure to...

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February 2017

REALITY BITES: KING CAKES ROUND 2

My first article for ANTIGRAVITY (February 2015, #127) was a citywide hunt for the best king cake. As I mentioned then, my longtime fave is from Dong Phuong, but this year I...

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January 2017

REALITY BITES: EAT YOUR FEELINGS

This month, I’m taking a detour from my usual quest for new and exciting spots to instead share some tried-and-true dishes from my favorite haunts. Nothing here is...

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November 2016

REALITY BITES: WAKEY WAKEY

I’ve had a lot of people ask me why I haven’t written about breakfast spots before, and honestly, it’s because I thought that breakfasts were all the same. If you’ve eaten...

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October 2016

REALITY BITES: FOOD TRUCKS

Remember the hubbub a few years ago when City Council changed the laws regulating food trucks? I know there was a lot of concern (some of it expressed in the very publication that...

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September 2016

REALITY BITES: POP UPS (ROUND ONE)

What’s a chef without a restaurant to do? Why, borrow someone else’s and pop up, of course! I know that I’ll be hitting more pop ups in the future because there are so many...

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