June 2015 Reality Bites: The World’s Perfect Food (Pt. 2) In April, I ate fried chicken at five different locales—this month I’ll look at five more: Lil Dizzy’s (1500 Esplanade Ave.) Lil Dizzy’s came highly recommended, so I was... Yvette del Rio
May 2015 Reality Bites: Welcome to Summer May is officially summer in New Orleans, which means it’s time for shaved ice drenched in sickly sweet syrup: SNO-BALLS! I feel like this should go without saying, but a... Yvette del Rio
April 2015 Reality Bites: The World’s Perfect Food (Pt. 1) I was a vegetarian for 15 years and a vegan for two and a half of those. I broke, one fateful summer day, for Popeye’s spicy fried chicken, my absolute favorite childhood meal.... Yvette del Rio
March 2015 Reality Bites: A Selfish, Soulless Seafood Splurge It’s at this point in our relationship that we may as well discuss religion, right? Like 99.9% of other native New Orleanians (give or take a few percentage points, I guess),... Yvette del Rio
February 2015 Reality Bites: Citywide King Cake Reviews This month we welcome Yvette to helm our food column. A born and bred New Orleanian, Yvette loves old buildings, thrift stores, and of course, going out to eat. She’ll be all... Yvette del Rio