Oscar de la Renta’s Blue Velvet Gown - Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Essay

"..ill-fitting garments are all it takes for me to call up Diana Vreeland’s pronouncement that fashion must be intoxicating release from the world’s banality."

My Louisiana Brothers’ Cajun Food, T-Coons Restaurant, Billeauds Meat and Grocery, Billeaud's Too, Billeauds No. 3 - David Billeaud, Billy Billeaud

"...substantial media coverage through the years, but a high point was when Calvin Trillin mentioned Billy's Boudin Links in "The New Yorker" mag..."

Wayne Gilbert: Now a Film - Essay - A Closer Look

"It remains a fact that Wayne Gilbert is the only person I’ve ever met who has been written about in "People" magazine..."

Know Yourself: Becky Soria - Essay

(...that winding road that goes up to the Delphian Sanctuary of Apollo. Pausanias warned us the road was “precipitous.”)

A Closer Look at Beignets - Hot Beignets at T-Coon’s Restaurant

"favorite theories about the origin of the New Orleans Beignet is that the Ursuline Nuns brought it from France..."

Bas Poulos: More Talk - Essay

"...Unaware of the importance of Texas art, the Greeks staged a transportation strike..."

Earl Staley “Two Lovers Surprised By Death” - A Closer Look - Essay

Being in my twenties and fond of Jack Daniels and weed might account for my not remembering much about 1978.  I do remember that despite legal challenges,

Ten Gas Station Foods Worth the Detour - MSN.COM Food and Wine Rates Billeaud’s Meat and Grocery Top Ten

"Billeaud’s Meat and Grocery is often regarded as the home of the best boudin and crispy pork cracklings in Cajun country..." MSN.COM Food and Wine

Edgar Degas "Etude pour La Fille de Jephte” - A Closer Look - Essay

"...nearly lost my composure when I saw a lovely sketch by Degas. I decided it would be fun to provide a tiny bit of art historical background..."

Wing It: Roberta Harris - Essay

    
When Roberta Harris exhibits her art, I often think about the younger artists who will view it, most of whom were unborn or tiny snots at the time she

Tod Bailey Savage Color - The Orchard - Interview

After I cooked him yummy blue berry pancakes, Tod Bailey showed me his newest

Adiós Utopia Contemporary Cuban Art - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Essay

"...his guerrillas liberated them from that fire squad happy despot Batista, who..."

Some Thoughts about the Menil Collection's Dogon Sculptures - ReCollecting Dogon - Essay

"...I imagined I was in the presence of beautiful and timeless art.  All hell breaks loose..."

Gus Kopriva “Spiritual Journeys” Exhibition Catalogue - Hilliard University Art Museum Lafayette Louisiana

“Ah ate Crawfish Pie at the Bon Temps Grill,”  Kopriva told me, managing to pronounce the French words properly...

Matty Matheson’s “Dead Set on Life” Visits Billeaud’s Meat and Grocery - A Closer Look

"...expressions on the faces of the customers who entered the store while Matheson and his confrere ate Boudin and Cracklin near the entrance..."

Frozen Bourbon Milk Punch - A Closer Look - Essay

"...Benjamin Franklin’s 1763 mention of his milk punch recipe..."  Image by Alison Gootee

American Still-Life Paintings - Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

"...68 works highlight the development of the still-life genre in America over the course of nearly 200 years..."

"Road Food" rated T-Coon’s Restaurant “Legendary” - Worth Driving from Anywhere - “Road Food” Warriors

What does “Legendary” mean?  According to “Road Food,” Legendary as opposed to “Memorable” or “Good,” means “WORTH DRIVING FROM ANYWHERE."

Peter Ricchiuti KRVS Public Media OUT TO LUNCH Interviewed David Billeaud T-Coon's Restaurant and Herbie Schilling

"..Ricchiuti's no baloney introduction was refreshing...David Billeaud and Herbie Schilling...Hear how they earned your money and what they did with it.”

Who Said Cajun Food Isn't Elegant? Billeaud’s Meat and Grocery’s Boudin Balls

Who said Cajun food isn’t elegant?  Billeaud's Meat and Grocery makes “fancy” Boudin dishes