King’s Day, King Cakes and the Beginning of Carnival Season

Posted by Gisele Perez on Jan 6, 2010, 1:12 pm in Food and Drink, History, Holiday Entertaining, Personal Reflection, Recipes-Sweet, Seasonal Celebrations | 1 comment

King’s day- the Feast of the Epiphany- marks the beginning of Carnival season when King Cakes grace every table in New Orleans.

Harry Shearer Interviews Army Corps of Engineer’s Whistle Blower

Posted by Gisele Perez on Sep 14, 2009, 11:00 am in Current Affairs, History | 0 comments

Off to Dillard University

Posted by Gisele Perez on Sep 6, 2009, 10:05 pm in History, Personal Reflection | 0 comments

A farewell to my young cousin as he goes off to historic Dillard university in New Orleans.

New Orleans 4 Years Later

Posted by Gisele Perez on Aug 30, 2009, 11:36 pm in Current Affairs, History, Personal Reflection | 0 comments

This weekend marks the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s hit on the Gulf Coast, and today the 4th anniversary of New Orleans’ awakening, in spite of being spared a direct hit, to being flooded by the effects of waters surging up the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. And this week marks the 4th year since the startling “Third World” images were broadcast across our airwaves from one of our nation’s most beloved cities.

Ms. Leah Chase Receives Another Lifetime Acheivement Award

Posted by Gisele Perez on Jul 14, 2009, 1:00 pm in Current Affairs, Food and Drink, History | 0 comments

Choices

Posted by Gisele Perez on Jun 16, 2009, 4:27 pm in Current Affairs, History, Travel | 0 comments

Treeless Leeves- The Army Corps Is At It Again

Posted by Gisele Perez on Jun 10, 2009, 10:29 am in Books, Current Affairs, History | 0 comments

The Chinese in New Orleans and Yaka Mein

Posted by Gisele Perez on Jun 1, 2009, 3:15 pm in Food and Drink, History, Travel | 0 comments

Yaka Mein – chasing down the origins of a New Orleans favorite with Chinese roots

Arriving at Dooky Chase’s and Who’s Your People?

Posted by Gisele Perez on May 29, 2009, 1:05 pm in History, Music, Travel | 0 comments

Visiting with Leah Chase

Posted by Gisele Perez on May 26, 2009, 12:27 pm in Current Affairs, Food and Drink, History, Travel | 0 comments

On the last day of my visit a couple of weeks ago, I stopped in to visit with Mrs. Leah Chase of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. I had visited with Mrs. Chase, in her FEMA trailer, on my last visit, but hadn’t been smart enough to tape it then. This time I wised up and video taped our chat.