Paul Prudhomme (1940-2015)

Read MoreThe story goes, about 40 years ago chef Paul Prudhomme was cooking one afternoon in the kitchen of his New Orleans restaurant, when the phone rang.

Read MoreThe story goes, about 40 years ago chef Paul Prudhomme was cooking one afternoon in the kitchen of his New Orleans restaurant, when the phone rang.

Read MoreIf every journey begins with a single step forward, then Ross Leitz has run an incontrovertible marathon.
That’s not an easy thing to do when you’re a 6-foot, 4-inch grizzly bear of a man who once weighed nearly 500 pounds and currently resides in the foodie and drinkie capital of America, that great city of all temptation — New Orleans.

Read MoreWhite Castle opened its first fast-food location on the Las Vegas Strip. No thanks. I’ll pass. Now, would you kindly point me in the direction of the closest In and Out Burger? All this talk of burgers is bringing out the animal in me.

Read MoreHere’s a fun story from my days working for PokerStars.com, where I served as Director of Communications between 2004-2006. After Hurricane Katrina, we seriously considered making a bid for the NFL’s New Orleans Saints.Â
Read MoreIf I had to pick a single favorite artist over the last twenty years of popular music, that would have to be Lenny Kravitz.