I made a video of how I sometimes select my random winners in giveaways, but the file size was too big to email to myself. Harumph. So, I took a picture with my cell phone, since this is indeed Official Business.

I appreciate all the great comments I got on my initial post announcing the giveaway [...]]]>

I made a video of how I sometimes select my random winners in giveaways, but the file size was too big to email to myself. Harumph. So, I took a picture with my cell phone, since this is indeed Official Business.

I appreciate all the great comments I got on my initial post announcing the giveaway and I invite you to visit often for future posts on New Orleans food and restaurants.

And now, without further ado, the winner of Chef Emeril’s latest cookbook, “Farm To Fork: Cooking Local, Cooking Fresh”, is…

…@bugeyedlindsay! Congratulations, Lindsay! I will be in touch so we can get that cookbook to you.

Thanks again to everyone that participated and helped to spread news of the giveaway. Coming soon is the announcement for our next NOLA Eats Event!

It’s tough for a local to keep track of all the cool food and beverage events happening on any given day, so imagine how a visitor feels. Visitors often ask where the locals’ spots are and locals ask me about delicious deals. To make it convenient for everyone, I created an event calendar to share [...]]]>

It’s tough for a local to keep track of all the cool food and beverage events happening on any given day, so imagine how a visitor feels. Visitors often ask where the locals’ spots are and locals ask me about delicious deals. To make it convenient for everyone, I created an event calendar to share my favorites. Some events are ongoing, others occur only annually, but they are all NOLA Eats approved.

To get a quick view of what’s going on daily, look over to the right-hand side of the website. For the full-sized web version, just click on the Events Calendar tab under my website’s header logo. If you don’t want to miss a single event, you can add the calendar to your own iCal supported calendar. A few of the most popular are Google Calendar, Outlook and Yahoo. Chances are, if you use a calendar application, the NOLA-Eats.com Recommended Events Calendar will be supported. Here’s how to add it to your Google Calendar:

Under your Calendar list in the bottom-left-hand corner of your page, click on Add. From there, click on Add A Friend’s Calendar, then enter my Gmail email — nola.eats@gmail.com. And that’s it! Tweak your preferences to your liking.

I hope you find the NOLA-Eats.com Recommended Events Calendar to be a great source of fabulous events and sweet deals. I will constantly add new listings, so if you have one you think the NOLA-Eats.com readers would enjoy, please feel free to email me.

Congratulations to David, Kymmie and Dorothy, and thank you so much for your donations to the Community Center of St. Bernard’s food [...]]]> Good morning! As promised, here’s the video of me announcing the winners of the Community Center of St. Bernard/Alternative Media Expo drawing. Here we go….

Congratulations to David, Kymmie and Dorothy, and thank you so much for your donations to the Community Center of St. Bernard’s food pantry.

Special thanks to our donors who helped us promote the food drive, Sigh Co. Graphics, MiLa and La Côte Brasserie.

To clarify, NOLA-Eats.com is not turning into a vegetarian-only food blog. I know [...]]]> Ok, so The Management is just little ol’ me, but I’m not really up for making jokes right now, unfortunately. I would like to update our readers on what’s been going on in the world of NOLA Eats and more specifically, me, Leslie.

To clarify, NOLA-Eats.com is not turning into a vegetarian-only food blog. I know that the majority of recent posts have been made by Daniele, our resident vegetarian, but I love all things food, so don’t worry your pretty little heads. I am still bringing the meat. The reason I haven’t been posting much is because I haven’t been able to dine out much. My husband and I are saving up every penny so we can move, but that’s if we can find a place. Everyday is filled with emails, calls and visits with realtors and property owners. We’ve been going at this for a month now, and we aren’t getting anywhere. I will get back to writing more regularly when I have something to really talk about. In the meantime, I will be sharing food news, links to my favorite food blogs and other related items, and of course Daniele’s wonderful insight on vegetarianism and Christy’s libations contributions.

Not only do we have the above challenge, but I was in a fender bender yesterday. Someone backed into the front of my vehicle and my tiny car sustained a bit of damage from her Monster Truck. Thankfully, I took plenty of pictures, so I think the evidence will speak for itself. I wasn’t hurt, so I can be thankful for that, as well.

Now that I’ve got all that boring crap out of the way, here’s some good news; NOLA Eats will be celebrating its sixth year this Sunday, November 29. We shall celebrate in some way, so watch for an open invite. This will be a casual event, so if you have been interested in learning more about NOLA Eats, this will be a great opportunity to get to know the gang. Thanks to all of our old and new friends for your support!