Happy Holidays. Enjoy this Winter Restaurant Guide that highlights some of the hottest restaurants in town, many with special holiday offerings.
Frog legs, which do not taste like chicken, represent the perfect marriage between Creole and Cajun cuisines. Kim Ranjbar explores this unique delicacy and how both the French and Acadians savored it as far back as the 1750s.
This issue is filled with more sensational seasonal features, including Andrew Marin’s article on the special Réveillon menus offered around town, Beauregard Tye’s roundup of holiday cocktails, and Michelle Nicholson’s look at the types of foods enjoyed during Hanukkah.
If you’re looking for a holiday party, don’t miss Sabrina Stone’s breakdown of some of the city’s coolest Christmas concerts. And for a uniquely Louisiana celebration, read Celeste Turner’s piece on the Algiers bonfire.
‘Tis the season. —Josh Danzig, Publisher