of trips, however, is the kind of Creole soul food I used to get at Chez Helene in the late 80s/early 90s. Any suggestions? Any little known places in the Treme I might try?

Ethiopian) (yeah, I know it’s a rather large continent), Cuban, Caribbean, French, Soul, Spanish, Moroccan (yes, I know that’s in Africa). Also my husband loves seafood, and DC is a lot closer to a shore than we are...

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I just read this interesting article in the London Times about the demise of French food. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article6326468.ece I have to say that it chimed with my...

I’m taking out-of-town visitors to Lenox lounge this weekend (Lenox Ave & 125th St) , and I’m looking for a good restaurant nearby for dinner beforehand. Any suggestions? We’re going to a soul food restaurant...

Met with three other hounds on Sunday for a Soul Food lunch at the Hard Knox Cafe on 3rd (near 22nd) in SF. Yimster, Windy and Eric and I shared four plates and came away full, and happy to return. Each main dish (on the lunch...

I guess what I’d like to see is a Soul Food Restaurant that challenges our conception of what Soul Food can be. One thing that I admire about both French and Italian cooking is their ability to make not only delicious but elegant...

Reminds me of the time someone asked Louis Armstrong if Jazz was folk music. Satchmo’s reply was "All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard no horse sing no song." We all have a "soul" loosely speaking, and we all...

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I have to add Ellen’s Soul Food in Memphis to the list. Just wrote a long review. I agree with biskuit’s other recommendations, except I’d have to eat 2 lunches.

It seems that everyone in the local Chowhound Universe has recently posted about his or her trip to The French Laundry. Not wanting to be left out, I offer the following thoughts on my June 14th visit to this Culinary Mecca....

my wife and i got a chance to try out the tapas menu at twisted soul in poughkeepsie on friday night. good news? the food was wonderful. bad news? i believe that they may be stopping the tapas menu for a bit until the restaurant...

Saw several positive comments very recently on Soul Kitchen (at North, Damen, and Milwaukee) so decided to toddle on down this morning. Guess what: closed up tighter than a drum. No signs but it sure looks out of business to me....

i will be staying on st. charles street. where will the best places to eat soul food, creole food, learn creole dancing, sight see, buy great nawlins keepsakes, listen to the BEST jazz artists, join the best walking and mobile...

Hate to show my ignorance, but could one of you kind souls please tell me how to pronounce “les halles”? Do Americans pronounce it differently than the French (as we oft do)?