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There was a time when I would buy new or used cookbooks frequently. Between that and the fact that publishers sometimes send me cookbooks unsolicited, I have

I cook a lot, and I take it seriously. I give Alice Waters a lot of grief because she insists on eating only the freshest, seasonal ingredients, but she’s not

My New Orleans 05/11/2021   Pamela Ann Marquis, fierce and loving mother, adventurous and playful Gigi, hilarious and devoted friend, and versatile Jill of all trades, died suddenly May 4, 2021, in New Orleans. She was 68. She was born on Sept. 3, 1952, in Evanston, Ill., to Robert and Dorothy Marquis. Her life took her from Milwaukee to Griffin, Ga., where she was a spirited high school cheerleader (although she probably would’ve rather played quarterback) and then on to St. Augustine, Fla., where she attended Flagler College. She lived in New Orleans’ Marengo Street Commune in the earl...

My New Orleans 05/05/2021   Pamela Marquis, a longtime contributor to various titles at Renaissance Publishing, died unexpectedly on May 4. A devoted gardener, Marquis’ gardening column and other contributions to New Orleans Homes kept readers in the know not only with trends and tips, but also the expertise, advice and news of and about respected New Orleans and Louisiana leaders in gardening, landscape design, botany and agriculture. Also a regular contributor to Biz New Orleans Magazine since its launch in 2014, Marquis demonstrated her writing skills with a wide variety of profiles a...

My New Orleans   Chef Gerard Maras posted a quote from Alton Brown on Facebook recently: “Very good cooks who are employed as ‘chefs’ rarely refer to themselves as ‘chefs.’ The refer to themselves as ‘cooks.’” It made me think about the definition of a “chef,” and how that definition has changed over the last few decades. When I was a younger man, my then-wife and I had dinner for my birthday at a restaurant called Chanterelle in New York. When someone came to ask whether we had any questions about the menu (and I’m digressing, but it was a wonderful restaurant and I fr...