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• The Truck, the Brewer, and the Blogger III: A Pop-Up Beer Dinner at the Tin Roof Brewing Company
  on Apr 18, 2013 in Zapp's Beer Pork Video Tin Roof Pop-up Duck Crawfish Chef Wadsworth Chefs Chicken Wings Taco de Paco
  On Thursday, March 14th, Chef Aaron Brown from the Taco de Paco food truck and I teamed up on the third installment of our "The Truck, the Brewer, and the Blogger" dinner series at the Tin Roof Brewing Company in Baton Rouge, LA.  We were joined...
• Deerhammer Down Time: Whisk(e)y Wednesday presented by Calandro's Supermarket
  on Apr 17, 2013 in Whisk(e)y Wednesday Colorado Scotch Bourbon Whiskey
  Deerhammer Down Time Deerhammer, an artisan distillery in Buena Vista, Colorado, produces a single malt whiskey called Down Time.  The whiskey is sort of a cross between a bourbon and a Scotch.  It uses entirely barley in the grain bill,...
• Bite and Booze Radio Show: Kolache Kitchen
  on Apr 16, 2013 in Kolaches Baton Rouge Film Radio
  On this week's episode of the Bite and Booze Radio Show presented by Calandro's Supermarket, I interview Will Edwards, owner of the Kolache Kitchen on Nicholson Dr. in Baton Rouge.  We are also joined by Jeff "The Dude" Dowd to discuss the Louis...
• Bugs & Brew for Drew Crawfish Cook-off and Beer Festival
  on Apr 12, 2013 in Beer Crawfish New Orleans Festival
  Now this is a Bite and Booze event that is not to be missed! The Drew Rodrigue Foundation will be hosting the fourth annual Bugs & Brew for Drew Crawfish Cook-off and Beer Festival, which will take place at a new location on the banks of the Mis...
• Prichard's Double Chocolate Bourbon Whiskey: Whisk(e)y Wednesday presented by Calandro's Supermarket
  on Apr 10, 2013 in Chocolate Whisk(e)y Wednesday Bourbon Whiskey
  A bourbon from Tennessee?  Why, yes.  We've seen Prichard's before on Whisk(e)y Wednesday.  Both their Double Barreled Bourbon and Lincoln County Lightning have graced the blog, but this time we take a sip of the Double Chocolate Bourb...
• Bite and Booze Radio Show: Out Da Bayou
  on Apr 9, 2013 in Baton Rouge Television Film Radio
  This week's episode of the Bite and Booze Radio Show features John Jackson, host and producer of Out Da Bayou, a new local television program bringing Louisiana fare out da bayou and onto the dinner table.  Also joining us is Jeff "The Dude" Dow...
• Donner-Peltier Distillers Wins Bronze and Golds
  on Apr 8, 2013 in Louisiana Rum Gin Donner-Peltier Vodka
  It has been a great launch for the Donner-Peltier Distillers in Thibodaux, Louisiana. They now have a bronze medal and some gold medals to hang in their show room. A big Bite and Booze congrats to a Louisiana distillery! At the American Distilling I...
• BRES presents CrawFête at Mockler Beverage
  on Apr 5, 2013 in Beer Baton Rouge Mockler Crawfish BRES
  Plenty of mudbugs will be served in all forms at CrawFête On Thursday, April 18th, 2013, the Baton Rouge Epicurean Society and Mockler Beverage Company will host ‘CrawFête’, a gourmet crawfish tasting and live auction.  Some Baton Ro...
• Tullibardine 1993: Whisk(e)y Wednesday presented by Calandro's Supermarket
  on Apr 3, 2013 in Whisk(e)y Wednesday Whisky Scotch
  In one of the worst showings in recent Whisk(e)y Wednesday posts, Tullibardine 1993 Highland single malt Scotch has clocked in close to the mid-point of the 0-100 scale.  Granted, anything over a 50 means I wouldn't turn it down if somebody boug...
• Bite and Booze Radio Show: Louisiana Feast of Fields
  on Apr 2, 2013 in Baton Rouge Radio
  This week's episode of the Bite and Booze Radio Show featured Chef Ryan Andre from Le Creole, Chef Jeff Oliveri from L'Auberge BR, and Chef Sean "Foodie Patutie" Rivera.  We discussed the Louisiana Feast of Fields coming up on April 12th at the...
• Heading to NYC: Ruffino's James Beard Preview Dinner
  on Apr 1, 2013 in Gnocchi Pork Grits Cheesecake Rabbit Baton Rouge Ruffino's James Beard Panna Cotta Crab Foie Gras Balsamic
  Katherine Lagow and I at the James Beard Preview Dinner Chef Peter Sclafani, Ruffin Rodrigue, and everyone at Ruffino's have earned my round of applause.  Chef Peter has been selected to cook at the James Beard House in New York City, and I ha...
• Bulleit Bourbon: Whisk(e)y Wednesday presented by Calandro's Supermarket
  on Mar 27, 2013 in Whisk(e)y Wednesday Bourbon Whiskey
  Bulleit Bourbon Frontier Whiskey This scoring might upset some people.  I know plenty of folks who think Bulleit Frontier Whiskey is one of the better bourbons on the market for the dollar.  I think they just like that it comes in a nostal...
• Woodford Reserve: Whisk(e)y Wednesday presented by Calandro's Supermarket
  on Mar 20, 2013 in Whisk(e)y Wednesday Bourbon Whiskey
  Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select Woodford Reserve is a go-to Kentucky bourbon of mine.  It has a pretty nice balance between overall satisfaction, price, and shelf appeal.  The nose is heavy on the oak with grass and hay coming though m...
• Patron Dinner at Restaurant IPO
  on Mar 18, 2013 in Pork Belly Chocolate Pork Mirliton Crawfish Soup Restaurant IPO Salad Tequila Cocktail Pork Chop Strawberries Risotto Sorbet Chef Wadsworth Chefs
  Pork Belly Course Recently I had the opportunity to attend the "Dinner of all Dinners" as Chef Chris Wadsworth and Sean "Foodie Patutie" Rivera combined forces on a multiple course dinner cooked and paired with different products from the Patron por...
• Evan Williams Single Barrel: Whisk(e)y Wednesday presented by Calandro's Supermarket
  on Mar 13, 2013 in Whisk(e)y Wednesday Bourbon Whiskey
  In a Whisk(e)y Wednesday first, Evan Williams Single Barrel received the exact same final score from all four judges.  While we rated the bourbon differently for nose, taste, finish, and balance and complexity, after the scores were tallied, eve...
• 926-Muff... the Name and the Number
  on Mar 11, 2013 in Sandwich Baton Rouge Muffaletta
  Using the phone number in the business name... brilliant.  Offering delivery in the 70808, even more so.  But the question is, can they make a good muffaletta?  Of course, I had to see.  I swung by the little joint on Congress at...
• Phoenix's O.H.S.O. Eatery + nanoBrewery
  on Mar 8, 2013 in Phoenix Gnocchi Beer Arizona Bolognese Sauce
  Craft Draft at O.H.S.O. Eatery + nanoBrewery Of course my trip to Phoenix for the MLB FanCave couldn't be ALL baseball.  I had to sneak some Bite and Booze in at some point.  Fortunately after getting picked up from the airport by Veronica...
• Laphroaig 15: Whisk(e)y Wednesday presented by Calandro's Supermarket
  on Mar 6, 2013 in Whisk(e)y Wednesday Whisky Scotch
  Getting back into Scotchy Scotch Scotch, we tasted a 15 year Islay single malt called Laphroaig.  Just to be up front... deliciousness ensued.  Laphroaig 15 is a Scotch drinker's Scotch. The nose salty, smoky, and quintessentially peat...
• Jay, Jay. Jay, Jay.
  on Mar 4, 2013 in MLB FanCave Yahoo Prank
  By now perhaps you've seen the prank video from the MLB Fan Cave where Jay Bruce, star outfield for the Cincinnati Reds, got me good.  If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, have paid any attention the MLB Fan Cave, or even if you just happene...
• Russell's Reserve: Whisk(e)y Wednesday presented by Calandro's Supermarket
  on Feb 27, 2013 in Whisk(e)y Wednesday Bourbon Whiskey
  Russell's Reserve is a 10 year aged Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey that, at least on the average score, slightly disappointed. I enjoyed the nose as it has some playful hints and reminded me of a mild Speyside Scotch.  It had floral and miner...

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