Funerary Second Line Treme Brass Band Saxophone Man John ‘Prince’ Gilbert
John ‘Prince’ Gilbert carried out of Charbonnet Labat Glapion Funeral Home to be taken to his final resting place.
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Growing up in the Cumberland Highlands of Eastern Kentucky, the Atlantic ocean seems a million miles away.
So it’s with a certain fever that I make my way to Litchfield Beach, South Carolina (immediately procuring a mauve Panama Jack shirt and custom made French Foreign Legion hat emblazoned: “Bod Squad” ) as a 16 year old lad eager to see the world.
Once upon a time the grocery stores in New Orleans all had Coffee Partner on their shelves. If I recall, it was packaged pure ground chicory and was used to enhance the flavor of ordinary to below average coffee beans.
It has now disappeared. It’s no longer at Canseco’s, Rouse’s, Robert’s or any of our normal haunts.
Who remembers Coffee Partner?
A Deeper Understanding Of Joel Robuchon’s Mashed Potatoes
The reason our crew gets out of bed in the morning is to fulfill the eaters of New Orleans; y’all are our people.
rl reeves jr visits Commander’s Palace for his 500 po boys series
Len Davis
Len Davis was a cold-blooded killer, a bodyguard to drug traffickers, and most importantly, a New Orleans police officer with such a fearsome reputation that he was known as “the Desire Terrorist,” an appellation he earned by cracking skulls and robbing drug dealers in the Desire Projects of New Orleans 9th Ward.
John “Prince” Gilbert
We ran into John “Prince” Gilbert during Carnival season earlier this year in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans. The old saxophone legend broke ground back in the 90s with Rebirth Brass Band and has played with the titans of jazz for over 40 years.
The word legend gets thrown all over the place these days but Prince earned the right to be called just that.
He passed away last week.
Rest in peace king.
When that cold nor’easter blew in from Lake Pontchartrain last night I got to thinking about chili.
Texas chili.
Texas Red to be precise.
I retired undefeated from the Texas chili wars over a decade ago. Back in the 90s, well before Top Chef became a thing, I organized a series of cooking competitions called Texas Top Cook. I would visit the best restaurants in Austin with an open letter to the cooks in the kitchen.
We featured Vaucresson’s Creole Cafe in our first video produced in April of 2024. Let us know what you think.
The Council For The Preservation Of The Po Boy Sandwich