Click here for some images from my recent trip to New Orleans… which will make even more sense when you read my travel story in Sunday’s CA…

This mixed bag of snapshots — hey, I’m no photographer! — covers a wide swath, from memorable meals to deconstructing two landmark New Orleans restaurants: Willie Mae’s Scotch House and Dookie Chase’s with hard-working volunteers organized by The Southern Foodways Alliance. Both 80-something proprietors of these home-cooking classics were at the site during some of the demolition, and joined us for lunches, which were provided by superstar chefs: John Besh and crew cooked shrimp and grits and filet mignon with crab aand John Folse’s crew from Baton Rouge, who delivered and served up awesome gumbo and the best chocolate cheesecake ever.

If you have any questions on the pics, give me a shout…