Upcoming Event for Southern Food and Beverage Museum

If you're in the New Orleans area and love food (especially Southern food!), check out The Art of Tasting:

"The Consulate General of France and the Southern Food and Beverage Museum present The Art of Tasting, a gourmet dinner presented at the Mélange restaurant in The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans, on Thursday June 19, 2008. This culinary event features a specially paired menu with wines selected by Jacques Puisais, founder of the "Institut du Goût" (Taste Institute) in Paris, in collaboration with Mathew Murphy, Chef of The Ritz-Carlton. The dinner, presented as a theater performance by Jacques Puisais, renowned as the James Beard of France, will explore the relationship between the senses and food. Mixing his scientific knowledge with his poetic sensibility, he has created a "philosophy of taste." Jacques Puisais has traveled the world, teaching his philosophy of appreciating the simple pleasures of taste. This is a unique opportunity to hear him speak and explain his philosophy.Jacques Puisais will also speak at the new Southern Food and Beverage Museum on Saturday June 14th at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum at the Riverwalk at 2:00pm. He will discuss gastronomy and educating children's palates."

"The Art of Tasting"

Thursday June 19, 2008, from 6 pm to 9 pm

Mélange Restaurant, the Ritz-Carlton 921 Canal Street, NOLA

Information and reservations 504-670-2828

The dinner costs $125 and is given in support of

the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, the Riverwalk, New Orleans

The Southern Food & Beverage Museum - It is So Fab!

Okay, SOFAB is actually the short-hand name of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, but it makes a nice description, too. Truly, the idea is fabulous. The Southern Food and Beverage Museum is "a nonprofit organization based in New Orleans, dedicated to the discovery, understanding and celebration of the culture of food and drink in the South." The website is www.southernfood.org. On Saturday, June 7, 2008, The Southern Food and Beverage Museum will celebrate its grand opening in its new home in the Riverwalk Marketplace in New Orleans. If you happen to be in the area (and even if you aren't), why not support these fellow foodies with a super-cheap membership ($35!), to support the cause that is near and dear to our hearts...and taste buds! The discounted membership won't last long. The deal is that from now until June 1, 2008, the Museum has a pre-opening membership drive where the individual membership is only $35.00 and friend and family memberships are $60.00. This special offer ends May 31, 2008, so if you are interested act now. Even if you aren't interested in a membership, check out the website, and make sure to check again as time goes on. I'm expecting good things from these folks!