Category Archives: Louisiana
Dixie Detours: New Orleans School of Cooking
Wow. Our afternoon visit to the New Orleans School of Cooking on St Louis Street in the French Quarter was a lot of fun – and well worth its own write up among all the entries in my Dixie Detours miniseries. Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Dixie Detours, Drink, Food, Louisiana, Recipes, road trip, Shopping, Travel
Tagged 18 Ashwin Street, abita, abita amber, beer, big easy, cajun food, chowder, cooking, creole, Dixie Detours, étouffée, Food, french quarter, louisiana, Nawlins, new orleans, New Orleans School of Cooking, nola, pralines, recipes, road trip, Shopping, Travel, travel blog
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Dixie Detours: NOLA!
New Orleans is a sultry dream. I can’t imagine anywhere else in America that’s even half as beguiling or idiosyncratic. Probably the most dynamic city in the US, it is without doubt the most spontaneous and freewheeling. When I think about other destinations across the planet that offer experiences comparable to what I’ve happened upon in NOLA, I find myself coming up with a list of my absolute favourites places. Put simply, NOLA rocks (it shucks, jives, slides, saunters, shimmies and rolls too). Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Beer, Coffee, Dixie Detours, Drink, Food, Hotels, Louisiana, Restaurants, road trip, Travel
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Dixie Detours: Howdy Y’all
Hey everybody. Let me begin this post with an apology for the scant and at times fairly lame content I’ve been publishing over the past couple of weeks. I have been “away from my desk” and rambling round the Deep South of the United States on a Dixie Detours road trip. Continue reading
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Posted in Alabama, Dixie Detours, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, road trip, Tennessee, Travel
Tagged Alabama, chickamauga, Deep South, Dixie Detours, florida, georgia, louisiana, road trip, TENNESSEE, Travel
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