"commanders palace" news and stories

• Need a king cake for Mardi Gras? Here's the city's royal roundup.
• ... Or perhaps you'd like to make your own king cake.
• Where's the beef? Nowhere to be found during Lent, so eat up now.
• Speaking of meat, here's a classic recipe: tournedos Provencale, a Commander's Palace staple in the 1970s.
• After Ash Wednesday, whip up this Thomas Keller-inspired macaroni gratin recipe. Lent will fly by.

Wow.

It has taken a long time to rebuild, but the point is that they have done it, and still are. After the devastation left behind by Hurricane Katrina, one of New Orleans' landmarks, The Commander's Palace, on the corner of Coliseum and Washington off of St. Charles in New Orleans' upscale Garden District, will be re-opening this weekend. Sunday, October 1 will be service of their first brunch since being hit by Katrina in August of last year.

[via: Blogging New Orleans]