So where y’all wanna eat? (Oh-Ten!)
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
Yeah, I’m not going to be able to make it to Tales this year. (Waah! I don’t wanna talk about it.)
But I do hope all y’all have a GREAT time at Tales, and I want to [...]
A Musical Prep for Tales
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
Chuck won’t be joining us for Tales this year, unfortunately, but he was still kind enough to assemble a playlist of music inspired by New Orleans. So if you haven’t yet boarded your flight to MSY, [...]
Spirited Dinner at GW Fins, with Beachbum Berry and Martin Cate
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
It was a tough decision which Spirited Dinner to go to this year — so many menus looked great, we were teetering between Wolfe’s in the Warehouse and Iris and we thought long and hard about [...]
Waiter? There’s a pig in my cocktail!
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
It was a tough call.
“Hollywood Cocktails,” which I knew would be entertaining and funny? Or a subject rather beloved of my heart … “Carnivorous Cocktails,” where I’d learn more about drinking meat? (Mmmm, meat …)
Well, that [...]
Two Evenings at the French 75 Bar
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
Going into one of your favorite bars and seeing your favorite bartenders is always a good thing.
When that bar is Arnaud’s French 75 Bar on Bienville Street in New Orleans, you’re doing great just walking in [...]
The Bittersweet Truth of Starting a Bar
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
It’s the dream of every cocktail nerd. A way to make money from our passion. We’ve all thought about it, for at least a few minutes, haven’t we? ”How cool would it be to have my [...]
So, where y’all wanna drink?
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
“You’re kidding, right? Where do we want to drink? We’ll be drinking all day! People will be thrusting liquor and cocktails into our hands morning, noon and night! There’s the Carousel Bar right in the hotel [...]
So, where y’all wanna eat? (‘09!)
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated cocktailian and native New Orleanian now living in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
Heck-ola … that went well!
It seems that last year’s “Where y’all wanna eat?” post was quite popular, with printouts of it sticking out of people’s pockets as they wandered the streets of New Orleans in the [...]
When a bitter liqueur helps your palate mature …
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated amateur cocktailian and radio host in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
That’s amaro!(Okay, that was bad. Sorry. Here’s hoping I won’t be assaulted by the ghost of Dean Martin.)I’m skipping ahead to Friday and the wonderful seminar on bitter liqueurs, due to the fact that Thursday was [...]
First day of Tales (in a long-delayed post)
Chuck Taggart is a dedicated amateur cocktailian and radio host in Los Angeles. He publishes The Gumbo Pages.
Well, technically it’s Thursday the 17th, but Friday the 18th as this finally goes up but I happen to believe that it’s not actually tomorrow until you go to bed and wake up again, so therefore even though [...]
