Menus with pictures. Hate that management assumes we need visuals to understand a menu.

We had the dinner at Clancy's for the anniversary. Food was very good but we were a bit uncomfortable with the vibe. The waiters were all older white men and the bussers all younger black men. In a city with such racial diversity, we were surprised that all the diners were white and mostly 40s and up.
We are older white folks ourselves but used to more diversity both at home (Sand Francisco) and in NOLA.
Had great before and after drinks at Monkey Hill Bar just a few blocks away.

Having just returned from a wonderful week in New Orleans, I am looking for a cookbook to recreate my favorite dishes. I am NOT looking for the high end recipes but for the BBQ shrimp and poboy type.
Thank you.

I picked up trays of Uncle Willey's food for my 60th and they gladly prepared chicken, hot links and sides for 50 people.

cheesecake.

We will be in NOLA in mid-April to celebrate our 30th anniversary. Everyone I talk to has a different "you have to go" restaurant. I have narrowed it down to Clancy's and Atchafalaya.

Opinions?

Agreed. Hosting is hard work and expensive, too. But I love big parties and host several a year.
Here's a tip from my late mother: When you have six people over, clean the house. If you have 20, people won't notice the house. (Bathrooms and kitchen excepted.)
My style is to have everything done before the first guest arrives so that I can kick back and enjoy.
My guiding principle is that I provide the place, the food, the introductions and leave the rest to my guests.
Accept that something will go wrong but remember that those errors always make the best stories.

and most condos in Hawaii have BBQs or habachis

Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake.

Don't remember names but my kids loved fondue restaurants.

Their stuffed cabbage was only second to my grandmothers.

I've liked Trader Joe's cornbread mix. Not overly sweet like Jiffy.

Anchor Steam from San Francisco

When I lived in BC, I loved the Matrimony Bars available at most bakeries. Making my mouth water just thinking of them.

Extremely important. Maybe I'm spoiled but living in the San Francisco Bay Area, there is no excuse for weak or tasteless coffee. If I diner doesn't have the java, I don't come back.

I check out the menus regularly to see if the restaurant fits our budget, our dietary needs, serves alcohol, etc. I often decide against a restaurant if I can't preview their menu online.

I tried the melted white chocolate layer and it worked beautifully with the lemon curd and fresh fruit. Thank you, gmm.

I'm baking a fruit tart for New Year's Eve. I want to use a shortbread crust topped with custard and then sliced fruits. How do I keep the crust from getting soggy?
Thank you.

see's chocolate and butterscotch

I love a restaurant that sweeps the crumbs off of the table between courses.

a california designer with fabulous drawer knobs - susangoldstick.com.

Our local deli's have stopped carrying white fish salad. Can anyone suggest some good websites for ordering Jewish style white fish salad?
Thanks.

I feel like an idiot having posted many, many times but with the new configuration, I don't see how to post from the home page.

cream of artichoke

russet definitely. my grandmother taught me to use a slotted spoon to form the latkes and press down over the batter bowl to release even more liquid before dropping the batter into the oil

So I experimented and came up with a drink that everyone (except my 80+ aunt and uncle) enjoyed.
I used vodka, apple pucker, apple cider and I infused some simple syrup with fresh rosemary and last, some fresh squeezed limes.
I called it My Gelt-y Pleasure.
I am heating up the leftovers tonight and plan to sit and listen to the rain.

For my kid's classes, we bought donut middles and filled them with jam. Nice size for kids.

It has to be latkes or my family would disown me. I've learned over the years to serve them as appetizers so that I can actually sit down with everyone for dinner.

Joseph, This sounds like the direction I'm heading. I plan on doing some mixing this weekend. Hard work but someone has to do it.

It's always been a Jewish tradition. And like most Jewish traditions, it has a practical base - Chinese restaurants were the only thing open on Christmas.
We start our day by serving food at a soup kitchen in San Francisco, board games in the afternoon, Chinese for dinner and then a movie