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Aside: I just lost any respect I might have had for Alton Brown.

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

Alton BrownHe has this show, Feasting on Asphalt. They’re traveling up the Mississippi. He was in the CBD, outside of Mulate’s, looking for an authentic place, which he couldn’t find. He then made three mistakes which could only have come from a widespread lack of knowledge of New Orleans food on the part of his whole crew:

  • He ordered food from Mulates, despite being blocks away from both Cochon and Cuvee. Hell, Emeril’s would have been better than Spew-late’s.
  • He made a big deal about not having sweet tea, like they do in the South. They don’t drink sweet tea in NOLA, Mr. Brown, and NOLA isn’t the South. It’s its own unique culture.
  • He didn’t know the difference between creole and cajun.

    • I’m glad he was in New Orleans, of course, but how can a Food Network host not know the very basics about one of America’s greatest food cultures?

    Also, it’s nutria.

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    Google Maps has updated its imagery for New Orleans.

    Saturday, August 25th, 2007

    They had the flooding imagery up for a while, then they switched back to pre-Katrina imagery, and now, judging by the blue tint to many of the roofs, they’ve got post-katrina imagery live.

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