Ralph Brennan's Seafood Cookbook Blog

[Steve O'Keefe]

Famous restaurateur Ralph Brennan, owner of Redfish Grill, Bacco,
Ralph's on the Park in New Orleans, and Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen
at Disneyland, has a Blogspot blog that's been dishing up tasty
postings for over a month now.

http://ralphbrennancookbook.blogspot.com

The blog is pulling content from the newly-published "Ralph Brennan's
New Orleans Seafood Cookbook," co-written by food critic Gene Bourg. A
long-time restaurant critic for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Bourg
adds historical flavor to the recipes in the book.

The blog is publishing on a daily basis and includes the mouthwatering
photography of Kerri McCaffety, the "color photography Queen of New
Orleans."

The blog posts delve into the culinary culture of the Gulf Coast,
including the history of many popular Creole and Cajun dishes. Anyone
interested in the perfect preparation of seafood will enjoy the lively
writing and breathtaking photos on this blog.

[cajun-gwailo]

hope you sell a lot of them. just not here. it's not kosher to sell
in a NG.

[Billy]

On Tue, 6 May 2008 17:24:33 -0700 (PDT), cajun-gwailo
<junk...@crankletters.com> wrote:

>hope you sell a lot of them. just not here. it's not kosher

I really don't believe the Brennen's are Jewish.

[jmcquown]

LOL Thanks for snipping all the ridiculous cross-posting, Billy.

Any relation to Owen Brennan? If so they're definitely not Jewish. Great
food, though! There's a restaurant on Poplar Avenue at Ridgeway in Memphis
that has an absolutely fabulous menu. Went there for lunch many times. I
highly recommend the Turtle Soup.

My comments about it prompted my father to tell me about how he and his
brothers used to catch snapping turtles in the 1930's... well, that was a
different kind of soup, maybe ;)

The menu:

http://www.menumemphis.com/Os/OwenBrennansmenu.htm

And I think they still have a good Sunday brunch buffet.

Jill

[Willielmus de Noers]

Verily, on Tue, 6 May 2008 17:24:33 -0700 (PDT), in accordance with
the prophecy, cajun-gwailo <junk...@crankletters.com> proclaimed:

> hope you sell a lot of them. just not here. it's not kosher to sell
> in a NG.

What about if it's a kosher seafood cookbook?

--
W. de N.

"The greater the hold of government upon the life of the individual citizen, the greater the risk of war."

-- John Hospers

[Christophe Bachmann]

Willielmus de Noers a écrit :

> Verily, on Tue, 6 May 2008 17:24:33 -0700 (PDT), in accordance with
> the prophecy, cajun-gwailo <junk...@crankletters.com> proclaimed:
>
>
>> hope you sell a lot of them. just not here. it's not kosher to sell
>> in a NG.
>
> What about if it's a kosher seafood cookbook?
>

Seafood is only kosher if it has fins and scales, else it's trayf by
definition. Doesn't solve the question however. :-)
--
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Chris CII, Rennes, France

[JimL]

I've lost my scorecard on this family. Was the original Ralph
deceased, and this Ralph a son? Possibly a brother of Dickie?

I recall a few years ago a messy lawsuit situation, the family ganging
up on Dickie, resulting in his not using the Brennan name as his
empire expanded, andcompeted. So he has Dickie B's, Palace Cafe,
Bourbon House, and one other next to it?

Then this list for a Ralph lists several places, but omits the
original Brennan's on Royal, and Commander's Palace. Commander's is
always advertised on the hotel cable channel interviewing Mama (widow
of orig Ralph?) and run by the two (?) daughters. In fact, it seems
the original Brennan's doesn't even advertise anywhere.

So,anyone know the dirt? Are there two, or three, family branches and
separate corporate chains?

[Billy]

On Wed, 07 May 2008 10:28:33 -0500, Willielmus de Noers
<libe...@gmx.ch> wrote:

> kosher seafood cookbook?

Kosher crawfish? Hummmm....

[cajun-gwailo]

i dont' recall the details, but you can find online. there are
several different branches of brennan things, all doing their own
things. one of them has gulf coast/panhandle places, too.