The Unofficial Guide^® to New Orleans, 4th Edition

by Eve Zibart

• ISBN13: 9780764526329
• ISBN10: 0764526324
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The insider's guide to one of America's most beautiful and historic cities Offers the inside information on Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, and all the other major annual events More than 80 restaurants reviewed and rated to help you navigate the Crescent City's culinary smorgasbord A complete guide to the French Quarter, cemetery tours, architectural highlights, plantation excursions, and more All the details on New Orleans nightlife and where to hear the best jazz, blues, zydeco, and dixieland in and outside the French Quarter

Author Biography

Eve Zibart is a native of Nashville who began her career as a reporter at age 17 at The Tennessean (Nashville). She moved to Washington and The Washington Post in 1977 and has served as critic, editor and columnist at various times for "Style," "Weekend," "TV," "Metro," and "Magazine" sections. For the past decade, she has roamed Washington's restaurants, carryouts, bars, and nightclubs, with the occasional foray into museums and legitimate theater. In addition to her Post columns, Eve has written or co-written eight books and regularly appears in a variety of lifestyle magazines. Despite God's repeated physical admonishments, Eve continues to play a variety of sports, split her own firewood and haul rocks into what she hopes will become a Japanese garden within her lifetime. Bob Sehlinger is the creator of the Unofficial Guide series and author of more than two dozen travel guides. Chris Rose is an entertainment columnist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper, covering nightlife, personalities, and the generally offbeat. He lives by the Audubon Zoo with his wife and three children. He boils crawfish better than anyone he knows-and that includes Emeril. Tom Fitzmorris has written a weekly restaurant review column in New Orleans for over 30 years. He is also the host of the daily three-hour "Food Show" on WSMB radio, and he publishes the New Orleans Menu Daily at www.nomenu.com. He has written 20 dining guides and cookbooks about the New Orleans food scene. Tom was born on Mardi Gras.

Table of Contents

List of Maps.

About the Author and Contributors.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Let the Good Times Roll.

About This Guide.

How Come “Unofficial”?

Creating a Guidebook.

How Unofficial Guides are Different.

How This Guide Was Researched