Storyville is well named. In its heyday (the late 1890s-1910s), any time the neighborhood came up in conversation, there was a story--usually a bawdy one. Although prostitution and corruption that attends it were much less than savory, the Storyville years saw the emergence of a new culture in New Orleans. Jazz, back-alley cooking, and lascivious art all flourished in that time and place.
The Historic New Orleans Collection--one of the city's best sources in the study of New Orleans history--is running an exhibit called “Storyville: Madams and Music." Since food is involved, it seemed to make a great subject for a dinner at Dickie Brennan's Tableau. It's not in Storyville, but the Jackson Square location is a great location for the six-course dinner.
The date of the dinner is October 11. Tickets are $100 unless you book a space between now and September 20. That gives you an $85 admission. Whatever you pay, the dinner includes tax, tip, cocktails and wines.
Drinks Historian Elizabeth Pearce--who is The Historic New Orleans Collection’s co-curator of the Storyville presentation, along with Pamela D. Arceneaux will be there to tell the stories. I think I will attend this one, to see if there's any truth to the story of the Peacemaker poor boy sandwich. It says that it was a peace offering a not-so-gentleman brought home to his wife after he had spent an evening in Storyville. (The ingredients are fried oysters and shrimp, bacon, and cheese.)
Local Radishes Butter and sea salt, house pickled vegetables, Pissaladiere, flatbreads, Leidenheimer breadassorted olives;
Potage Printaniere
Chicken consommé, diced local vegetables, truffle dumplingGulf Shrimp Joinville
Spicy seared Gulf shrimp, oyster patty, crawfish velouté
Rabbit Rillettes
Roasted rabbit, lardons, tarragon, rose peppercorns, quince jam, warm baguette
Petit Filet of Beef Mahogany Hall-Pan
Seared filet, fusion of sauces Bordelaise and Bavorois, potato croquette, asparagus bundle
Jelly Roll Morton
Raspberry jelly roll, salted chocolate bark, Crème Anglaise, raspberry coulis
Tableau
French Quarter.: 616 St. Peter St. 504-934-3463. www.tableaufrenchquarter.com.
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