Narrator: Every January, as the rest of the world settles down after the holidays, the city of New Orleans gears up for Mardi Gras. Carnival season is full of parades, balls, and its signature ...

And while their oysters were delicious, I was after the adorably kitschy dessert called Bathtub Dreams. What I ordered: Bathtub Dreams ($11) is a chocolate hazelnut mousse with brownie crumbs ...

Presented tableside with a dramatic, flambéed finale, bananas foster is an iconic New Orleans dessert created through a bit of serendipitous invention. One day in 1951 at Owen Brennan's Vieux ...