LOVE DIRTY RICE? HOW TO: FROM A NOLA MASTER

Cooking Dirty Rice with NOLA's Isaac Toups from Tasting Table on Vimeo.

The next time you visit New Orleans make sure a visit to Toup's Meatery in mid-city is on your list.  If you have never been to New Orleans (NOLA to the locals) - GET THERE.   I have spent many weekends in this exotic treasure that somehow exists here in the United States.  (Does it?).   Time in the big easy, as it is affectionately known, feels too charming to be real.  It is.   The architecture, the people, the music, and my god - THE FOOD. 

Toup's Meatery is NOLA in a nutshell.  Delicious, laid back, and unforgettable.   I guarantee any lunch or dinner you have at Toups will be a topic of conversation once you're back home.   Especially when you try to eat again after having been ruined for food by this wonderland of Louisiana specialties.  Oh, they also have really cool t-shirts.  (They sell out quickly).  Don't get me started on they cocktails!

Learn how to make Dirty Rice from Toup's Meatery Chef and co-owner- Isaac Toups.  Watch the Vine video above.   You're welcome.  Find Toup's on Facebook and follow them on twitter for some mouth watering photos that will have you planning a trip to New Orleans sooner than later.  It's closer than you think!