Celebrating Steve's birthday (a little late) in New Orleans this year. He wanted to enjoy his favorite New Orleans foods, but after the Mardi Gras crowds were gone. Leaving the DFW area was a bit of a challenge when icy weather delayed flights and left us waiting on the runway for over three hours to get de-iced. Finally arrived in town with much warmer weather, 50's instead of 20's. Our first night reservation was at Emeril's, the flagship, opened in 1990 in a renovated pharmacy warehouse and celebrating its 25th birthday this year. We had reservations at the chef's kitchen bar, a very large bar with an...