NEW ORLEANS From Bienville to Bourbon Street to bounce. 300 moments that make New Orleans unique.

WHAT HAPPENED Emeril 1718 ~ 2018 opened ‘Emeril’s’ in the Warehouse 300 district TRICENTENNIAL in 1990.

Dick and Ella Brennan hired the brash on the Food Network and

Fall River, Massachusetts, native to suc- More than his TV shows, written 19 cookbooks. CONGRESS OF LIBRARY THE ceed Paul Prudhomme as head chef at He has 13 restaurants, Commander’s Palace. or his signature “Bam!” including four in New While there, he introduced dishes with Orleans: Emeril, Emer- his signature bold flavors, what he called Emeril Lagasse credits il’s Delmonico, NOLA “new New and Meril, which O r l e a n s New Orleans opened in late 2016. cooking.” Other restaurants About for much of his success. are in Orlando, Las Vegas and Bethlehem, Lagasse’s chef eight years jacket is in the later, in 1990, Pennsylvania. Smithsonian’s L a g a s s e Lagasse moved to Florida, but the head- National Museum of made anoth- quarters of his business, Homebase, is still American er bold move, in New Orleans. He’s also visible in History. o p e n i n g the city through his char- up his own ity, the Emeril Lagasse restaurant, Foundation, which Emeril’s, in has given $7 mil- Ella Brennan lion to children’s mentored New Orleans’ warehouse district when Lagasse and the district was still largely undeveloped. charities along helped him find There, he continued to put his own spin the Gulf Coast, dishes upon which he could on New Orleans’ cooking, introducing including to place his unique dishes such as andouille-encrusted red- the New spin. fish. In 1993, he published his first Orleans cookbook, “Emeril’s New New Cen- Orleans Cooking,” and soon the ter for the After Food Network was knocking at Creative Arts and St. Mi- Commander’s chael Special School. Palace, Lagasse his door. Lagasse’s flair for the opened up dramatic attracted viewers to Most of the founda- a restaurant tion’s charity events, in the city’s his 1995 “Essence of Emer- warehouse il” series and gained him including Carnivale du district when it chef celebrity status. Vin and Boudin, Bour- was still largely warehouses. Since then, he’s hosted bon and Beer, are held in more than 2,000 shows New Orleans.