Events

  Please join Brazos at Ouisie's Table for a very special evening with Chef John Besh in celebration of the release of his new cookbook, My New Orleans. Besh is deeply dedicated to preserving the best local culinary traditions and ingredients that multicultural New Orleans has to offer and encouraging everyone he meets to do the same. Seafood gumbo, crawfish étouffée, jambalaya, crab bisque, beignets, watermelon pickles, fried oysters, red beans and rice -- these New Orleans classics Besh loves are joined by strategies for more contemporary dishes in the 200 delicious recipes found in this book, written by a chef who knows everything about them and who loves to share. Besh has set the benchmark for fine dining in New Orleans with four successful restaurants: Restaurant August, Besh Steak, Lüke, and La Provence. He won the James Beard Prize for Best Chef of the Southeast in 2006. Besh's appreciation for local ingredients and local cuisine has only increased since Hurricane Katrina, as he considers these essential to the survival of the people and cultural heritage of New Orleans. Showing the spirit of New Orleans in the wake of a disaster, Restaurant August was one of the first restaurants to reopen. Besh has been actively involved in local and national efforts to raise funds for hurricane victims.   Meet John Besh as he signs his new cookbook at a drink reception at Ouisie's, presented by Brazos Bookstore. Receive a complimentary beverage with the purchase of the book. His dishes will be available on the menu that night, and we know after seeing the book, you'll want to stay for dinner. RSVP to Ouisie's at 713-528-2264.