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PHOTOS: Philly-4-NOLA Shrimp Boil at Greensgrow Farms
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PHOTOS: Philly-4-NOLA Shrimp Boil at Greensgrow Farms
Made it out to Greensgrow this Saturday to get some eating done at the Philly-4-NOLA Shrimp Boil, a benefit organized by chef Corbin Evans to raise funds for Ray Brandhurst, a seventh-generation Louisiana shrimper who's battling lung cancer. Read Kim Severson's 2005 NYT piece and her more recent post on Diner's Journal for more on Brandhurst's story and why he and his family are so respected in cooking circles.
Evans, who lost two NOLA restaurants to Hurricane Katrina, recently moved back to Philly, the city where he cooked at a number of places 10-plus years back. He came to know the Brandhurst family through his involvement with the Crescent City farmers market. Accordingly, the chef prepped a big ol' Louisiana-style boil � 100 pounds (!) of red shrimp, potatoes, zucchini, celery, red onion, you name it � to go along with some perfectly cooked red beans and rice studded with andouille. Other excellent eating/drinks came in the form of endless fried chicken drumsticks from M�m� chef/owner David Katz, a light slaw from London Grill, desserts from Standard Tap, Hurricanes from Southern Comfort and beers from Philadelphia Brewing Co.
Though the sky opened up like mad midway through the event, the worst of the rain passed within minutes, providing the patient with three things: 1) a brilliant rainbow; 2) the opportunity to take photos of pretty flowers; 3) the chance to park it on a damp stack of mulch bags and recommence the glorious sucking of shrimp heads.
Kudos to everyone involved for a great time � for a good cause.
What a great day for a shrimp boil! Thanks for supporting the event and for the kind comments on the food. I wanted to pull off an event that a real New Orleaner would have been proud of and I think we did it! The awesome thunderstorm followed by an amazing rainbow capped off a successful day for one and all! Thanks for posting the pics, too!
I'm so happy to see coverage of this event. I was volunteering elsewhere that night or else I would have gone.
Great Photos! We all had a blast and raised needed monies! Let the good times roll...see you next year!
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[...] Next Tuesday, June 15, chef Corbin Evans is teaching an intimate NOLA-style cooking class at Philly Kitchen Share (1514 South St., 267-808-0729) to benefit Southern Louisiana shrimpers affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Evans, who in the pre-Katrina days owned two restaurants in New Orleans, will teach students the finer points of timeless regional dishes like gumbo, jambalaya and bananas foster; he also teases “a few surprises.” The class costs $40 and it’s open to 10 to 12 students. This isn’t the first time Evans has cooked to benefit his boys in the Gulf; last summer, he organized a hell of a charity shrimp boil at Greensgrow Farms. [...]
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