Chef Rameaux's School of Cooking and Lousiana Market

Welcome to Chef Rameaux's

School of Cooking

&

Lousiana Market!

Special Events

"Spicin' up the Oldies." Cajun cuisine and cool classics! Jazz and Jambalaya! Join Chef Rameaux Friday November 9th for a special evening of sizzle and swing. Enjoy Gumbo, Jambalaya, and New Orleans style Bread Pudding with whiskey sauce, all against the backdrop of the band Nobody's Bizness playing the music of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee and more. Lots of great old standards, a little jazz, and a few surprises.

One chef cooking like crazy, and five folks swingin' like Nobody's Bizness.

$20 per person, $35 per couple. Cash bar. 7-10pm. Reservations required. Contact cheframeauxcooks@aol.com or call 919-834-2510. No credit cards accepted for this event.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: Raleigh's own Zydecopious returns to Chef Rameaux's on Saturday, December 1 from 7:00 till 10:00! Sign up now for a night of Cajun Two-Steppin', Red Beans & Rice, and New Orleans Style Bread Pudding w/Whiskey Sauce. If you don't know how to do the Two-Step, no worries, The Triangle Area Zydeco Dance Association will be there to teach you how. If you already know how to Shag, you're almost there! We'll have a cash bar with your favorite Abita Beers and nice wines. It's only $25 per person, $45 for a couple when reserved together. Space is limited, so buy your tickets now!

Check out "The Rameaux Forum" under Cooking Class Schedule: every 2nd Monday of the month.

Oct. 8: "After Katrina: What Next for The Big Easy?" This evening's conversation features Professor Ferrel Guillory of the UNC School of Journalism (a Baton Rouge native and once reporter for the New Orleans Times Picayune), Peter Rumsey, Raleigh realtor and expert on public housing issues, Larry Zuchino, a landscape architect, developer, and planner. We'll discuss the cultural, political, financial, and public policy issues which must be addressed as we re-build our beloved New Orleans.

Chef Rameaux's

School of Cooking and Louisiana Market

704 N. Person Street

Raleigh, NC 27604

919-834-2510

919-834-2910 FAX

cheframeauxcooks@aol.com

Hi Friends:

On behalf of myself, Peggy, and Austin, let me first thank all of you for the many calls, cards, well-wishes,food, and prayers that were sent our way during my surgery and hospitalization. I wanted to update everybody on how things are going.

First, I was in the hospital for six weeks, not the original two they had estimated, and four of that were in Intensive Care. The cancer that started around my right eye had spread well into my upper jaw and all the way to the back of my scalp. They had to remove my eye and most of the bone surrounding it, as well as parts of my cranium in order to get rid of all the cancer, but they believe they got it all. This extremely invasive procedure--actually three different procedures-left me in pretty poor shape. I suffered severe hallucinations for about three weeks, and the surgery left me extremely weak and debilitated.

I spent several days in a rehab center after being released from the hospital, but I've been back at home now for about three weeks and I'm doing a little better every day. I'm still facing several more plastic surgery procedures to repair and reconstruct my face and scalp. Right now I have a very large skin graft that was taken from my leg that covers most of the right side of my face. The plastic surgeons at Duke will be making adjustments to that starting next week to make me look a little more presentable. Because of the massive removal of tissue and bone around my right eye, I will not be a candidate for a glass eye, but I will probably have some sort of rakish eye patch there anyway. Don't y'all think I should also get a nifty gold ear ring to finish the look?

I hope to be back in the store on a limited basis by early May. I've already started booking private parties and team building events in June, so, as I promised, I will be back. As the Simon & Garfunkle song says, the fighter carries the reminders of every every blow that cut him or bled him till he cried out in his anger and his shame . . . but the fighter still remains. The love and support of our family, friends, neighbors, and customers has sustained us, and we'll be back just as soon as possible. Thanks again, and stay tuned right here for further updates.

Chef Rameaux
aka Raymond S. Rodgers, Ph.D.
www.cheframeaux.com
Laissez les bon temps rouler!