Bill, Paul and Adrienne outside Commander’s Palace in New Orleans, just a couple of blocks from where Bill and Adrienne live. A visit to this legendary restaurant, where you find the apotheosis of creole cooking, should be a life goal for anyone who has not experienced it.

Let’s step inside and have a cocktail before ordering . . .

Now, after the meal, we can pass through the kitchen on our way out — traversing sacred territory . . .

How fine it was, a meal to remember, as always at Commander’s Palace.