Archived Article By Tom Fitzmorris Originally published October 12, 2007 Susan Spicer's Cookbook Coming Oct. 23; Special Menus Come With It Susan Spicer, one of the city's most celebrated chefs, has finally found time in her busy schedule (she's constantly involved not only with her restaurants, but also many public service projects) to write and publish a cookbook. Crescent City Cooking is set to appear officially on Tuesday, October 23, and her restaurant Bayona will celebrate the publication with a week's worth of dishes from the book. The lady herself will be at her flagship Bayona (as she almost always is) to autograph copies of the book all that week. And while they were telling me that, they added that they've tweaked their lunch service a bit. Bayona is one of the rare first-class restaurants that had lunch on Saturday, from 11:30 till 2:30. Among other possibilities, there's a light lunch special of three appetizers for $20. Here are a couple of other attractive packages, from a restaurant which has always been a great value, despite of its reputation and excellence: $20 “Quick Fix” Lunch Special Wednesday-Friday, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cream of Garlic Soup ~or~ Soup du Jour ~or~ Bayona Salad ~or~ Eggplant Caviar with Tapenade and Herb Croutons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mixed Grill ~or~ Fish du Jour ~or~ Pasta du Jour ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Housemade Ice Cream or Sorbet $30 “Prelude” Dinner Special Monday-Saturday at 6:00 p.m. Seating Cream of Garlic Soup ~or~ Soup du Jour ~or~ Bayona Salad ~or~ Eggplant Caviar with Tapenade and Herb Croutons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grilled Duck Breast with Pepper Jelly Glaze ~or~ Fish du Jour ~or~ Peppered Lamb Loin with Herb Goat Cheese and Zinfandel Sauce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Housemade Ice Cream or Sorbet Bayona. 430 Dauphine. 504-525-4455. © 2007 Tom Fitzmorris. All rights reserved. news@nomenu.com