In case you didn’t get the memo, October is National Dessert Month, and New Orleans’s 5Fifty5 restaurant is celebrating by offering dessert first. Through the end of the month, patrons who order and eat their dessert before the rest of their meal will get 20 percent off their entire bill. Executive Chef Mark Quitney has even concocted five special desserts for $5.55 each, like the seven-layer chocolate cake paired with an Absinthe shake, Reese’s peanut butter cup terrine, and Oreo sandwiches paired with a Creole cream cheese vanilla shooter. I can’t think of a better reason to celebrate October. [ 5Fifty5 ] If you want to learn to cook like Julia Child, sign up for the “In Julia’s Footsteps” package at the Hilton Arc de Triomphe in Paris . The two-night package (from €709) includes accommodation, buffet breakfast, and a course at Le Cordon Bleu, the culinary school where Julia Child studied. Bon appetit! Photo: 5Fifty5

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