New Orleanians in Utah? Say it ain't so! In no time, the Beehive State will be overrun with sinmongers of all kinds. Brigham Young co-eds doing body shots at the newly built Pat O'Brien's? Women flashing their breasts at geeky, pimply missionaries on 10-speeds? What's next ... jazz funerals to the Mormon Tabernacle?

It's time these two cultures got to know each other a little better, seeing as how they're gonna be neighbors and all. Let's start offending those Mormon sensibilities now with the Cocktail of the Week: The Robicheaux, a drink named for the famed New Orleans character in James Lee Burke's novels.

1 1/2 oz. bourbon (need I say again ... bourbon, not whiskey -- Tennessee, Canadian or otherwise)

1 1/2 oz. Rose's lime juice

1 splash cherry juice

Ice

Cola

Cherry for garnish

Fill a tall glass with crushed ice, and add the bourbon and fruit juices. Fill the remainder of the glass with cola, then garnish with a cherry.

So, you get the Louisiana connection. But how does this tie in to Utah? I thought you'd never ask. Utah's state fruit is ... the cherry.

Oh and yeah, to the fine hosts in Utah I ask, "Howsyamamaanddem?"