FORK IN THE ROAD Indian in the pantry If you travel through Avoyelles Parish these cold winter days, you’ll pass farmhouses, festivals and church gatherings graced by the high-as-a-mountain, light-as-air, baked-from-scratch cakes the ladies of Bordelonville and Moreauville set forth…
PROFILE Compassion Inc. Since 1967, the Monroe Sheltered Workshop, a non-profit organization for mentally or physically disabled people, has been part of the fabric of life in northeast Louisiana. New CEO Brandon Ramsey currently oversees the workshop, whose woodshop, bench…
Bayou Baptiste Collette is a shortcut used by fishermen and offshore supply boats to get from the Mississippi River at Venice in Plaquemines Parish to Breton Sound. The willows, the tall roseau cane and marsh grass that cover the wetlands…
“As they were fighting in defense of their own soil, I wished the Louisiana troops to draw the first blood.” –Gen. Richard Taylor (Confederate States of America) to Mouton’s Louisiana Brigade at Mansfield, April 8, 1864. The blood of both…
Almost two centuries ago, a famous battle occurred on the sugar-cane fields on Ignace de Chalmette’s plantation in St. Bernard Parish. On that date, the Battle of New Orleans was fought and won by a curious assembly of American militia,…
As the sun set, a haunting, ancient melody drifted across the small wooded pond and settled among the dark oaks as a procession of black-robed monks performed evening vespers. The songs and chants are almost as old as recorded time,…
The day is shaping up to be unseasonably perfect for early September – 7 o’clock and the breeze through this great stone courtyard in Monroe is cool enough to chill the coffee. Louisiana has a newly designated “Ancient Mounds Trail”…
The Tuscan-style villa that overlooks Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans is a secret treasure. Hidden from busy Lakeshore Drive behind huge iron gates and framed by glorious rose gardens, the home of Natasha and Ronnie Lamarque is a work of…
I love all kinds of cooking and baking, but there is no kitchen task I enjoy more than making soup. The very process of combining a variety of ingredients in a single pot, letting them simmer while their flavors meld,…
Addis (337) 942-4637 Feb. 8. Half Fast Krewe of Frank’s Mardi Gras parade, East Landry Street in front of St. Landry Parish Courthouse. 11 a.m. Jan. 30. Addis Volunteer Fire Dept. Mardi Gras Parade, downtown Addis at Front Street. 11…
ULTIMATE TAILGATING Sports condos coming to LSU When it comes to understanding what a sports fan really wants, Capstone Development Corp. of Birmingham, Ala., is ahead of the game. Project “FieldHouse, Baton Rouge” is a 100-unit luxury sports condominium development…
What’s Hot Bus ride. Southern University students Katorri Alexander and Aileen A. Hendricks wrote the play “Our Boycott” about the Baton Rouge bus boycott of 1953. The play recently premiered at Southern. It was soooo big! Four Louisiana youngsters earned…
I want to thank Louisiana Life for Autumn 2004’s “Around Louisiana.” Juban’s Restaurant has served “Hallelujah Crab” for the past 21 years. Jeanne Frois’ description of our most popular dish had me grinning. Thank you for showcasing the best of…
I enjoyed the article in your Autumn issue on the German influence in Louisiana. But I was surprised that the community of Des Allemands was not even mentioned. Des Allemands, French for “the Germans,” was formed when German settlers from…
In the Autumn 2004 issue on page 64, there is an error about the barred owl. The article is about barred owls; it says that near Monroe they have been heard emitting a long, drawn-out scream. This is not from…
Ask a New Orleanian what the oldest existing Carnival parades are and he might say, if he knows his stuff, Rex, Proteus and Zulu (Comus and Momus, which would otherwise have been first and third, stopped parading in 1992). Now…
