Restaurants

Chuck-Full of Fun: Visiting Lake Charles

The last time my husband, Mark, and I were in Lake Charles was before COVID-19 lockdowns, and boy, has a lot changed in six years. It has been a long road to recovery from multiple natural disasters, including Hurricanes Laura…

What We Are Eating Right Now Around Louisiana

November - December Denny Culbert This is a bit silly and totally biased, but my favorite restaurant of the moment is my own wine shop, Wild Child, for Friday lunch. Our team has developed a menu using the best of…

‘Tis the Season for Sweet Potatoes

The Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission is celebrating its 70th anniversary with various promotions that feature growers. René Simone, director, says it’s been a good year for our nutritious, delicious Louisiana sweet potatoes. The Beauregard harvest usually ends in mid-November. It…

Beach Bound

Festivals are coming back in a big way to Alabama beaches, including the enormously popular Hangout Music Festival May 20-22, which combines music, food and activities such as roller disco and beach volleyball. Speaking of volleyball, the National Collegiate Women’s…

LA NOUVELLE LOUISIANE

Nothing stops the innovators, trailblazers and entrepreneurs of Louisiana. Last year may have taken the wind out of our sails with hurricanes, freezes and a worldwide pandemic, but the Bayou State never faltered in producing new and interesting products, culinary offerings…

Traveler: Northshore Allure

Tchefuncte's Restaurant in Madisonville offers upscale atmosphere and a Gulf-inspired menu. Commuting rush hour aside, blood pressure appears to drop once north of Lake Pontchartrain. Life slows down in the historic towns…

Head Where Catfish Is King

  Interstate 10 can clog up around Baton Rouge at certain times of the day, so sometimes we opt to travel Highway 90 when heading to New Orleans, a more relaxing drive through the wetlands of South Louisiana. On one…

From the Soul

Shreveport Chef Eleazar Mondragon adds a heavy dose of love to dishes at Ki’ Mexico

Escapism 1940’s Style

While only the echoes of thousands of G.I.s and Hollywood’s "who’s who" can be heard at the former sites of the Stage Door Canteen in New York and Hollywood, the music, laughter and entertainment fills the air 75 years later in what may…

Around The State

NORTH   Shreveport Red River Wine Revel Cork, a Red River Revel Wine Event is a perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon in early April. Restaurants from the Shreveport-Bossier area provide sumptuous food as you saunter through Festival Plaza…

Second Act

Shreveport’s Tootie Morrison reinvents herself as culinary rock star, sans tattoos

Back to the Source

Gabriel Balderas celebrates coastal Mexico with his new Shreveport restaurant