COVINGTON, La. (press release) – The Northshore’s annual Heroes Who Cook fundraiser will raise money for the Children’s Advocacy Center - Hope House with a competitive cook-off involving 18 celebrity and restaurant teams on Sunday, Nov. 1. The Heroes Who…
Editor's Note: I got to experience part of the media preview of the first-ever Tales of the Cocktail passport experience open to the public, beyond industry professionals. The tour offered a behind-the-scenes experience into a world of cocktail knowledge…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — Today at 10 a.m., tickets went on sale for a new Italian food-and-drink event, Carla Pesono's Taste of Italy, coming to New Orleans in October. Organizers…
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…
Louisiana knows food. Whether it’s a crawfish boil in your parrain’s backyard or a night out at one of the longest running restaurants in the state – there is a character and whimsy associated with everything we do culinarily. New…
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…
Each year, Food & Wine magazine shares their list for Best New Chefs in the country. Kelly Jacques – cofounder and chef of Ayu Bakehouse in the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans – joins the ranks of Nina Compton, Anna…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – This Summer, the Houma, Northshore, Westbank and Siegen Lane Hooters locations hosted canned food and pet supply drives with meet and greet opportunities with Jared Jones, Steven Milam, Jake Brown and Casan Evans. Jared, Steven,…
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – The Queen Baton Rouge, located at 1717 River Park Blvd., will honor thy fathers with a feast fit for kings and their kin for Father’s Day on Sunday, June 16. The Queen Baton Rouge’s signature…
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…
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…
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…
NEW YORK (press release) – Wine Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine, has unveiled the winners of the 2021 Restaurant Awards, which honor the world’s best restaurants for wine. This year’s awards program recognizes 2,917 dining destinations from all…
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…
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…
There’s so many reasons to visit Arnaud’s restaurant in New Orleans. Go for the signature Creole remoulade, the flaming café brulot, the Carnival exhibits on the second floor or the French 75 cocktail in the bar of the same…
Shreveport Chef Eleazar Mondragon adds a heavy dose of love to dishes at Ki’ Mexico
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…
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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…
Shreveport’s Tootie Morrison reinvents herself as culinary rock star, sans tattoos
Gabriel Balderas celebrates coastal Mexico with his new Shreveport restaurant
Rita Mae’s Kitchen turns 23
