“A Knock At My Door:” Reminiscing with Chef John Folse
On July 9, 2026, Chef John Folse celebrated his 80th birthday. Author Miguel Savoy, a ninth-generation Louisianan from Mamou, La., interviewed Chef Folse as he reminisced on his upbringing. The…
Culture
The Ladies Leukemia League Hosts a Fashion Show and Luncheon for Cancer Research
Great style for an even greater purpose: this is what the Ladies Leukemia League brings to every holiday season in New Orleans. In December at the luxurious Hilton Riverside, the LLL donated $175,000 to local pioneers in the medical…
The Annual Fore!Kids “Golf Ball Gala”
Sports lovers and kids lovers united at the Fore!Kids Foundation’s annual “Golf Ball Gala,” which “tee’d off” at 7 p.m., Friday, November 30. The foundation is one of the premier organizations in the New Orleans area whose efforts help…
The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum Celebrates Its “Aqua Vitale Gala”
Event at a Glance What: “Aqua Vitale Gala,” benefiting the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum When: Saturday, December 8 Where: New Orleans Pharmacy Museum In December, the Pharmacy Museum held its “Aqua Vitale Gala,” celebrating the “life-giving” tonics of America’s…
The Anti-Defamation League Honors a Century of Work for Global Equality
This past December, the South-Central Region of the Anti-Defamation League held a “Centennial Dinner Celebration,” commemorating the organization’s work for equality and for the end of discrimination within the United States, as well as on a global scale. Michael…
On the Cover
The New Orleans Zoo is at its best for the annual “Whitney Zoo-To-Do” fundraiser. The event sees the zoo transformed into a fairy-lit wonderland for one magical night on Friday, May 3. Proceeds will help underwrite the renewal and relocation…
Cruisin’ the Crescent
We identify many things that come with Carnival season. Parades, beads and King Cakes all come and go, but one thing stays with us: crawfish. In New Orleans, Mardi Gras is also the time crawfish season starts and we can…
Local Wedding: Laborde – Dunn
Monique Anne Laborde and James Edwin Dunn III met in Washington, D.C. The two married on December 29, 2012 at Monique’s high school, Academy of the Sacred Heart, and guests spent the evening celebrating the love of Monique and James.…
Across the Ages: Having Kids Five Years Apart
Most of the time, I barely even think about the large age gap between my two daughters – it just is what it is. Earlier this week, though, I found myself in the office hooked up to a breast pump…
Recipe from Jeremy Langlois
Executive chef of Latil’s Landing, Houmas House Plantation in Ascension Parish
Greg Arceneaux
Master craftsman in the Creole and Acadian styles
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Cruisin’ the Crescent - March 2013
By the time you read this all of the events I’m about to discuss will be over, but I have no doubt in my mind that this time in New Orleans won’t be forgotten. I am writing this right before…
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