Louisiana Life - July/August 2012

Huey Long’s anthem was “Every Man a King.” That notion made great politics for the former governor but not such good logic. In a land where every man is a king (or, as Huey was quick to add, “Every Woman…

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NIH Awards Grant to Research Aging-Related Disability Shreveport – The National Institutes of Health awarded a four-year grant totaling more than $1 million to assistant professor Michael Salvatore, Ph.D., of LSU Health-Shreveport. Dr. Salvatore and his research team are testing…

La Truffe Sauvage, Lake Charles

The idea of making and eating sauces in the middle of summer seems laughable. Who wants rich, heavy embellishments on their food when the thermometer is going through the roof and all you really crave is something that is ice-cold,…

Cypress is the star at Troy and Bernita Landry's new home.

At last, a tribute to the statehood bicentennial

A Steamboat named New Orleans and an American Queen

6 Seafood Recipes for Cooking in a Hurry

Big Bucks and Challenges at Haynesville and along the Tuscaloosa Trend

NEWS BRIEF STRIKING AT HEAT STROKES Shreveport health care workers were recently given a training session at the LSU Health Shreveport Emergency Room that will greatly improve the chances of patients surviving life-threatening heat strokes. In the merciless, humid summer…

LOUISIANA-GROWN CUCUMBERS I have to admit to a personal objection to the use of the term “cuke” when referring to that delicious addition to any salad (or a perfect stand-alone side-dish sliced with oil, vinegar and a sprinkling of dill)…

PROFILE EPICURIAN ENGINEER When Ema Haq migrated to the Bayou State from his Bangladesh homeland in 1983, he was a 19-year-old youth bent on becoming an engineer. His dream was to work on oil rigs, and he graduated from the…

PROFILE Beating the Alternative in Angola Chief, the “bad” wolf-hybrid pooch who was terrorizing a peaceful New Roads neighborhood, is going to prison. But his paws won’t be cuffed, and he won’t spend his days pacing in a small cell…

PROFILE FOREVER EMELINA At 70 years old, Emelina Edwards can squat with a 100-pound barbell on her back for 10 repetitions (after a warm-up of 90 reps). Age aside, the accomplishment of this feat for Edwards is doubly amazing: Decades…

Auburn, Ala. College football is rife with traditions, and few fans embrace ritual as enthusiastically as Auburn University’s. A visit to the plains of Alabama is an invitation to observe and participate in a number of enduring rites, regardless of…

Northern July 4 KTBS-3 Independence Day Festival Riverview Park, Shreveport (318) 861-5800July 7 Louisiana Spartans (minor leqgue profootball) v. Oklahoma City Diamondbacks 6115 E. Kings Hwy. Shreveport (318) 218-0388July 14 Saline Watermelon Festival (318) 576-3654July 21 Quota Club’s Icing on…

That and other stories haunt the Alexandria National Cemetery

Whether he’s mingling with dignitaries at a White House state dinner, addressing the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, introducing trumpeter Kermit Ruffins during a stop on the “A Night in Treme” concert tour or advising his 30,000 Twitter followers to…