Louisiana Life - July/August 2012

Admin Staff - Sean Bova

From the Editor: Crowning a Seafood King

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…

Barometer

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Health

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…

Traveling Gourmet: Cold Sauces for a Hot Summer

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,…

Louisiana's Top-Ranked Hospitals

As part of its informational services, medicare.gov reports on evaluations of hospitals based on queries of patients. We have combed through the data and created a one-of-a-kind list that shows the state’s hospitals according to locality. To qualify for our…

Around Louisiana: Northern

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…

Around Louisiana: Central

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)…

Around Louisiana: Cajun

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…

Around Louisiana: Baton Rouge/Plantation Country

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…

Around Louisiana: Greater New Orleans

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…

Travel: Following the Tigers

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…

Lifetimes: July/August

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…

A Louisiana Life: Wendell Pierce

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…