Louisiana Life July/August 2014

Face of Structural Engineering

FACES OF LOUISIANA - NEW ORLEANS

Roar of the Crowd on Bayou Lafourche

Curtain time is not always an easy moment when you operate a theater on the edge of a bayou. At the Bayou Playhouse in Lockport, about a half hour away from Thibodaux, guests wait for the theater doors to open…

City Girl, Country Girl

Appeasing a city slicker on the farm

Spices

From the ground up and into the pot

Yes, We Have Bananas

New business ripples through the state

Chef Dave Evans

Luna Bar & Grill, Lake Charles

Cajun Claws in Abbeville

Bad News: Crawfish Season is over. Good News: Next Season is Only Six Months Away

Condiments & Companions

Summer Sauces

Old Growth; New Luxury

Randall and Barbara King’s “Charpentier District” home is a Lake Charles treasure.

The Mysterious Man of Bayou Petit Caillou

The reclusive Kenny Hill left an artistic legacy in Terrebonne Parish.

High Cotton at Frogmore

Exploring a storied plantation

Tracking The Tigers

A guide to LSU road game destinations

Top Hospitals

There is only one major source that provides credible ongoing analysis of hospitals. It is Medicare, which has to be interested, because it pays many of the big bills. As part of its informational services, medicare.gov reports on evaluations of…

Seafood Greats

3 of the State’s Top Seafood Chefs Share Recipes

Around Louisiana

Events and Highlights

Statewide Calendar

July and August events, festivals and more.

Goliath Gipper

The world’s largest Ronald Reagan statue watches over Tammany Trace.

Tom Harmeyer

Fundraising in Alexandria.

Dining Across the Gulf Coast

It is true. You can look it up. There simply is not a stretch of America that cuts through four states, abutting large bodies of fresh and salt water, where the food is as good and indigenous as ours, right…