Pecan Pieces
Just for fun I began this column by looking up the official Louisiana state nut. It turns out there isn’t one. This in a state that makes the lesser known, but nevertheless worthy, mayhaw, its state jelly and gives rightful…
Louisiana Life - March/April 2022
Just Desserts
Open almost any Louisiana cookbook and you’ll find a big section of dessert recipes, a testament to our love of sweets. The recipes often include both traditional and modern desserts. As tastes change…
Strawberry Fields
AT A GLANCE Location Tangipahoa Parish Flora Birdbill spike grass, scarlet oak, little floating heart Fauna+Insects Southeastern blue sucker, Hodges’ clubtail,…
Here Come the Fests
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (nojazzfest.com) makes a triumphant return April 29-May 8 after two COVID-cancellation years. Returning headliners previously slated for 2020 and 2021 are The Who, Stevie Nicks and…
Contributors
Stanley Dry Food Writer Stanley Dry writes the “Kitchen Gourmet” column for Louisiana Life magazine and is author of The Essential Louisiana Cookbook and The Essential Louisiana Seafood Cookbook and co-author of "Gulf South." Formerly senior editor of Food &…
About Face
At A Glance Hometown Greenwood, South Carolina Age 36 Instagram @basqo_ It’s an epic, bejeweled beast of folkloric proportions. Or else it’s a mischievous, spinning sun prop escaped from the set of a children’s TV show and…
Best Coast
In the Deep South, March comes in like many things, not restricted to being a lion as in other regions of the country. When the sun warms our faces and winter seems to have left us for good, it’s time…
Berry Blast
Louisiana has an abundance of official symbols (the state doughnut is the beignet, the state crustacean is the crawfish and the state vegetable is the sweet potato, for example), but I only recently learned that we even have an official…
Head for the Hills
Photos Courtesy: Hubba hubba smokehouse; flat rock playhouse Louisiana residents don’t have to be told how hot and miserable the deep coastal…
In Residence
Award-winning Cajun fiddler, Amanda Shaw, has launched a new live music program every…
Mission Accomplished
AT A GLANCE Architect Kevin Gossen, Gossen Architects Interior Design Kiki Frayard Builder Mark LaBorde Total Square Footage 6,224 Outstanding Features Stone archways, metal windows, enclosed courtyards, patterned walnut floor in bar area While an Acadian cottage might…
Literary Louisiana: Literary Ladies
Nature Made Louisiana Herb Journal: Healing on Home Ground Clinical herbalist Corinne Martin invites readers to venture outside and explore all of the healing treasures that Louisiana flora has to offer. “Louisiana Herb Journal: Healing on Home Ground,” details wild…
Forces of Nature
With dark memories of Hurricane Katrina still fresh in his mind, New Orleans artist Phil Sandusky packed up his brushes, paints and easel and headed out late last August into his Uptown New Orleans neighborhood to capture the…
Art Runneth Over
Eight years ago, River Oaks Square Arts Center, a multipurpose contemporary visual and fine arts hub in Alexandria, wanted to put on a national art show to both elevate…
Traveling Around Louisiana
Celebrating music, culture, arts, and dance, Louisiana towns and parishes play host to a variety of sights, sounds, and flavors sure to get your heart pumping, your feet moving, and your stomach growling. Gather your crew this spring…
