Louisiana Life - November/December 2012

Executive Chef of Charley G's

Christmas Around the State

Season of the Boucherie

An Anniversary

Colonel is at Ease in his Baton Rouge Home

Photographer A.J. Meek Embraces the South

On a chilly morning last January, a group of workmen gathered on the Calcasieu River Bridge along Interstate 10 to begin a day of decorating. Armed with steel-headed mallets, rivet guns and bolts the size of shotgun shells, they removed…

Fork in the Road Sage Dining in Monroe Visit Restaurant Sage during the holiday season, and you’re likely to be treated to the glow of a roaring heath – a sagacious prelude to the repast that awaits you. The upscale…

Cause to Celebrate Christmas On Bayou Rouge My first recollections of Christmas began when my family lived in a shotgun cottage in Uptown New Orleans, and our next-door neighbors were the Austins who hailed from Cottonport in Avoyelles Parish. Mrs.…

Cause to Celebrate Christmas at the Zoo The Zoo of Acadiana is a free-range sort of place, filled with a sampler of God’s creations, including kookaburras, tigers, alligators and giraffes. Although the expression “this place is a zoo” has frequently…

Fork in the Road Kitchen Witchery in New Orleans There was a rather charming fad during the 1970s when shops sold “kitchen witches,” oddly appealing crones with floral babushkas and full skirts sitting on a broom stick. It was said…

North Louisiana is justly famed for its wealth of options for enjoying the outdoor life. Sportsman’s Paradise really is a paradise for those who love to hunt, fish, hike, bike or just relax by a quiet lake. But the region…

In the heart of Louisiana, the Crossroads region is a place with a flavor all its own. Crossroads is filled with history. Its many lakes, parks and forests make it ideal for those who love the outdoors, and its towns…

Plantation Country takes its name from the gracious estates built by Louisiana’s cotton and sugar planters. Many of these mansions still remain; they and the slave cabins around them together paint a picture of what life was like in bygone…

To many people, New Orleans is the ideal vacation spot. But for those in the know, the Greater New Orleans region is also an ideal retirement location. Retirees enjoy some of the same charms that fascinate visitors, but they also…

A compendium of what’s hot and what’s not in Louisiana

Business News from Around the State

FOUR LOUISIANA HOSPITALS PICKED TO PROMOTE NATIONAL BREAST-FEEDING PROGRAM OPELOUSAS – Although it is widely known that breast-feeding for at least a year has numerous health benefits for both mothers and infants, half of the infants born in the U.S.…

Oyster Dressing for the Holidays

Louisiana ranks 49th in all the important categories. Now there is an effort to reverse that.

Louisiana Hospitals and Doctors Raise the Bar in Research, Diagnostics and Treatment

Profile Dash’s Beloved She was the sweet young daughter of Jed Clampett on the uproariously funny series The Beverly Hillbillies, whose plaintive blonde beauty and sweet ways with critters stole the heart of Hollywood leading man and movie star Dash…

Among State Parks, One of the Best

Kicking it Up a Notch for the New Orleans Saints