Every year since 1956, Shreveport’s St. George Greek Orthodox Church has held a Greek pastry sale. The women responsible for this sale are among the great, unsung heroes of local food.
Good Junk
The kind of Southern cooking that I recognize as true is the kind that sought to minimize labor and maximize flavor—more bang for the buck. Some folks call it “junk food.”
Shreveport’s Place in Tex-Mex History
Tex-Mex as we know it began in Shreveport. Seriously.
“One Night at Murrell’s”: A Shreveport Food Mad Lib
“One Night at Murrell’s” is a goofy Mad Lib about Shreveport food (sorta).
Shreveport: Vegan Sushi Capital of Northwest Louisiana
Here’s the thing: vegan sushi is as Shreveport as Strawn’s pie.
Arguing with the living and the dead on Buford Highway
“We make pork and chive dumplings right now,” the proprietor told me, nodding towards the man who’d greeted me. The man who greeted me held a dumpling aloft, as if to confirm what I’d just been told.
The Rainbow Phase
In Shreveport, you can learn a great deal about someone simply by asking where they go for a snow cone.
Kon Tiki Nation: Reflecting on Kon Tiki and Chek Wing Joe
We’ve never heard former employees talk about a restaurant owner the way that members of the Kon Tiki Nation talk about Mr. Chek Wing Joe.