It’s not that Natchitoches meat pies are bad. It’s just that there’s a lot better stuff to eat in Louisiana’s oldest city.
A Food Nerd’s Guide to the 42nd Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival
The 42nd Annual Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival, coming up on Saturday, July 23, celebrates Louisiana foodways that often slip through the cracks.
Farm to Frame: “Slow Photographer” Terry Konrath Explores North Louisiana’s Food Systems
As the Ross Lynn Foundation’s 2020 Artist-in-Residence, Konrath sensitively documented the work of farmers and chefs across North Louisiana.
Review: Brenda’s Kitchen Puerto Rican Cuisine
An outstanding new restaurant in downtown Leesville reflects the changing flavors of small town Louisiana.
Revisiting A Cook’s Tour of Shreveport
A Cook’s Tour of Shreveport is probably the most popular community cookbook ever produced in North Louisiana, with something like 175,000 copies in circulation. Meet the women who made it happen.
Dear @WeWant_Pluckers Twitter Bot,
On the occasion of your one-thousandth day of Tweeting that Shreveport needs a Pluckers, I wanted to take a moment and celebrate you.
Church of the Pepper
Gary Montcalm grows what many consider to be the hottest peppers on earth 25 miles south of Shreveport in De Soto Parish.
A Qualified, Bonafide, Certified Countrified, Chicken-Fried Obsession
Al Bohl, a retired artist and educator from Bossier City, has spent 18 years perfecting a chicken-fried hot dog.
Halo-Halo, a Colorful Filipino Street Food, Arrives in Shreveport
Helen Teodoro’s Thai & Japanese Kitchen on Mansfield Road has quietly become a bright spot in pandemic-era dining in Shreveport.
Labor of Love: The Story of Jacquelyn’s Café
Jackie Caskey reflects on the relationships, rhythms and recipes at the heart of an iconic Shreveport restaurant.