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.

Rants and ramblings on food from North Louisiana and beyond
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.
Get to know seven incredible women whose contributions to food and drink culture in northern Louisiana should never be forgotten.
When people ask me how Cuban Liquor got its name, my first inclination is to ask: “How much time ya got?”
Abe Ritman introduced boiled crawfish to North Louisiana. So why haven’t most of us ever heard of him?
As unlikely as it seems that two unrelated restaurants with nearly identical names and business models would operate for the better part of a century in neighboring Louisiana cities, that seems to have been the case.
If you have ever dined in an upscale restaurant on Line Avenue in Shreveport, chances are good that you’re familiar with the paintings of Henry Goodrich.
Chef Dietmar Molitor may be the most infamous chef in Shreveport history.
Tex-Mex as we know it began in Shreveport. Seriously.