By John DeMers

Like every other good, solid, respectable corporate citizen of these United States, Paul McIlhenny of Avery Island is seldom worry-free. What if, for instance, the world suddenly decided it hated its food to taste good?
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By Lorin Gaudin

In this three-part series, we take a look at three women, their restaurants and their influences on Creole cooking.
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By Charlotte Armstrong

Now that you’ve studied-up on making stocks and have no doubt perfected the last three that we gave you to practice with last month, it’s time to move on to some others!
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By Susan Doré

Ravenous. Starving. Would eat paper if it had ketchup on it. If these descriptions apply to your child when he or she hits the back door after school, you must be prepared to appease the ravening kid-beast with plenty of complex carbs and protein.
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By Marcelle Bienvenu

Who says you can’t enjoy fresh seafood in landlocked areas like Las Vegas?
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By John DeMers

WHAT’S IN SEASON?

Our boatman smiled with one gold tooth. Above the tooth, covering his head, was a tied red bandanna that flapped wildly in back. Below the tooth were a black T-shirt, cutoff jeans and bare feet that seemed stained with several varieties of petroleum products.
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By Lorin Gaudin

During my freshman college year in New Orleans, I had a friend who constantly talked about “picking mushshrooms on the levee to make really great pizza.” Sounded good to me, I offered to make the dough and sauce.
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By Lorin Gaudin

Despite the outrageous summer heat, I venture out every Saturday to purchase my produce and look for what’s new from the local green market. I admit my preference for locally grown produce, especially when it comes to salad greens, however, the heat in the Southeast curtails our farmers’ cultivation ability, or so I thought.
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By Lorin Gaudin

I have always been a city girl, utterly urbanized. As a child living in Chicago I walked around with the misguided notion that cement painted green was grass. I also confess that I thought cows were raised in zoos and that I never gave much thought to where food comes from until I was ten.
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By Charlotte Armstrong

As we enter September we’re in the astrological realm of the Virgo. Ruled by Mercury, people who fall under this sign are known for their sharp minds and analytical abilities. These people are the energetic, discriminating scholars and methodical probers of the universe.
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