Spotlights

A Louisiana Life: Basin Keeper

The year was 1984, and a young Dean Wilson had just arrived in Louisiana. His ultimate goal was to move to the Amazon, but Wilson — who grew up in the mountains of Spain — knew he would need help…

Designing Life

Today, Lisa McDaniel owns a successful construction company and home design service, but it all started at a charity run. The Baton Rouge native was working in Memphis as an accountant, when she met her now husband, Beau McDaniel, at…

Now We're Cracklin'

Chef Cory Bourgeois, along with partner and self-described “boss lady” Hannah Ellaham, opened Graton Eatery in St. Martinville last June, an homage to the home-cooked breakfasts, lunches and belly-filling snacks that fuel south Louisiana. “I remember going to [my grandmothers’]…

At the Root

Omari Ho-Sang is working to abolish crime and poverty in Shreveport and beyond

Simply Elevated

Scott Gautreau focuses on elegant, home cooked classics at City Pork in Baton Rouge

Woman's Work

Female chefs are running the kitchens and changing culinary culture in a host of Louisiana’s top restaurants

Beats on the Bayou

Steve and Cezanne Nails’ Dockside Studio in Maurice is a creative haven for recording artists

Serious Success

New Orleans Chef Kristen Essig of Coquette opens second restaurant and works for change in the industry

Fleurty Girl’s Garden District Home

Ryan and Lauren Haydels’ Garden District residence is home to architectural character rooted in the past and a blended family growing toward the future

A Mother’s Love

Southern fiction about a Louisiana woman with secrets and her daughter’s ruthless will to find answers

Tribal Legacy

Marksville native works to keep Tunica-Biloxi tribe’s language and traditions alive

From the Soul

Shreveport Chef Eleazar Mondragon adds a heavy dose of love to dishes at Ki’ Mexico

LA Guns

Pops & Rockets takes its sticky, sweet, ‘80s inspired treats on tour throughout Acadiana

Savoir ‘Fair’

Ruston woodworker Joshua Mitchell works to bring together creatives as well as the larger community

Systemic Success

New Orleans nonprofit incubator offers opportunities to underrepresented entrepreneurs

Home Plate

A brick-and-mortar space for Toby Rodriguez and Lâche Pas Boucherie et Cuisine

Fog Machine

Clinton-native’s etherial, minimal images evoke loneliness and strength

Axed in New Orleans

Latest book on the notorious cold case reads like fiction and provides new theories on the gruesome murders

House Music

Baton Rouge’s ‘listening room’ provides intimate space for musicians and fans

Around The State

NORTH   Shreveport Red River Wine Revel Cork, a Red River Revel Wine Event is a perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon in early April. Restaurants from the Shreveport-Bossier area provide sumptuous food as you saunter through Festival Plaza…

Wildthings

Baton Rouge butcher Jordan Ramirez spices things up with his first retail pepper sauce

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