As we're celebrating the end of the year, here are some of our best-bites from 2022 that include a savory Lobster-Chicken Pot Pie and Blue Cheese Reshmi Kebabs.
Read MoreIn the early 1990s, Brian Danos played saxophone and clarinet in the Brother Martin High School marching band. He then gravitated toward guitar.
“I was the guy with guitar pedals, trying to make different sounds,” he recalled recently. “I was always interested in finding new sounds and new voices.”
That quest led him to synthesizers and, years later, “Borrowed Ladders,” his debut album of “world-electro” music under the project name Vela Vada.
Read MoreEric Cook trained as a chef from John Folse Culinary Institute Thibodaux, Louisiana. His first restaurant, Gris-Gris, has received many accolades including Restaurant of the Year and Chef of the Year in 2018 by Eater New Orleans. Cook has appeared on Top Chef New Orleans and was featured in 2020 on Gordon Ramsay’s Uncharted. A combat veteran who served six years in the United States Marine Corps, Cook founded the First to Fight Foundation, which supports military veterans and their families.
Read MoreWaste no time, get thee to Saint John, Chef Eric Cook’s new hotspot on lower Decatur Street in the French Quarter. Saint John follows Cook’s celebrated Gris Gris in the Lower Garden District, opened in 2018.
Before they could collaborate to modernize Mardi Gras Indian music, Romeo Bougere, of the 9th Ward Hunters, and Jermaine Bossier, of the 7th Ward Creole Hunters, had to first set aside their differences
Read MoreDeep in the bayous and swamps of southern Louisiana, Gordon learns how to live off the disappearing land like a Cajun.
Read MoreFrom standout sourdough to rustic rye to crackly baguettes, here’s where to score loaves from the best bread bakeries from coast to coast.
Read MoreKrewe Du Kanaval was co-founded by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, best known as the husband-and-wife duo who front the Grammy award-winning rock band, Arcade Fire. These days, the Canadian musicians are residents of New Orleans and good friends with Ben Jaffe of the storied Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
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Both Arcade Fire and Preservation Hall will play again for the festival’s third and biggest year on Feb. 14 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong Park, along with guests Michael Brun, Jillionaire, Lakou Mizik, Pierre Kwenders and more. I spoke with both Chassagne and Jaffe about why they created Krewe du Kanaval and what we can expect from this year’s festivities.
Read MoreThe New Orleans festival, co-founded by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, will also feature Pierre Kwenders, Jillionaire, more.