Local Artisan Designs Bicentennial Jewelry
By Debbie Glover
St. Tammany News
Published on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:09 AM CST
Local artisan and gemologist Anne Dale discovered a new gemstone that will be used as part of the official jewelry commemorating Louisiana’s bicentennial this year. A brown pelican with a LaPearlite belly was selected to represent the state for ... read more →

Dinner guests at Stacey Greco’s home in Hahnville were forever saying her remoulade sauce was so good she should sell it. Don Militello heard much the same thing from fellow tailgaters outside Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge whenever he broke out his olive salad-style “olive mix.” So did Gentilly resident Monique Hodges, when she started ... read more →

As a resident of Baton Rouge, what comes to mind when you think about a weekend in New Orleans? Naturally, answers will vary, but many veer toward booze, bachelor parties, and the sort of general mayhem that you wouldn’t try at home.
Why do we associate the Crescent City with that sort of mayhem? Has it ... read more →

This is the time we love to lounge around the pool and entertain. But this morning we’re going to kick your patio parties up a notch! Chef Gaye Morrison Sandoz with Tony Chachere’s is here to spice up our Summer!
She’s showing us how to make Pulled Chicken with Pepper Jelly BBQ Sauce:
Watch the video and ... read more →

Cypress Reflections #2
Adrian Deckbar is a New Orleans painter who has found grace, beauty and expression in dark shadows and filtered light deep in South Louisiana’s wild Honey Island Swamp and in remote hollows of the Ozarks in northern Arkansas. Deckbar moves easily among acrylics, pastels and oils to create large compositions of what she ... read more →