December 2017
Anything Goes at the Reddell Auction
Coffee and fresh boudin are on everyone’s breath as the weekly auction gets underway. Read more
The Great Decimation
The collapse of the Louisiana deer population Read more
The BouillaBabes
Jamie Brown and Sydney Harkins cater with charisma Read more
Unraveling
Schmitt, an LSU English instructor, creates the captivating melodies and clever lyrical narratives that fill his two full-length albums, the most recent of which, Unraveling, was released this past June Read more
Needlepoint Now
It started with Biggie Smalls. On my Instagram feed, amid restaurant specials and pouting babies, I spied a work-in-progress needlepoint canvas portrait of the deceased rapper. Read more
From Cedar to Cypress
Growing up in a blended Lebanese family in Louisiana, I have always been curious: Just why is there such a large Lebanese population in Louisiana? Read more
Totsy's Kolaches
Straight from the Czech churches of Texas Read more
Vanocka (Christmas Bread)
A recipe from Dorothy Zabcik Read more
My Blue Heaven
The painted churches of Texas are Catholic houses of worship, built by Czech, German, and Polish settlers among others. Some of the finest examples are concentrated in an area just north and west of Houston. Read more
Puritans and Pantyhose
The merchants who sold items to police that Sunday—December 9, 1973—had done so in violation of Mississippi’s “blue law,” a 150-year-old law that restricted what businesses could sell on the Lord’s Day. Read more
Uncommon Scents
Lilian Hovey-King kept her family going during the Depression by mixing and selling perfumes, at first from home and later from a shop in the French Quarter. Read more
The Fishing Spider
He glides and gallops, too Read more
The Moth Code
Francis Pavy got into printmaking because he wanted to reproduce his paintings. “But I was a horrible printer,” he admitted. Read more
Shadetree and the Spirit of Sharing
The St. Francisville series that served as inspiration for Country Roads Supper Club Read more
The Big Picture
Author and journalist Walter Isaacson will teach at Tulane University Read more
On the Cover: Witt Duncan
Travel, downsizing, and finding photographic gold close to home Read more
Cajun Aces
Our 2014 Small Town Chefs Cody and Samantha Carroll will star in a Food Network show Read more