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Blind Kitchen: Creole Cook-Off

In this episode of Blind Kitchen New Orleans: Creole Cook-Off, Eric Cook, chef and owner of Gris-Gris and Saint John, and Ericka Lassair, chef and founder of Diva Dawg, face off to see who can recreate each other’s mystery dish.

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Before a law banned duels in the city limits, affairs of honor were held in St. Anthony’s Garden behind St. Louis Cathedral where it is said the ghostly sounds of gunfire and other paranormal activity occurs today. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

Haunted NOLA: Some of the lesser known haunted and spooky stories of New Orleans

We live in New Orleans, so yes, we know, there’s no shortage of ghost stories. Yes, we all know about Madame LaLaurie and Marie Laveau, but what about the other ghosts. There’s just so many calling out for us to see them.

Taqueria 2 Brothers brings traditional Mexican food to Terrytown

Opened just after Hurricane Ida, Taqueria 2 Brothers’ menu consists of flavors like birria tacos and a mega burrito.

Meet the food trucks who helped change the laws to put food trucks on the street

Food trucks did not always readily roll in New Orleans. Meet the owners of two trucks who helped change the laws and help food trucks prosper.

Blind Kitchen New Orleans Et Tu, Chicken

Blind Kitchen: Et Tu, Chicken Liver

In this episode, Aaron Villeda, chef and co-owner of Bao Mi, and Bergen Carman, Chef De Cuisine at Meril, face off to see who can recreate each other’s mystery dish.

Fried & True Tips For Doing New Orleans Fried Chicken Fest Right

We asked around for tips to help you hatch the best Fried Chicken Festival plan!

Palm & Pine puts New Orleans twists on international fine dining

Since 2019, Jordan Herndon and Amarys Herndon have run Palm & Pine, a casual-cool French Quarter restaurant at 308 N. Rampart St. The couple, who moved to New Orleans from Texas, got their start working side-by-side at French Quarter staple Arnaud’s while attending culinary school at Delgado. Later, Jordan was named sous chef at Ralph’s […]

St. Louis Cemetery #1 located just north of the French Quarter opened in 1789 after disaster and disease created the need for more burial space. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

More than Marie: The Other Ghosts of St. Louis Cemetery #1

Sure we know about the Queen of Voodoo, but what other ghosts inhabit one of the cities oldest cemeteries?

Blind Kitchen New Orleans More Than A Feeling

Blind Kitchen: More Than a Feeling

In this episode, Mark Quiroz aka Estrada, chef at House of Blues, and Linda Green, The Ya-Ka-Mein Lady, face off to see who can recreate each other’s mystery dish.

13 of the Most Haunted Hotels in America

Interested in spending the night with a specter? Here are 13 of the most haunted hotels in America guaranteed to send shivers up your spine.

Blind Kitchen: Let’s Dance

In this episode of “Blind Kitchen,” Chef Nathaniel Zimet of Boucherie and Bourrée goes up against Chef Peter Kusiw of La Provence.

Local History

New book dives into life, recipes of entrepreneur Al Copeland

While you will not find any Popeyes recipes in the book, but there are a great many of them from Copeland’s New Orleans and the Copeland Family.

If These Walls Could Talk: New Orleans Restaurants in Repurposed Buildings

From the French Quarter to Lakeview, read more about the stories hidden within the walls of some of the cities best restaurants.

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In 1890, A New Orleans Police Chief Was Gunned Down by the Mafia

In 1890, New Orleans Chief of Police David Hennessy Jr. was assassinated while walking home on Basin Street. The son of a police officer, his story is marred by politics, crime and the mob.

Yellow Pocahontas Queen Dianne Honore, right, helps Big Chief Darryl Montana put on his suit for Mardi Gras, March 1, 2022 in New Orleans in front of the home of Darryl’s father, Big Chief “Tootie” Montana. Photo by Matthew Hinton

The Return of Big Chief Darryl Montana on Mardi Gras 2022

In the bright light of Mardi Gras mornings, the dancing and colorful beads and feathers from Montana’s suits are so vivid and saturated they leave an afterimage on the retinas. Accompanied by the shaking and thumping tambourine, and the singing and yelling of the traditional chants, the boisterous scene leaves a memory etched on the mind long after.

The contents of the Library of Congress Louisiana: European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse. Courtesy Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Louisiana: European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase.

How a Failed Canal Project Created Nola’s Neutral Grounds

Nearly 200 years later, New Orleans’ neutral grounds are no longer the battleground the original Canal Street was. Now they play host to the battle for Mardi Gras throws instead.

Decorative iron pieces atop the two flanking spires on St. Louis Cathedral. (Photo by Michael DeMocker)

Who built New Orleans?: The untold story of Black blacksmiths

French settlers made plans to turn the piece of land on the banks of the Mississippi River into a sprawling community, but they didn’t have the manpower or skills to do it themselves. So they turned to African slaves.

How an English Actor Brought Light to New Orleans

While the days of gas streetlights are mostly a thing of the past, the mark James H. Caldwell made on New Orleans by creating her first gas light company has never faded.

Gov. Miro 1: Esteban Miro, the longest serving governor of the Louisiana colony, implemented numerous policies during his tenure to make New Orleans a thriving port city.

Gov. Esteban Miró: The Man who Remade New Orleans

Esteban Miro, the longest serving governor of the Louisiana colony, implemented numerous policies during his tenure to make New Orleans a thriving port city.

Where to Find Relics from New Orleans’ 1984 World’s Fair

The 1984 World’s Fair provided cherished memories for a generation of New Orleanians, but it also helped transform our city.

The third floor windows of the Old Ursuline Convent on Chartres Street are said to be permanently sealed because of the Casket Girls. (Photo illustration by Michael DeMocker)

My Granny was a Vampire-Smuggling Casket Girl: a (possibly) true story

Our story begins with the Casket Girls of Ursuline Convent – a towering building that still stands in the French Quarter where nuns, ghosts and vampires are said to coexist.

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