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Documentary "Louisiana Grass Roots"
The 2026-27 Louisiana duck hunting season begins in the West Zone with a youth and veterans only hunt on November 7, followed by the first segment of the regular season a week later on November 14, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced. The East Zone’s youth and...
A new Buc-ee’s can mean a new place to fill up and, for some people, a new place to clock in. Construction has already started at each site, though opening dates are still targets. Here are the new Buc-ee’s stores coming to Louisiana, North Carolina and Georgia in 2027....
Fun fact: one New Orleans spot on this list serves a gumbo built on a recipe that’s about sixty years old. Another one swaps out the meat entirely and still makes jambalaya and yakamein work. Who knew soul food could stretch that far?. A Shreveport kitchen on this list...
Dozens of dogs rescued from dogfighting ring
An aquarium in Louisiana has a gem mine inside it. You can sift for crystals and shark teeth a short walk from the touch tanks. That detail alone hooked me. Then I learned one outdoor sluice up north stretches 96 feet. Its mining rough holds specimens from 14 different countries.
Hot sauce ice cream is sitting in a freezer at the end of a factory tour, and people actually line up for it. That alone tells you this stop plays by its own rules. The same spot bottles roughly 700,000 bottles of a world-famous pepper sauce every single day. The recipe still sticks to three simple ingredients: peppers, vinegar, and salt.
Hundreds of Louisiana artists share one shop, and every single thing on the shelves was made by hand. That’s easy enough to understand. Although that’s quite a thing to casually mention, since it means your gift shopping just got a lot harder to rush. The idea runs deeper...
A paved bike path runs on top of a levee, high above the Mississippi River, for roughly 13 miles. Cargo ships drift past while you pedal. That alone sounds like a pretty great way to spend a morning. The path is 15 feet wide, with separate lanes for bikes and...
One Italian restaurant on this list still runs on cash only, and you have to reserve by phone. The same family has kept it going since 1946, and the fourth generation runs it now. Another one covers its walls with hundreds of copies of the most famous painting in the...
Under Louisiana’s homemade food rules, you can sell a pecan pie from your kitchen. A meat pie is another story. With Thanksgiving on Nov. 26, it’s a good time to know the rules before the orders come in. Here’s what Louisiana law says about selling homemade food, so...
The turducken, that famous turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken, traces back to a hunter’s request at a small butcher counter in 1984. One guy walked in with three birds and a wild idea. A holiday legend was born. I love that a meat counter can...
Big Fish Report for Thursday, Nov. 5
BATON ROUGE — The 2026–27 Louisiana duck hunting season kicks off this November, beginning with special hunts for youth and military veterans before opening to all hunters statewide, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced. Hunting in the West Zone opens Saturday, Nov. 7, with a youth...
A centuries-old Filipino settlement in Louisiana's coastal marshes is the subject of a new documentary by a University of Louisiana at Lafayette professor who is working to bring an overlooked chapter of the state's history to light. "Settling St. Malo," a 26-minute documentary featuring the research and poetry of UL...
Great River Road road trip spans 3,000 miles along the Mississippi through 10 states, blending blues towns, Civil War history, and Creole cooking.
Duck hunters get ready! The 2026-27 Louisiana duck hunting season begins in the West Zone with a youth and veterans only hunt on Nov. 7, followed by the first segment of the regular season a week later on Nov. 14, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced. The...
