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3 New Orleans Kitchens Where the Growers Decide What Gets Cooked

Most restaurants say they source locally. A smaller number let the harvest actually dictate what goes on the menu that week, which means the kitchen gives up some control over its own plan. Herbsaint - Central Business District The flagship of Donald Link's restaurant group at 701 St. Charles Avenue publishes a page listing the […]

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Luna Fete will illuminate downtown New Orleans with puppet art in 2026

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Luna Fete, a free festival of light, art and technology will once again light up and transform downtown New Orleans. This year's festival celebrates "The Puppetry Parade," which will bring illuminated art, monumental projections and handcrafted puppets to the city's streets. Luna Fete's CEO and...

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Feast For Less: How to trim your Thanksgiving budget

Thanksgiving is less than three weeks away, and many of you will likely start planning your feast soon. With trips to the grocery store and gas station costing more for some of you these days, you might be craving ways to do some trimming to your holiday budget. But what...

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Jumpin' Johnny Sansone Brings Louisiana Blues to Petaluma for Honduran Clinic

Jumpin' Johnny Sansone, the saxophone-and-accordion-wielding bluesman out of New Orleans, is heading back to Petaluma for a fully seated show at the Mystic Theatre on Sunday, November 22, 2026. The concert at 23 N. Petaluma Blvd. doubles as a benefit for the Petaluma-based nonprofit Global Healing, with proceeds going toward the Roatán Volunteer Pediatric Clinic on the Honduran island of Roatán, where public health services are scarce.

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Cooking the Past Forward: Shrimp Creole

We are in love with our Glover Gardens focaccia, and I was planning to make a loaf to serve with Sunday dinner, so I wanted a main course with enough sauce to justify some serious sopping. It seemed like a golden opportunity to leverage the Cooking the Past Forward project and pick a dish that would be a perfect complement. When I checked the growing corpus of vintage cookbooks and recipes that have been documented and analyzed, Shrimp Creole jumped out at me.

New Orleans, LA · 1d

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A Local Taste of Michelin Star Standards

Three new restaurant in the South earn a coveted star rating, plus 14 new Bib Gourmands to taste. The MICHELIN Guide is known for many things but mostly for its highly coveted Star system for rating restaurants. A restaurant can be awarded up to three stars, but one star alone is worth celebrating. That’s what the three restaurants earning one star in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide American South did recently during an Oct. 21 ceremony at The Pinnacle in downtown Nashville.

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6 New Orleans restaurants worth booking for Thanksgiving dinner

Why spend all day in the kitchen when New Orleans restaurants are ready to do the cooking for you? Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, Nov. 26, and some of the city’s most beloved dining rooms are rolling out special holiday menus that pair turkey and all the trimmings with local flavor. Whether you want white tablecloth elegance, a laid-back family feast or a seafood spread, these six restaurants are worth reserving a table at before they fill up.

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Groundbreaking Alonzo King LINES ballet is back in NOLA for first time in 15 years

Returning to New Orleans for the first time in 15 years, the world-renowned Alonzo King LINES Ballet will bring its pioneering brand of contemporary ballet the stage of the Mahalia Jackson Theater on Saturday. The company has toured internationally since King started the ballet in San Francisco in 1982 and...

Timeless Dishes

Thanksgiving Takeout Dinners Range From a $59.99 Popeyes Turkey to a $294.49 Boston Market Feast

Popeyes sells a Cajun-style turkey for $59.99, while Boston Market's 12-person whole-turkey meal costs $294.49. Here are prices, serving sizes and pickup dates. The post Thanksgiving Takeout Dinners Range From a $59.99 Popeyes Turkey to a $294.49 Boston Market Feast appeared first on Timeless Dishes .

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Stanton Moore channels New Orleans roots into genre-fluid jazz

Drummer and founder of funk band Galactic Stanton Moore discusses his creative process and the vibrant influence of his hometown’s musical landscape.

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Louisiana Christmas Movie Fans Could Win $2,500 by Dec. 6

Louisiana Christmas movie fans can apply by Dec. 6 for a $2,500 prize and charity donation.

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5 Best Italian Restaurants in New Orleans, Louisiana that Will Make You Feel Like You’re in Rome

New Orleans — a city where the river bends like a brass note, where pastel houses lean into the sun and the air is thick with the scent of chicory and the promise of something simmering on the stove. Here, the streets are stitched together by second lines and the laughter of neighbors, by porch swings and the hush of old oaks, by the mingled voices of Creole, Cajun, Sicilian, and dreamers from every corner of the world. This is a place where food is a language, a celebration, a bridge between generations and cultures — where every meal is a memory, and every table is set for one more.

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Giant Puppets and Silent Disco Return to Downtown New Orleans for LUNA Fête

Giant lantern mermaids, a 24-foot harlequin clown, and a parading gar fish are converging on downtown New Orleans this week as LUNA Fête returns for its 12th edition, running Nov. 13-15 from 5 to 10 p.m. nightly. The free light and art festival, themed The Puppetry Parade this year, brings projection mapping, puppeteer-driven sculptures, and a multichannel silent disco to a stretch of the Warehouse District.

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The WWII Museum Covers Six Buildings, and One Ticket Does Not Cover All of It

Historian Stephen Ambrose spent decades collecting oral histories from D-Day veterans before realizing the country had no museum built to hold them. He founded The National WWII Museum in New Orleans for a specific reason. Andrew Jackson Higgins and 30,000 Louisiana workers designed, built, and tested 20,000 Higgins boats here, the landing craft that carried […]

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World War II Cartoonist Bill Mauldin’s work on display at World War II Museum

A new special exhibit, "Drawn to Combat: Bill Mauldin and The Art of War," at the National World War II Museum is exploring one of the most important cartoonists during World War II.

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Galatoire’s Table Auctions to Benefit 9 Nonprofits

NEW ORLEANS – November 9, 2026 – Galatoire’s Restaurant and Galatoire Foundation announced today the beneficiaries for their annual Christmas and Mardi Gras Table Auctions to be held at Galatoire’s Restaurant. The Christmas Table Auction will take place on Monday, November 30, 2026. The Mardi Gras Table Auction will be held in January.

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Louisiana native, comedian Theo Von to reign as Bacchus for 2027 parade

Louisiana-born comedian and podcast host has been named the king of the Krewe of Bacchus for the 2027 Mardi Gras season. Theo Von will reign as Bacchus LVIII when the krewe's 58th annual parade rolls Sunday, Feb. 7, 2027. Known for his Southern humor and storytelling, Von hosts the popular...

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Gumbo pot pie, gumbo pizza or gumbo ramen: which would you try first?

Gumbo dumplings, gumbo pot pie, gumbo pizza and gumbo ramen are all real. See the most creative Louisiana gumbo twists, from Metairie to Shreveport.

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