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Braided with Taste
Food, culture and memories are woven together into this extraordinary cookbook, revealing the heart of chef Melissa Martin.
New Gálvez Biography Charts a Remarkable Life
The general and governor of Spanish Louisiana who's been "grossly overlooked by mainstream history in the United States" is the subject of a new book, Bernardo de Gálvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution by Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia.
New Salon Series Continues Literary Legacy
New Salon Series Continues Literary Legacy: The literary salon tradition continues with an online twist, thanks to an innovative partnership between the Tennessee Williams Festival and the Beauregard-Keyes House.
-Christy Lorio
"Lafitte the Pirate" Turns 90
​In 1930, French Quarter resident Lyle Saxon cooked up a savory gumbo of fact and fiction that's become a New Orleans classic.
- by John Sledge
Tennessee Williams and the French Quarter
Tennessee Williams and the French Quarter: A look at the famous playwright's complex and lifelong relationship with the neighborhood where he brought "A Streetcar Named Desire" into being.
​- by Richard Goodman
Faulkner House Books: The Next Chapter – A Conversation with Joe DeSalvo
Faulkner House Books: The Next Chapter – A Conversation with Joe DeSalvo: The carefully considered passing of the torch at this legendary French Quarter bookstore insures the literary light will continue to burn.
- by Scott Naugle
- photos by Ellis Anderson
Strong as the Currents
Meet the hardy folk who ply the waters of the country's "last frontier" in Melody Golding's new book Life Between the Levees.
by Scott Naugle
photos by Melody Golding
Sweet Tea and Miss Geraldine
A summer afternoon quest for caffeine in the Quarter nets an old book, a new friend, and a gander at 300 naked people riding bicycles.
- by Nan Parati