My mother was a consummate Southern cook. When she died, I inherited her collection of community cookbooks, the kind produced by churches and Junior Leagues, held together by plastic spiral spines.

When Emma Lefevre was researching ingredients for shrimp dishes online six months ago, she said she had no idea that she was on the verge of creating her first culinary masterpiece. “I was online ...

A visit to Alzina’s Kitchen down the bayou in Galliano, Louisiana, was no ordinary dinner outing. When I met Alzina Toups in 2006, she was 77. She was making ...

Zachary celebrated a new tradition Dec. 6, as the Downtown Live Committee hosted the first Bayou Black Pot Cook-Off immediately following the Zachary Christmas Parade. Following the parade, attendees ...

Like his mother, last week’s Cook of the Week Tracie Ekiss, Brayden Ekiss has a talent and passion for cooking. At 10 years old, Brayden has competed in multiple cooking competitions and spent two ...

The Celtic Bayou Festival is coming back to Lafayette March 15-16, and attendees have a chance to be a part of something special: the world’s first and only Guinness cook-off. Gumbo with Guinness? A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Baton Rouge is getting ready to turn up the heat this summer as Smoke Bayou prepares to host ...