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WESTLAKE DINING
I grew up in SWLA, from the third grade up until I was 20 years old, and during that time I can only remember going to one restaurant, and it was the home of the best burgers around — Perkins Fat Burger. I am not saying that there have been no other good restaurants »
TIME OUT FOR CAREGIVERS
The New CARC Respite Center Provides Social Opportunities To The Elderly And Those With Disabilities • By Brad Goins Since June of last year, the highly respected local health and social services organization CARC has housed a Respite Center at the CARC offices at 1718 Hodges St. in Lake Charles. The center offers »
‘FEARLESS LITTLE CRAWFISH’
A New Book Shows How The Crawfish Embodies Key Features Of Cajun Culture Louisiana Crawfish: A Succulent History of the Cajun Crustacean by Sam Irwin. Foreword by Marcelle Bienvenu. American Palate (The History Press): Charleston, S.C., 2014, 157 pp., $19.99. A Review By Brad Goins In the beginning, not everyone in Louisiana was in love »
COOKIN’ WITH FIRE
Local Firefighters Really Know How To Dish Out Some Four-Alarm Food • By Angie Kay Dilmore • Photos By Jamie Hartnett Hard work goes hand in hand with hearty eating. And who knows more about physical labor and food than a station full of hungry firemen? Most firehouses have that one guy who »
IT’S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE KIDS
Calcasieu School Superintendent Wayne Savoy Looks Back On Almost 40 Years In Education • By Karla Wall Calcasieu Parish school superintendent Wayne Savoy, who in January announced his retirement after nearly eight years in office — and after nearly 40 years in education — says his main focus throughout his entire career has »
‘THIS TREMENDOUS PROMISE’
Former Local Paula Gant Helps Guide D.C. Through The Transition To Energy Abundance • By Brad Goins Like millions of Americans, Paula Gant can remember spending many hours of her childhood sitting in her family car as her father inched towards the gas pumps during the Energy Crisis of the 1970s. Gant doesn’t »
BAYOU BALLS: WILD BEAST FEAST REVIEW
This article is a little different from those of weeks past as I’m going to review an event instead of a restaurant. I was asked to be a judge at Wild Beast Feast 2014 by my great friend, and the event chairman, Laura Monk. I had the chance to experience Louisiana’s wildlife dishes cooked »
MONGOLIAN HOUSE
I’ve been to the Mongolian House once before, with Chelsea and my sister, and we had a very good experience, so I decided to return to do a review. We went to dinner around 5:30 pm, and the place was just starting to fill up. As we had our son, Mac, with us, we »
SOUTHERN FRIENDLY
We were strangers. They were Them and I was Not Them and it took us less than three minutes to like each other. This sort of thing ain’t uncommon in The South. It’s a constant thing with me, to be again-thankful, that I was born Southern. _____ _____ _____ _____ »
ON THE BRINK OF THE BOOM
By Dr. Michael Kurth By now, pretty much everyone in Southwest Louisiana is aware that this area is on the brink of an economic boom of historic proportions: one that will transform our communities. There is so much new investment it is hard to keep up with it: the last time I looked, »
