On any given day in Baton Rouge, it’s easy to find delicious food. From food trucks to family-owned restaurants that have been around for decades, there is a little bit of everything in the Red Stick. Still, I sometimes find myself longing for a true, gritty barbecue joint. Although the city is home to a number of restaurants in the genre, it may be one of the food frontiers that Baton Rouge has not quite conquered.
I’ve watched friends over the years navigate the vegetarian life in Baton Rouge and I’m always fascinated by how they manage it.
Every native of the South has been asked the same question countless times in diners, cafes and restaurants over the course of their lives.
Music—insane, riveting, often big-name music—is the magnet for the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, but as any fest veteran can attest, the event’s distinct food is what gets lodged in the memory.
One of the big food trends of 2012 is inventive bar food, especially tidy little balls that are easy to pick up and dip in multi-ethnic sauces, says San Francisco-based trend watcher Baum + Whiteman.
A visit to last week’s Thursday Red Stick Farmers Market merited a mess of fresh produce perfect for a spring salad.
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Mestizo, Spanish for “of mixed blood,” has been a favorite restaurant since it first opened on Sherwood Forest in 1999.
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Mestizo, Spanish for “of mixed blood,” has been a favorite restaurant since it first opened on Sherwood Forest in 1999.
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Waiting more than an hour for a table to eat boiled crawfish may seem a little much, but that’s exactly what loyal customers will do on busy nights at Sammy’s Grill on Highland Road.
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Black-as-night turtle soup, sticky, cane syrup duck, and barbecued shrimp that begs for bibs and napkins: such trappings have made Café des Amis in Breaux Bridge a favorite haunt for Baton Rougeans in search of great destination food.
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