Roundup: Parola makes Asian carp pitch in Illinois

Carp for the hungry: Chef Phillipe Parola, a Baton Rouge-based chef, traveled to Springfield, Ill. this week to make a pitch for Asian carp as a source of cheap protein to provide to hungry families in Illinois, teaming up with Feeding Illinois and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to do so. While the program is geared toward people in need, Agency spokesman Chris McCloud said its goal is much larger. “By bringing this out to the public, and by enlisting someone who can prepare, we hope a demand is created and give an incentive to commercial fishermen to get the fish out of the river,” McCloud said.