I am 225: Rebecca Lusk

Pizza, burgers and ice cream. Those are the posts that get the most attention on EatLoveBR’s social media pages. Account owner Rebecca Lusk knows her audience—and she is always happy to take one for the team and try an indulgent dish. A scroll through her page reveals photos of tacos from Somos Bandidos, a fried catfish croissant from Ambrosia Bakery and an Oreo cupcake from Show Cakes.

Lusk, who lives in Prairieville with her husband and two kids, started @EatLoveBR after her family moved back to the area from Louisville, Kentucky.

“While we lived there, the whole farm-to-table concept had really taken off, and we just dove headfirst into that culture of the foodies there,” she says.

When she saw Baton Rouge’s food culture was evolving, too, Lusk began to document her meals on Instagram. She made her first post on @EatLoveBR in September 2015 and has since grown the handle to more than 10,000 followers. In addition to running her own marketing company, Lusk tries to keep the page active and post a few times a week.

“You’re only going to find local places on my feed. I really try to stay true to that and stay away from the big chains,” she says. “It is just all about supporting our community.” Follow @EatLoveBR on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.

“Growing up, my grandmother owned a barbecue restaurant in Arkansas. I was there in the back and front and after hours all the time. I really got to see firsthand how important it is to support local businesses. That’s all her business was: local people who had been going there from the time they were teeny-tiny kids to adults, and she was always the face there. People loved her like she was their own grandmother. So that is really what really inspired me—and why it is so important to me to help support and showcase local restaurants.”

This article was originally published in the December 2017 issue of 225 Magazine.