Update: Flying Pig BBQ has apparently closed up shop as of June 2018, per the Facebook post here. Carolyn Huggins Simmons, the proprietor of Flying Pig BBQ (1173 Louisiana Ave., Shreveport), understands how contemporary barbecue should look. Scroll through Texas Monthly‘s list of the Top 50 Barbecue Joints in Texas …
If you’re a regular 20×49.com reader, you’re already familiar with the work of Chef Hardette Harris. Chef Harris, who was recently named a “Louisianian of the Year” by Louisiana Life magazine, will host a guided tour of Shreveport’s culinary scene during 318 Restaurant Week on Thursday, March 16. The experience …
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Featured photo: Boudin king cake from Blue Southern Comfort Food in Shreveport. There’s a joke about Louisiana that goes: “If you don’t like the weather, just wait five minutes.” While I know she’d bristle at the comparison, Carolyn Huggins Simmons’s Blue Southern Comfort Food – an eatery located in …
Featured Photo: A mushroom burger slider from Blue Southern Comfort Foods. Photo by Jim Noetzel. Say what you will about Carolyn Huggins Simmons, chef and owner at Blue Southern Comfort Foods in Shreveport, but you cannot knock her hustle. Presently unfolding is one of the most exciting and outright entertaining …
Featured photo: Smoked Buffalo chicken wings from Blue Southern Comfort Foods. It’s been two years now since Carolyn Manning’s Blue Southern Comfort Foods opened at 1173 Louisiana Avenue, becoming the latest in a string of quirky eateries (including a barbecue joint named Slap Your Mama Barbecue) to call the address …
PHOTO: The Some Like it Hot Food Truck attracts a crowd at a Texas Avenue Makers Fair event. Photo by Mollie Walton Corbett. The biannual Texas Avenue Makers Fair will return to downtown Shreveport’s historic Texas Avenue, 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Saturday, April 12. This edition of the popular arts and …
