There’s so much fun stuff happening in the local restaurant community right now (Jan/Feb 2019), it’s crazy. Here are a few things that I’m really excited about: Organizers of the Shreveport Stuffed Shrimp Festival have announced details of their inaugural event, which will be held on Saturday, May 11, 2019 …
With all due respect to several other really exciting restaurant openings that are in the works, the opening of Orlandeaux’s Café is likely to be the most significant happening in Shreveport’s restaurant scene in 2018. Damien Lewis Chapman, the son of late Shreveport chef and restaurateur Orlando Chapman, is currently …
Photo: The 318 Restaurant Week special at Frank’s Pizza Napoletana. We’re three days into 318 Restaurant Week 2018, which runs March 13-17, and there’s a lot to digest (sorry!). So far, I’ve eaten Chef Cindy Gleason Johnson’s take on Shreveport-style stuffed shrimp at Southern Faire (see the offer here) and …
If you care about the local food traditions of Shreveport-Bossier and Northwest Louisiana, I would like to personally ask a favor: Please pay a visit to Eddie’s Restaurant sometime in the near future. The historic eatery, which was established in 1978 at 1956 Hollywood Avenue in Shreveport, has been challenged …
Featured photo: Chef Eddie Hughes, the late owner of Eddie’s Seafood & Soul Food Restaurant, poses with a giant platter of stuffed shrimp. Photo provided by the Hughes family. As I have shared before on this blog (in one of our most-read posts of all time), I’m fascinated by the …
Featured photo: It’s a family affair at Eddie’s Seafood and Soul Food. Mavice Hughes Thigpen (center) runs the historic Shreveport eatery along with several family members. Still riding a wave of good publicity after being named to Southern Living‘s list “The South’s Best Soul Food,” historic Shreveport eatery Eddie’s Seafood …
Featured photo: Poppy Tooker interviews Evan McCommon of Mahaffey Farms. “Louisiana Eats! with Poppy Tooker” is a popular radio show and podcast created by New Orleans-based author, chef and food personality Poppy Tooker. The show is broadcast on NPR affiliate networks throughout the South, and can be heard in the …
Last Spring, I spent a month or so looking into the origins of Shreveport-style stuffed shrimp, a unique style of stuffed shrimp made popular by the historic Freeman & Harris Café (which, at one point, was the oldest black-owned restaurant in America) and, later, Pete Harris Café. That story, “Secrets in …
