Listening to Hogman Maxey’s old classic I Know I Got Religion on a gorgeous sunny afternoon in New Orleans 9th Ward.
9th Ward Daily Photo: New Orleans Rhythm Girl
How To Make Austin Texas-Style Breakfast Tacos
We live in the best food city in the United States but we’d go hungry if we had to subsist on New Orleans breakfast tacos. They range from mediocre to actively awful. Continue Reading
9th Ward Daily Photo: I’ve Passed This Way Before
It’s The Birthday Of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on this day in 1929. Back in 2013 I wrote an article about his favorite foods: fried chicken, collard greens, black-eyed peas and corn bread.
It’s the most popular article in the history of the site.
9th Ward Daily Photo: Anybody Else Missing The Second Lines?
9th Ward Daily Photo: Missio Ludovisiana
The Seductive Tyranny Of Southern Mayonnaise
Dynasties have been built. Rebellions have been quelled. Romances kindled. Reputations grown. Kingdoms overthrown.
Fortunes have been made. Continue Reading
9th Ward Daily Photo: ‘Ain’t Got No Home’
Jean Montanet Was The Original Dr John
Mac Rebennack and Harold Battiste created the musical character Dr. John based on the life of one Jean Montanet, a 19th century New Orleans vodou practitioner reputed to have been born in Senegal, West Africa. Continue Reading