Grandpa Big Jim Sullivan would’ve considered guanciale (unsmoked, cured pork jowl) production unthinkable.
2026 Satchmo Summerfest Second Line in Treme
While the annual Satchmo Summerfest parade is not the official kickoff of second line season that’s what we have come to regard it as over the past decade or so. Along with 9X and Buckjumpers this is our favorite street parade of the year. We rolled upriver to 6th Ward this weekend to honor Louis Armstrong. This is what we saw:
Did anyone else migrate to Bluesky after Twitter largely shuttered?
If so please join me.
It might just remind you of the early days of our old ‘town hall’.
Fun, freewheeling, and not a lot of politics either.
Come over and say howdy
2026 American Cured Meat Championships in Milwaukee
Over the past 77 years cured meat artisans and purveyors have gathered together once a year to crown their kings or queens of ham, bacon, mortadella, baloney, and every kind of sausage under the sun.
In the early days, beginning in 1949, it was just a few dozen men having fun, eating meat, drinking beer and enjoying the camaraderie that comes with being butchers, farmers or rural charcuterie experts.
Bragging rights were at stake.
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 1941
Switzerland to host 27th International Chicory Biennial in September
The biennial event, held in different countries every two years, serves as the industry’s most significant gathering.
Gamper Gemüsekulturen AG will again host the International Chicory Biennial, welcoming approximately 160 industry professionals from across Europe.
The company was established in 2016 by a collective of seven leading vegetable producers in Eastern Switzerland. The goal of this merger was to consolidate their regional offerings to provide a broader, year-round selection of Swiss vegetables.
The biennial serves as a critical forum for root vegetable producers, seed companies, researchers and agricultural equipment suppliers to foster cross-border collaboration and exchange technical expertise. Organizers said sustained high registration figures reflect the event’s enduring importance to the sector.
Switzerland to host 27th International Chicory Biennial in September
This may or may not be as fun as a get-down in Crowley on a Saturday night.
The program is as follows:
Day one, Sept. 23 at the Revier Hotel Säntispark, located at Wiesenbachstrasse 5 in Abtwil. The program features a series of international expert presentations on practical research and applications, anchored by keynote addresses and a panel discussion focused on structural challenges currently facing the global chicory market.
The program concludes on Sept. 24 with a tour and trade exhibition at the Gamper Chicorée AG facilities in Stettfurt, located at Hauptstrasse 4.
The day’s itinerary features a firsthand look at conventional and organic chicory forcing operations and an exhibition showcasing more than 25 European companies. Additionally, the event will highlight technical advancements through a presentation of herbicide trials conducted by Agroscope, alongside live field demonstrations of automated weeding technology from Ecorobotix and Carbon Robotics.
Depending on how deep your love for chicory goes this may or may not be an event for you.
Nature’s Roast Chicory has replaced Reily Foods’ Coffee Partner Chicory
If you don’t have the time or money to travel to Switzerland but need a good chicory fix head over to Canseco or Zuppardo’s and pick up a packet of Reily Foods new chicory product.
For more information and registration:
www.biennale2026.ch
2026 Money Wasters Social and Pleasure Second Line
2026 Money Wasters Social and Pleasure Second Line
2026 Money Wasters Social and Pleasure Second Line
2026 Money Wasters Social and Pleasure Second Line
2026 Money Wasters Social and Pleasure Second Line
2026 Money Wasters Social and Pleasure Second Line
2026 Lafcadio Hearn Festival in New Orleans
RL Reeves Jr Recipe: How To Make Carne Molida in the spirit of Taco Tico
2026 Downtown Super Sunday Mardi Gras Indian Party
We ventured up to Bayou St. John earlier this spring to shoot the Mardi Gras Indians for their Downtown Super Sunday rolling street party. This is what we saw: