NEW ORLEANS – The 7th Annual New Orleans Oyster Festival celebrated the oyster this past weekend at Woldenberg Riverfront Park at the Mississippi River. More than 20 restaurants showed off their versatility of the region’s favorite bivalve at the Festival.…
NEW ORLEANS – The 7th Annual New Orleans Oyster Festival will once again celebrate the oyster, a local delicacy that is an integral part of the unique culinary culture of Louisiana, on Saturday, June 4, and Sunday, June 5, 2016,…
Luzianne’s father/son tea masters give Biz a peek behind the curtains of a more than $11 billion industry where family ties run deep.
Chef Demietriek Scott’s rocky journey has taken him from felon to successful food entrepreneur determined to boost New Orleans’ barbecue scene.
HOUMA (AP) — This year's spring shrimp season has begun and fishermen say their first hauls are full of large white shrimp and average brown shrimp. But fishermen say the abundance of imported shrimp continues to hurt them. The…
New Orleans Food & Wine Experience is not one to pass up
NEW ORLEANS – Chef Emeril Lagasse and the Board of Directors of the Emeril Lagasse Foundation announced the distribution of more than $150,000 to Gulf Coast non-profits, including four New Orleans-based organizations. The grants will support projects and initiatives aligned…
How the District Donuts Streatcar, New Orleans’ only philanthropic food truck, is serving kids in foster care in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want to stem the listeria-linked illnesses and deaths…
NEW ORLEANS – Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board (LSPMB) will host the Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off on Saturday, May 28, 2016. Eleven chefs from across Louisiana will compete for the title of King of…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A proposal to create a farm-to-school program encouraging public schools to use locally-grown products in their cafeterias is nearing final legislative passage. Without objection Tuesday, the House Education Committee advanced the Senate-backed measure by Sen.…
NEW ORLEANS — The WYES Chef Paul Prudhomme Tribute Dinner presented by First NBC Bank will be held on Friday, June 3, 2016, at Purloo, 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., and will pay homage to one of America's best-known chefs.…
How sweet it is! Krispy Kreme stock soars on takeover deal in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers have killed an attempt to lift the state's ban on sales of unpasteurized — or "raw" — milk for the third year in a row. The House agriculture committee narrowly voted to halt…
NEW ORLEANS – On Saturday, May 21, 2016, the Southern Food and Beverage Museum (SoFAB) will unveil “Tujague’s: 160 Years of Tradition.” The exhibit commemorates the 160th anniversary of the second oldest restaurant in New Orleans and the third…
NEW ORLEANS – Trinity, the new restaurant from real estate developer Hugh Uhalt and rising star Chef Michael Isolani, will open its doors to the public in New Orleans’ lower French Quarter on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 1117 Decatur…
NEW ORLEANS – Second Harvest Food Bank and the National Association of Letter Carriers have joined forces once again for the largest food drive of the year – the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, Saturday, May 14, 2016. Letter…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More Louisiana residents and visitors could be exposed to food borne illnesses if lawmakers approve a 2017 budget proposed by Gov. John Bel Edwards calling for fewer inspections of the retail food industry. The Department…
Windsor Court is celebrating the Queen of England’s 90th birthday today with a $90K dessert in this Biz New Orleans Daily Biz Minute.
NEW ORLEANS – Chef Kevin Belton takes viewers on a tasty tour of New Orleans in his new 26-part cooking series produced by WYES-TV. From Classic French to soul food to German, Irish and Italian influences, “New Orleans Cooking With…
NEW ORLEANS – The Southern Food & Beverage Museum (SoFAB) announced it has received the personal collection of renowned author and radio/ television personality Poppy Tooker. Tooker’s contribution contains approximately 400 cookbooks and wine and food documents including the…
A behind the scenes peek at Diner en Blanc, New Orleans’ hottest new dining concept.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers advanced a proposal Wednesday aimed at enacting work requirements on food stamp recipients, requirements that Gov. John Bel Edwards kept from taking effect earlier this year. A proposal by Rep. Jay Morris, R-Monroe, would…
NEW ORLEANS – On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, French Quarter restaurants have committed 10% of total sales to the New Orleans Oyster Festival’s Dine Out Night to support the Festival and the causes/ efforts it funds throughout the year. …
NEW ORLEANS – Chef Kevin Belton takes viewers on a tasty tour of New Orleans in his new 26-part cooking series produced by WYES-TV. From Classic French to soul food to German, Irish and Italian influences, “New Orleans Cooking With…
NEW ORLEANS – Pralines from Magnolia Candy Kitchen, 301 Decatur St., will be sold on QVC, Inc., on Thursday, March 10, 2016. The QVC network broadcasts to more than 100 million homes across the U.S. Magnolia Candy Kitchen…
NEW YORK (AP) — If you've got a family — especially one with young kids — then you know putting together healthy meals every night can take more planning and preparation than you have time and energy. Could a…
