Six people shot along Mardi Gras New Orleans parade route

One small child and five people have been injured in the shooting along the Mardi Gras Parade Route, but two suspects are in custody and three weapons have been confiscated. " Police say an infant and four other...

Mardi Gras transforms New Orleans into waste bin

As Mardi Gras continues in New Orleans today, aside from the scantily clad dancing girls, the parties, the drunk people falling all over themselves in the street, there is also the unmistakable smell of trash...

Chicago repeals foie gras ban

This issue has been going on forever in Chicago! Foie gras is opposed by some animal rights activitsts. To make foie gras, tubes are inserted down the throats of ducks andgeese that are then fed until their...

New Orleans welcomes Mardi Gras

Despite competition from the Giants' parade and Super Tuesday at the polls, the biggest party of the year kicked off today, with celebrations across the world, but the festivities in New Orleans still draws the...

Krewe du Vieux packing for 'Magical Misery Tour'

Are you ready for the Mardi Gras?"Oh yes, there will be Bawd. Intimately, attached, no doubt, to Sen. David Vitter. The Krewe du Vieux - a collection of excrutiatingly satirical subkrewes dedicated to the ribald...

The Humane Society

"On Friday, the Humane Society of the United States refiled and expanded its lawsuit seeking to block foie gras production in New York, the nation's largest foie-gras supplying state. The action comes in response to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National...

Johnny Depp Could Have Lost Millions From Big Pirate Treasure Lost In New Orl...

Whats the connection between pirate booty lost at sea and New orleans doubloons, lost during hurricane katrina?

Johnny Depp Could Have Lost Millions From Big Pirate Treasure Lost In New Orl...

Whats the connection between pirate booty lost at sea and New orleans doublooms, lost during hurricane katrina?

Of E.coli, Foie Gras, Boomer Bellies, And 'Gastroporn' - 2007 :: MAXINE

"Oh, and did we happen to mention "reverse-dieting", Izakayas, mangosteen, and "fatty acid profile"? It is never easy to predict trends in our cultural experience, especially when it comes to the gastronomic...

PREDICTING 2007 TRENDS IN FOOD

Ethiopian bread will be popular this year. Check out what else will be on our plates. 26 trend areas explored. ""It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future," goes an often-quoted saying. But that...

The influence of "black Indian" culture

"Post-Katrina, it has become commonplace to lament the decline of New Orleans' distinctive character. But nothing cuts closer to the soul of this city's culture—or the origins of American music—than the endangered art and ceremony of the Mardi Gras Indians. Though...

Chicago says farewell to foie gras (AP)

" CHICAGO - These are dangerous times for ducks and geese in Chicago. With the city's ban on foie gras — a delicacy made of duck or goose liver — just days away from going into effect, upscale restaurants in the city are serving it up like never before. They have...

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