Written by The Independent Staff
Wednesday, 7 April 2010

BIG ORANGE BASKET

If you’re a committed bag lady, the kind who insists on grocery ...

CAJUN VRAI

Happy birthday, D.L. Menard!

GETTING YOUR GOAT

Dene Blanchard, a clerk at Sandra’s Café and Health Food on Rena Drive, ...

Written by The Independent Staff
Wednesday, 7 April 2010

NO MEAUX RINGS

Like all struggling graduate students, Abby Meaux had to come up ...

SUDS AND SEEDS

Chef Donald Link is a one man food movement.

WAITING FOR ELI

When Ashley Judice was 16 weeks pregnant,  ...

Written by The Independent Staff
Wednesday, 31 March 2010

SMOKIN’

Ever since Johnson’s Boucaniere opened on St. John Street, ...

JESUS JAMS

Lafayette’s Bernadette “Ms. Deannie” Steven has a lot of stuff ...

’SCUSE ME WHILE I KISS THIS PIE

Two days from now is Good Friday. ...

Written by The Independent Staff
Wednesday, 24 March 2010

WRIST WATCH

Get ahead of the spring fashion curve with these stylish bracelets, ...

PUNCH DRUNK

Dessert first. That’s my new mantra, and the quintessential breakfast quaff, ...

FIRE SALE

The Gods of Thunder love it when the next generation of young dudes worships at the ...

Written by The Independent Staff
Wednesday, 17 March 2010

‘GANGS’ OF NEW ORLEANS

Outside of the black neighborhoods in New Orleans, few know the tradition...

ITS A CINCH

The first thing you have to figure out about Annie Odell’s Bootie Belts, ...

HOW’D YOU LIKE THEM ERYSTERS?

Fried. Oh so delicately in a thin crust of cornmeal. My favorite downtown plate lunch place, Antler’s,...