Ella Brennan
Ella and Dick Brennan have been in the restaurant business for forty years. They own the highly praised Commander's Palace in New Orleans' Garden District, as well as Mr. B's Bistro in the French Quarter and Brennan ... [... more]
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Leslie Staub
Leslie Staub is an accomplished artist whose work has been exhibited nationwide. In addition to Lives: Poems About Famous Americans, she has also illustrated Whoever You Are by Mem Fox. She lives in New Orleans, ... [... more]
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Paul Prudhomme
Chef Paul Prudhomme is the owner of K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen and Magic Seasoning Blends, both in New Orleans. Chef Paul is one of America's best-known chefs, having appeared on most major TV networks. He is ... [... more]
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Luisah Teish
Born and raised in New Orleans, Luisah Telsh is a priestess of Oshun in the Yoruba Lucumi tradition. She teaches classes on African goddesses, shamanism, and the Tambala tradition. ... [... more]
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Tom Piazza
Tom Piazza, a longtime resident of New Orleans, is the author of seven previous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the widely acclaimed novel My Cold War and the recent Understanding Jazz. A graduate of the ... [... more]
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Leslie Helakoski
Leslie Helakoski is the author of The Smushy Bus and Big Chickens, a Junior Library Guild selection. Born and raised near New Orleans, Leslie Helakoski received a degree in advertising from the University of Louisiana and one in illustration from ... [... more]
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David Jacobs
Still reeling but rebuilding after Katrina's fury, New Orleans braces for... [... more]
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The Little Bookroom Editors
The dearly held belief that no meal can be too big or last too long has been cherished for gernerations in New Orleans, and nowhere more faithfully than in these 34 of the city's oldest restaurants, from neighborhood joints serving up the ... [... more]
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Walker Percy
The Moviegoer is Binx Bolling, a young New Orleans stockbroker who surveys the world with ... [... more]
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Andrew Fox
Jules Duchon was a real New Orleans vampire. Born and bred in the working-class Ninth Ward, bitten and smitten with the Big Easy. Driving through the French Quarter, stuck in a row of bumper-to-bumper cars that crept ... [... more]
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Peter Macnicol
Snatched from the docks of New Orleans, thirteen-year-old Jessie is thrown aboard a slave ship where he must play his fife so that captured slaves will "dance," to keep their muscles strong and their... click for ... [... more]
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Emeril Lagasse
Emeril Lagasse is the chef/owner of several critically acclaimed restaurants, including Emeril's Restaurant, NOLA, and Emeril's Delmonico in New Orleans. He also owns and runs Emeril's New Orleans Fish House and ... [... more]
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