By Patrick Mould

The lights are flashing. The crowd is collectively on its feet and cheering. The theme from the movie “Rocky” blasts over the loud speaker as the announcer bellows, “Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s get ready to rumble!”
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By John DeMers

When it comes to roadfood, Emeril’s buffet of writers travel blue highways like a pack of hungry wolves padding down a well trod game trail, sniffing out the scent of sweet pecan wood fire and savory pork ribs on the smoky haze of evening.
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By Susan Doré

March 15, 1493. Cristoforo Colombo returns to the Spanish port of Palos convinced that he has discovered a sea route to the (East) Indies.
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By Lorin Gaudin

Butter seems to be spreading. In this paradoxical haze of health consciousness, there have been reports to suggest that butter sales are up and so is demand. Could it be a healthy life-style backlash? Or is it the popularity of the low carbohydrate diet that advocates full fat foods?
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By Charlotte Armstrong

There is a turn in the road we come upon — usually late September or early October —when days get shorter and temperatures begin to fall (even if just a little!) here in the Deep South, and a palpable change in air quality announces to us all that fall is fast approaching.
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By Lorin Gaudin

Collecting, if it gets in your blood, typically begins in early youth. Some start with rocks, glass figurines, or sports cards. Once collecting fever hits, the disease never seems to run its course; you almost never recover.
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By William S. “Sandy” Kaplan

The Jewish New Year holiday begins in late September or early October, and continues through the Ten Days of Awe, or Days of Penitence, until Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
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By Patrick Mould

You know you’ve made it onto the world’s cultural radar when your musical art form makes it into the encyclopedia. Punch in the keyword Zydeco (ZY-duh-coe) into Microsoft Encata 98 Encyclopedia and the name Clifton Chenier pops up!
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By William S. “Sandy” Kaplan

There is a “rite of passage” down here in South Louisiana . . . it’s a boy’s first duck hunt. Though the age may vary a bit, it usually happens around 9 or 10 years of age. This is a really big deal down here because duck hunting in South Louisiana is “serious bidness!”
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By William S. “Sandy” Kaplan

You may have read about it in USA Today or the Wine Spectator - the fact is this rare French grape, best known for making one of the rarest white wines in the world, is alive and kicking in California.
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