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Kicking off today, February 19, more than 40 New Orleans restaurants will offer up their version of a Friday night fish fry for the Lenten season, as part of a citywide effort to drive restaurant business and benefit a fund for local hospitality workers. The campaign, Fish Fry Fridays, is a partnership between the between Louisiana Hospitality Foundation and United Way of Southeast Louisiana, and includes top New Orleans restaurants like Toups’ Meatery, Peche, and La Petite Grocery as participants.
The Hospitality Cares initiative launched last year, as Lent fell shortly after the pandemic shut down New Orleans’s hospitality sector. According to a press release, the campaign raised $12,000 from restaurant sales and Tabasco’s sponsorship. Far more restaurants are in on the effort this time, which sees $1 per fish fry entree sold go to Hospitality Cares. The crisis grant fund provides up to $2,500 to eligible hospitality employees to cover basic financial needs,
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The Best Foods to Order Online for Mardi Gras Maria Yagoda
Mardi Gras parades are canceled in New Orleans this year, and the city won t be welcoming its usual surge of tourists for the week-long celebration. But for out-of-towners who still want a taste of Mardi Gras revelry, there are ways to ship it to your door.
There are countless iconic New Orleans foods you could celebrate with, from Gambino s king cake to Commander s Palace shrimp and grits, and lucky for us all, many of them are available to order online and ship nationwide. Here are a few of the festive foods you can order that will make sitting at home feel like a party.
Trent Reznor and Jon Batiste Explain How Pixar s Soul Got Its Musical Heart
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In a key scene from Pixar-Disney’s latest film “Soul,” the protagonist, Joe Gardner, a frustrated middle-school band teacher yearning to be a jazz pianist, describes moments of sublime musical creativity as being “in the zone.” While that state plays a pivotal role in the film, it also describes the rarified atmosphere that pianist Jon Batiste is occupying these days.
Known for his day job as the bandleader on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” the 34-year-old New Orleans-born, Juilliard-trained keyboardist contributed the crucial jazz component to “Soul.” He’s up for two Grammy Awards at this year’s (delayed) ceremony and will release another album, “We Are,” on March 19, but his music in “Soul” is generating even more critical kudos these days and 2021 Oscar buzz.
NEW ORLEANS â Former President Donald Trump issued a late-night pardon to a New Orleans criminal justice advocate who was jailed as a teenager.
Now, the mistake that s haunted Syrita Steib for 20 years is officially a part of her past.
âI think Iâm still trying to soak it all in,â Steib said Wednesday afternoon, just hours after learning she was pardoned from her criminal past.
Former New Orleans Saints player Benjamin Watson advocated for Steibâs freedom. Tuesday night, Trump pardoned Steib and 142 others, including New Orleans rapper Lilâ Wayne.
âReally, really thankful to God that he can use any vessel to bless you,â Steib said.