YOU TOO CAN BOOGALOO AS A VOLUNTEER

May 17, 2016 by Charlie London

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Help the Bayou Boogaloo to remain FREE

You too can Boogaloo as a volunteer

Bayou Boogaloo Volunteers! – http://www.thebayouboogaloo.com/info-directions/volunteer/

Are you interested in volunteering with The Bayou Boogaloo on the banks of beautiful Bayou St. John on May 20, 21, and 22?

You can visit the sign up page by visiting https://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/987188364026

If you are unable to volunteer this year but would like to join The Bayou Boogaloo’s
volunteer mailing list for future events, please, sign up on The Bayou Boogaloo’s website.

For any questions or concerns, please email
[email protected]

Interested in Volunteering with The Bayou Boogaloo?

See all of the 2016 volunteer opportunities and sign up for a spot here.

On top of becoming part of the Boogaloo Family and being one of the key players that help keep the festival free, Volunteers also receive a free t-shirt that is not available for sale to the public.

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Bodacious Boogaloo
by Charlie London

Since the beginning, the Bayou Boogaloo, held on the banks of Bayou St. John in New Orleans during May, has had a mission to give back to the community. The first Bayou Boogaloo in 2006 was a healing effort for the community. Many folks were still rebuilding their lives and their houses after “the storm”. The Bayou Boogaloo was a welcome respite from the daily grind. It provided much needed fun for both adults and children.

One of the often forgotten aspects of the Bayou Boogaloo is its emphasis on zero impact on the environment. I’ve personally witnessed the meticulous cleanup after the event. One would never know the music festival ever took place because the area is left as clean or cleaner than it was before the event.

The Bayou Boogaloo has promoted solar energy, recycling and encouraged folks to consider the environment. The Bayou Boogaloo has led by example. Several huge oak trees have been planted along the banks of Bayou St. John leaving a lasting positive impact on the environment and the community.

The Bayou Boogaloo gives back in other ways too! The event helps neighborhood organizations raise funds for their operations, has helped build playgrounds, has supported community sports initiatives, helped plant native habitat-building and erosion-preventing marsh grasses, and replaced trees lost during hurricanes.

The City even recognized the Bayou Boogaloo’s founder, Jared Zeller, with a proclamation for promoting an economically and environmentally sustainable event.

Join the Bayou Boogaloo this Friday, Saturday and Sunday May 20, 21, and 22. The Bayou Boogaloo is more than just a music festival, it’s a community building coalition!

More info at: http://thebayouboogaloo.com/

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THE BEAT GOES ON AT THE BAYOU BOOGALOO
By Geraldine Wyckoff
Contributing Writer

It’s been less than three weeks since the last notes rang out at the Fair Grounds to close the 2016 edition of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Not far away, bands will strike up again at the 11th Annual Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo. The free event is presented from Friday, May 20 to Sunday, May 22, 2016 along the banks of Bayou St. John between Dumaine Street and N. Jefferson Davis Parkway. It features three main music stages at Dumaine Street, Orleans Avenue and Lafitte Street plus a Kids Stage that has both music and other activities to please the youngsters.

There are some excellent local and national headliners at the festival that didn’t perform at this year’s Jazz Fest including Nolatet (Sunday, 6 p.m.), The Lowrider Band (Saturday, 7:45 p.m.) and the Wailers (Friday, 7:45 p.m.).

Let’s start with Nolatet, a band of all-star jazz masters – drummer Johnny Vidacovich, bassist James Singleton, vibraphonist/percussionist Mike Dillon and pianist Brian Haas. This performance marks the first time many local people will have the opportunity to experience this group as they’ve only performed in New Orleans several times. Formed spontaneously in 2014 and quickly releasing its exciting debut album, Dogs (The Royal Potato Family) just this year, Nolatet has been out on tour promoting the CD and, according to Vidacovich, has been very well-received. “They liked it a lot – a lot more than I imagined,” he is quoted in OffBeat magazine. “I thought the music would be a little too orchestral. There’s a lot of things that we’re doing that are just out of the norm.”

“I can tell you what it sounds like to me sometimes when I’m involved with the music and my head is spinning,” he continued. “It reminds me of a circus and a Christmas tree with a lot of lights.”

Because pianist Haas, unlike the other members, doesn’t live in New Orleans, Nolatet is a get-it-while-you can band though all concerned express their hope and intent to do much more in the future.

Just an aside – it’s great to have Dillon, who absolutely floored the crowd at last year’s performance of his New Orleans Punk Rock Percussion Consortium – back at Bayou Boogaloo. Hopefully, the Consortium, an amazing collection of rhythm masters will return next year or be booked somewhere else soon.

The Lowrider Band, which partly due to the presence of one-time Crescent City resident, drummer Harold Brown, feels almost like its from New Orleans. It’s also got that funk and street band attitude that music lovers here can really relate to. The last time the Lowriders performed in New Orleans was in 2009 at a benefit for the Save Charity Hospital organization. Now that’s awhile ago…

The band is, of course, made up of original members of the group War, including Brown, the great harmonica player Lee Oskar, guitarist Howard Scott and bassist B.B. Dickerson, who, because of health issues will be unable to perform with his fellow Lowriders. Due to a court order, nobody in the group is allowed to mention their participation in War in any promotional material or advertisements. Fortunately, these talents have been able to retain their rights to their compositions and receive royalties.

“Here’s how we say it,” Brown explained. “We are the original composers of and performers on ‘Why Can’t We Be Friends?,’ ‘The Cisco Kid,’ ‘The World is a Ghetto,’ and ‘All Day Music.’ All our friends know the Lowriders. Everybody knows exactly who we are.”

“When we come to play in New Orleans it’s like playing at home in our living room,” Brown once proclaimed. “You can drop all of your big shot attitudes. In New Orleans they want to know about your soul – your spirit. I tell people when they come into the city, to turn off the radio and roll down the windows.”

The socially conscious messages of tunes like Bob Marley’s “One Love” are much needed in today’s world. The Wailers keep that warmth, the much-loved classic songs and laid-back reggae riddims alive. Bassist Aston “Family Man” Barrett is the only member of the touring band that performed and recorded with the group that backed the late, legendary Bob Marley who influenced the world with the magic of his music and his pen. Barrett was the heartbeat of the rock steady beat, the sound that could be felt to one’s core. Reggae by the Bayou seems so right.

Our local stars like bassist George Porter & the Runnin’ Pardners (Sunday, 4 p.m.), the Queen of New Orleans Soul, Irma Thomas (Saturday, 5 p.m.) and zydeco go-getter, accordionist/vocalist Dwayne Dopsie (Friday, 6:15 p.m.) also bolster the impressive schedule.

Parents might want to bring their children to the Kids Stage on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. where Daria Dzurik, the leader/steel pan player/vocalist of Daria & The Hip Drops fame will hold a percussion workshop. With her talent, lively personality and big smile, Dzurik has the qualities to educate and entertain the whole family. She and the Hip Drops certainly caught the crowd at this year’s French Quarter Festival.

On Friday, the music schedule is abbreviated and begins in the evening on two stages starting at 5 p.m. The Wailers, which hit the stage at 7:45 p.m. close it down. On Saturday and Sunday the music gets going at 11 a.m. Naturally there are food and beverage vendors aplenty and arts and crafts booths from one end of the fest to the other.

One of the beauties of the festival remains its wonderful setting and just being able to sit along Bayou St. John and relax.

This article originally published in the May 16, 2016 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.

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LOCAL STORES HAVE WHAT YOU NEED

October 28, 2015 by Charlie London

Both Canseco’s and Terranova’s have all the Halloween candy and treats you need right here in Faubourg St. John! The stores are across the street from each other in the 3300 block of Esplanade in New Orleans.

John, the manager at Canseco's said, right now, they have the largest supply of Halloween candy they've ever had.
John, the manager at Canseco’s said, right now, they have the largest supply of Halloween candy they’ve ever had.
Terranova's has all kinds of treats for Halloween.
Terranova’s has all kinds of treats for Halloween.

Why Buy Locally Owned?

There are many well-documented benefits to our communities and to each of us to choosing local, independently owned businesses.

Think Local FIRST!

Top Ten reasons to Think Local – Buy Local – Be Local

  1. Buy Local — Support yourself: Several studies have shown that when you buy from an independent, locally owned business, rather than a nationally owned businesses, significantly more of your money is used to make purchases from other local businesses, service providers and farms — continuing to strengthen the economic base of the community.(Click here to see summaries of a variety of economic impact studies; these include case studies showing that locally-owned businesses generate a premium in enhanced economic impact to the community and our tax base.)
  2. Support community groups: Non-profit organizations receive an average 250% more support from smaller business owners than they do from large businesses.
  3. Keep our community unique: Where we shop, where we eat and have fun — all of it makes our community home. Our one-of-a-kind businesses are an integral part of the distinctive character of this place. Our tourism businesses also benefit.  “When people go on vacation they generally seek out destinations that offer them the sense of being someplace, not just anyplace.” ~ Richard Moe, President, National Historic Preservation Trust
  4. Reduce environmental impact: Locally owned businesses can make more local purchases requiring less transportation and generally set up shop in town or city centers as opposed to developing on the fringe. This generally means contributing less to sprawl, congestion, habitat loss and pollution.
  5. Create more good jobs: Small local businesses are the largest employer nationally and in our community, provide the most jobs to residents.
  6. Get better service: Local businesses often hire people with a better understanding of the products they are selling and take more time to get to know customers.
  7. Invest in community: Local businesses are owned by people who live in this community, are less likely to leave, and are more invested in the community’s future.
  8. Put your taxes to good use: Local businesses in town centers require comparatively little infrastructure investment and make more efficient use of public services as compared to nationally owned stores entering the community.
  9. Buy what you want, not what someone wants you to buy: A marketplace of tens of thousands of small businesses is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices over the long-term.  A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based not on a national sales plan but on their own interests and the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of product choices.
  10. Encourage local prosperity: A growing body of economic research shows that in an increasingly homogenized world, entrepreneurs and skilled workers are more likely to invest and settle in communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character.

Think local first + Buy local when you can = Being a local!

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Bastille Day in Faubourg St. John July 11th

June 25, 2015 by Charlie London

Lots of friendly folks came out to enjoy the Bastille Day Celebration in Faubourg St. John.
Lots of friendly folks came out to enjoy the Bastille Day Celebration in Faubourg St. John.
Marie Antoinette and New Orleans City Councilmember Susan Guidry at the Bastille Day Celebration in Faubourg St. John.
Marie Antoinette and New Orleans City Councilmember Susan Guidry at the Bastille Day Celebration in Faubourg St. John.

Bastille Day Celebration in Faubourg St. John!

Date Saturday July 11, 2015
Time 5:00PM – 9:30PM
Location 3100 block of Ponce de Leon, between North Lopez & Esplanade

Participants included Café Degas, Half Shell, Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association, Liuzza’s by the Tracks, Half Shell Bar and Grill, Nonna Mia, Fairgrinds Coffee, 1000 Figs, Pal’s Lounge, Santa Fe, and Swirl Wines.

Lots of friendly faces were at the Cafe Degas tent at the Bastille Day Celebration in Faubourg St. John.
Lots of friendly faces were at the Cafe Degas tent at the Bastille Day Celebration in Faubourg St. John.
Harmonouche at the Bastille Day Celebration in Faubourg St. John
Harmonouche at the Bastille Day Celebration in Faubourg St. John
Kid Merv at the Faubourg St. John Bastille Day Celebration.
Kid Merv at the Faubourg St. John Bastille Day Celebration.

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Bodacious on the Bayou

May 7, 2015 by Charlie London

The Bayou Boogaloo will take place on the banks of Bayou St. John May 15, 16 and 17, 2015.

photo by Susan Roth
photo by Susan Roth

Music, art, food and lots of fun.

It’s a bodacious party you don’t want to miss.

Get a daiquiri at the Bayou Daiquiris booth manned by your Faubourg St. John neighbors!

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The Bayou Boogaloo connects neighbors, neighborhoods, and businesses while celebrating the heritage, culture, and diversity of New Orleans.

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From NOLA.com:

Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo 2015

Admission: Free

Music: The 2015 Bayou Boogaloo will feature Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Express, hip-hop producer Mannie Fresh, the New Orleans Suspects, modern rock band Rotary Downs and scores of well-regarded New Orleans bands. For a complete, stage-by-stage schedule, see below.

Food: The 2015 festival hosts 26 food vendors, ranging from such noted restaurants as Boucherie, Praline Connection and Ralph’s on The Park to a contingent of well-known food truck purveyors: Crepes a la Carte and Woody’s Fish Tacos, among others.

Arts Market: The 2015 festival will showcase 64 area artists and craft workers in tented booths. Look for jewelry, hats, handmade soap, glass objects and much more.

Parking: Bayou Boogaloo is working with Deutsches Haus, 1700 Moss St., which is selling off site parking to festival visitors. A three-day parking pass is $25; daily parking is $10. Reservations are recommended and must be made online through the event website. Payment is through Eventbrite: Fees apply. One can also pay for parking at the gate on a first-come, first-served basis. Bayou Boogaloo will provide a free shuttle between the Deutsches Haus parking area and the festival grounds. Bayou Boogaloo is still seeking to confirm additional off-street parking at The Cannery, 3803 Toulouse St. Watch the festival website for details about hours, prices and purchase options.

2015 Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo Music Schedule:

FRIDAY, MAY 15

Positive Vibrations Stage (Orleans Avenue)

Dave Jordan & Neighborhood Improvement Association, 5 p.m.-6:10 p.m.

Mannie Fresh, 6:30 p.m.-7:20 p.m.

MotherShip Foundation Stage (Dumaine Street)

Pontchartrain Wrecks, 5 p.m.-6:15 p.m.

Alexandra Scott & Her Magical Band, 6:45 p.m.-8:15 p.m.

 

SATURDAY, MAY 16

Positive Vibrations Stage (Orleans Avenue)

Soul Creole, 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Wild Magnolias, 2:45 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Tony Hall & Friends, 5:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

New Orleans Suspects, 7:45 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.

MotherShip Foundation Stage (Dumaine Street)

 Ecirb Muller’s Twisted Dixie, 11 a.m – 12:05 p.m.

Davis Rogan, 12:35 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Pirates Choice, 2:15 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.

Funky Dawgz Brass Band, 3:55 p.m. – 5:05 p.m.

Yojimbo, 5:35 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

Kristin Diable, 7:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Abita Stage (Lafitte Street)

Bantam Foxes, 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Kevin Stylez, 1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Erica Falls, 4 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Woodenhead, 6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.

 

SUNDAY, MAY 17

Positive Vibrations Stage (Orleans Street)

Papa Mali, 12 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.

Mike Dillon’s Punk Rock Percussion Consortium, 2:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

101 Runners, 4:40 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.

Ivan Neville’s Dumstaphunk, 7 p.m – 8:30 p.m.

MotherShip Foundation Stage (Dumaine Street)

Chicago Children’s Choir, 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott, 12:45 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Chrisitan Serpas & Ghost Town, 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

N’awlins Johnny’s, 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Rotary Downs, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Abita Stage (Lafitte Street)

Bhakti Caravan, 11 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Kim Carson, 1:10 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

Colin Lake, 3:30 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.

To Be Continued Brass Band, 5:50 p.m. – 7 p.m.

 

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The official 2015 Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo Festival poster artist is Becky Fos. This is the official commissioned piece, now available for pre-order on www.TheBayouBoogaloo.com. Get that 10th annual poster now before they sell out!

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Bicycle Pub Crawl May 16th

  • 8:30 AM –  9:30 AM: REGISTRATION AT “THE BANKS STREET BAR & GRILL” 4401 BANKS ST
  • 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM: 2ND STOP. “LIUZZA’S BY THE TRACK” 1518 N LOPEZ ST
  • 10:35 AM – 11:20 AM: 3RD STOP. “PAGODA CAFE” 1430 N DORGENOIS ST
  • 11:25 AM – 12:10 PM: 4TH STOP. “OOH POO PAH DOO BAR” 1931 ORLEANS AVE
  • 12:15 PM –  1:00 PM. 5TH STOP. “THE BROAD THEATER” 636 N BROAD ST
  • 1:05 PM –  1:50 PM: 6TH STOP. “ZULU SOCIAL AID AND PLEASURE CLUB” 732 N BROAD ST
  • 2:00 PM: LAST STOP. “BAYOU BOOGALOO FESTIVAL“

Mid-City Volleyball Group is planning another outrageous bicycle pub crawl in association with the Bayou Boogaloo.  This is the seventh year of a Saturday morning pub crawl to get primed for the Bayou Boogaloo.  It’s a joint fundraiser for Mid-City Volleyball Group and the MotherShip Foundation with a suggested donation of $20.00.  You’ll have to buy your own drinks at most, but not all, stops, and you’ll get a little swag at one of the stops.  Please sign up for this fun-filled event at their website so they can get an accurate head count: www.midcityvolleyball.org.

 

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Everybody Loves Terranova’s

April 18, 2015 by Charlie London

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Terranova’s, family-owned supermarket in N.O, celebrates 4 generations

by Mimi Reed | Special to The Advocate on April 19, 2015

In this era of Costco and Sam’s, nobody expects a little family-owned grocery store to last into its fourth generation — not even the owners.

“What store exists for 90 years?” the unflappable Karen Terranova asked recently as she coaxed a neighborhood child to come behind the counter at Terranova’s Supermarket.

Between taking care of customers, she was trying to get the boy to wash his sticky hands in a bucket of water, kept in back of the cash register for just such a purpose. “Oh, come on now,” she said. “It’s clean water. I’ve got a nice towel.”

On Saturday, the compact grocery wedged onto the corner of Esplanade Avenue and Mystery Street since 1925 threw a party to celebrate its 90th anniversary. And what a party. More than 100 people showed up despite soaked grass, mud and rain. John Boutte hushed the crowd when he sang “Stand by Me” with backup from the Iguanas. Walter “Wolfman” Washington and his band had kids dancing in the mud. As it happens, all of the musicians are Terranova’s shoppers, and they all simply volunteered.

“They’re wonderful, hard-working people, the Terranovas,” Boutte explained.
Po-boys of grilled sausage and red gravy and icy beer kept everyone fed.
The event wasn’t publicized except by word of mouth because Karen didn’t want a mob scene — she just wanted to thank her customers, many of them longtime Bayou St. John residents.

Of the numerous family-run small groceries that once dotted the face of New Orleans, Terranova’s is a rare survivor. Karen, 56, and her husband Benny Terranova, 61, inherited the place from his mother and father, Lorraine and the late Anthony Terranova, who inherited it from his father and mother, Benjamin and Lena Terranova — who came from Contessa Entellina, Sicily, and was transported to New Orleans for her marriage. Karen and Benny now run the store with their son, Anthony, 31, and his wife, Jennifer, 31, who married into the clan seven years ago and has worked there since.

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To say they are a close family doesn’t do this group justice. “I tell everybody I’ve been married 94 years. I double mine,” said Karen, who grew up down the street above CC’s Coffee and who, long before her marriage, was Benny’s sister’s best childhood friend. “Because if you go to work every day with your husband, it’s literally the truth.”

‘It’s the sausages’
90T9sausageAsk the four Terranovas to explain the store’s longevity and they’ll all say the same thing. “It’s the sausages and all,” said Benny, who learned butchering from his father and has taught the craft to his son. Two or three times a week, Benny and Anthony make the store’s legendary fresh sausages, stuffed pork chops, muffalettas, hogshead cheese and chicken stuffed with artichoke dressing, among other recipes invented and handed down from Benny’s father and grandfather. They still wrap most everything in thick, waxy butcher paper, taping it up snugly. If someone isn’t a regular, they’ll write cooking instructions right on the paper.

Boutte still shows up at the meat counter three or four times a week despite his recent move to Lacombe. “What’s that Creole paté? Yeah, baby — hogshead cheese! It’s better than foie gras,” said Boutte, ever charismatic. “My mother loves it. I know she ain’t supposed to have much of it, but she smiles when I bring it home. She’ll put it in grits or on crackers.”

Vic Bush, a psychiatrist and disc jockey, used to live in the neighborhood on Grand Route St. John. (“Not too many of us psychiatrist/DJs out there,” he conceded). In his new home city, Lafayette, first-rate Cajun stuffed chickens, sausages and boudins are sold all over town. But he still drives back to Terranova’s regularly for green onion sausage and the rest of Benny’s and Anthony’s creations. On Saturday, he came back not only to stock up but also to DJ at the party. Terranova’s, he said, is not only in his blood. “It’s in my cholesterol.”

The store’s other secret weapon is its endearing atmosphere, one part “Moonstruck” and three parts purest New Orleans neighborliness. Terranova’s is the place to go if you want to experience what the world was like before money turned into plastic and commerce became anonymous.

Housed in an ordinary green cinderblock building with a scrap of a red tile roof, it has painted concrete planters out front lush with rosemary, oregano and basil for customers to pick on their way out. Homemade signs decorate the door: Adorable Asparagus. Prissy Pineapple. Bodacious Beets.

Inside, speckled terrazzo floors are well worn, and wood-paneled walls are evocative of basement recreation rooms from the 1950s. An old cigar box on the counter holds slips of scratch paper for whoever needs it. Shoehorned into 1,680 square feet are four aisles, a wall of refrigerator and freezer cases, and an old-school butcher counter.

‘Make that person smile’
But it’s plenty enough to attract customers who walk in all day long with canes, walkers, strollers, babies in arms, backpacks and rest of their lives in tow. They come in to buy milk, meat, bananas and vodka but also to talk about their most recent surgery, the cheese sauce recipe Karen gave them and who in the family raved about it, or whether the new dating website they joined is any good. “Bring him to the party,” Jennifer said last week to one of her customers who was dating someone new. “We’ll check him out.”

guidry-terranovas2015apr18Whether it’s a local luminary, a jockey or trainer from the nearby Fair Grounds or a nameless disheveled fellow who shuffles in for a pint of Early Times and a can of Coke, Karen treats everyone similarly.
“Your most important mission,” she said, “is to make that person smile before they leave. You want to lighten their day.”

Yet she’s not a pushover. Children are sometimes cut off if they buy too much candy. If they skip school and dare to come in the grocery, their parents get a phone call. “Karen watches over them like a mother,” Boutte said.

“To me, it’s a hive,” said Erin Peacock, owner of Lux, a salon and spa on nearby Ponce de Leon Street. “You find out everything that’s going on. Oftentimes, there’s a child under the age of 6 working the cash register on Karen’s hip. And it’s always like a comedy routine. If I go in too early, Karen always razzes me: ‘Oh, well, I see someone’s living the life of Riley, leaving work at 5:30.’ Every time, I ask Anthony how he’s doing, and he says something like ‘STU-pendous.’ The next day he always has to come up with a new adjective, better than yesterday’s.”

When pianist A.J. Loria ambled in last week in his yellow plastic clogs, unshaven and in need of cigarettes, Jennifer was working the register and introduced him to a bystander as “my future ex-husband.” Anthony pretended to accidentally ram into him with a large box of eggs, which he then laid down on the counter. “I’m going to play ‘Oh Terranova’ at the party,” Loria said playfully while clucking into the egg box and sliding coins at Jennifer across a worn patch of Formica. ”A new song. You’re in it, baby.”

‘I was so overwhelmed’
So it goes, warmly and with brio, all day long. Those who get closer come to learn that the Terranovas are also supportive and generous beyond anyone’s expectations. When Peacock’s then-husband was in a serious motorcycle accident and spent three months in the hospital, she handed over her business to a friend so she could be with him. One December day, she was in her salon, and Karen walked in. She had an envelope in her hand,” Peacock said. “She said, ‘Every year, we collect a certain amount of money and give it to someone in the neighborhood who needs it.’ It was a stunning amount of cash, a 30-pound turkey and a Visa gift card. I was so overwhelmed.”

If the Terranovas know something about being exemplary neighbors, perhaps it’s because this clan has spent its entire American existence on a piece of ground a few blocks square. Benny’s mother, Lorraine, soon to be 90, lives upstairs from Terranova’s in the apartment where Benny grew up. “They take wonderful care of me,” Lorraine said of her family. “All I have to do is mention something I want, and they get it.” Lorraine’s husband, Anthony, who spent most of his hours behind the butcher counter, died in 2007.

“I have never in my whole life seen as many people at a funeral as his,” Karen said.

“He thought he was only a little old butcher,” Lorraine said. “He had no idea. But he was well-liked by everybody.” At Anthony’s wildly crowded wake at Holy Rosary Church on Moss Street, the line of mourners had to be prematurely cut off so Father Bob Massett could finally say Mass. Afterward, the hearse glided by Terranova’s on its way to the cemetery. “He made one last pass. It was really quite emotional,” Karen said.

If Anthony and Jennifer stand on the back porch of the new home they just built a few streets down, they can see the back of his tomb in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3. His presence is still felt in the shop, too. Besides being a butcher and grocer, Anthony was a woodworker, and Benny keeps his smooth, amber-colored picture frames and a large wooden swan planter he made near the butcher counter.

‘Mothers were possessed’
Clustered on a wall, the frames hold photographs of babies from the neighborhood — a Terranova’s tradition launched when a customer worried that his infant daughter, Lila, wasn’t getting enough nutrition from breast-feeding. The man started coming in to weigh her on the meat scale before and after feedings every day. Anthony photographed Lila, and soon other mothers wanted their babies to be immortalized on the baby wall. “Some mothers were possessed,” Benny remembered. “They had to get their babies’ pictures up. They dolled them all up.”

Now a poised 14-year-old attending Benjamin Franklin, Lila Thaller, the first baby on the wall, showed up at the party with her dad. “Before she could see over the counter, she used to charge candy there,” Matt Thaller recalled.

Asked if he dreams about retirement, Benny said, “Not really. You waste your life thinking about retirement.” Working from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. six days a week is just the way he grew up, he said.

And he’s always liked it in the store. Until Katrina destroyed it, there used to be a framed photograph of Benny at age 5, wearing an apron and sweeping the grocery’s floor with a tiny broom.

Though the store lost all of its perishables during Katrina and the family had to clean every inch of the place while wearing masks slicked with Vick’s VapoRub, Terranova’s was one of the first groceries in the area to reopen after the storm, and it stayed open seven days a week for months.

“The hardest thing the first generation had to face was the Great Depression,” Karen said. “The second generation had to withstand the fact that a state-of-the-art A&P opened across the street. And the hardest thing Benny and I ever dealt with was Katrina.”

‘You have to earn it’
As for the fourth generation, the fact that it exists at all is a phenomenon almost unheard of, according to business analysts, who estimate that only 3 percent of family businesses survive to that stage. Nevertheless, Anthony and Jennifer appear content and admirably poised to take over someday.

People in the neighborhood still remember watching Anthony grow up. As a child, he rode his bike everywhere, hunting for frogs and sneaking scraps of meat from his father’s butcher case to feed an alligator that hung out under one of the Bayou St. John bridges. Now, finally, he knows the fabled green onion sausage recipe, which his father kept secret from him until just after the storm. “You have to earn it,” Benny said. “I had to earn it from my father.”

Peacock, for one, takes solace from the family’s stability, not to mention her luck in living and working near their store. “It’s one of the most loving environments in New Orleans,” she said. “Every place else is so suburban and big. There are times when I don’t make it to Terranova’s before closing, and on those nights, I have to evaluate how badly I really want the item I thought I needed.”

Article published in The Advocate April 19, 2015
http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/news/12134995-123/family-owned-grocery-celebrates-90-years

Photos by Charlie London except as noted

90years-ad1Roni Eilene Cooper wrote this on Facebook after photos of the celebration to honor the Terranova’s were posted there.

Please tell these wonderful people that they are responsible for saving my life right after Katrina when I moved into the best neighborhood I’ve ever known…Faubourg St. John.

It was a neighborhood that truly and wholly embodied exactly what the operational definition of that word should be.terranova90bottle But, it was Terranova’s a place that welcomed this displaced stranger who often could barely make it through the front doors and the equally amazing DeBlanc’s Pharmacy that allowed me to make it through the most devastating years of my life. I cannot thank you all enough. terranovas-award_CharlieLondon-web

I was forced to leave my beloved neighborhood in 2011 and not a day goes by that I don’t conjure up memories of the many acts of extreme kindness I was on the receiving end of when I lived there. Bless you all.

Bless you Terranova’s and everyone working there AND shopping there from March 2006 to October 2011. You wouldn’t remember me, leaning on a cane with IV tubes hanging out of my arm…but I remember all of you and I’ll never forget you. Terranova90cake

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Terranova Brothers Superette | 3308 Esplanade Avenue

In the video above, Tom Fitzmorris interviews Karen and Bennie Terranova.
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Article by Ian McNulty

Terranova’s Supermarket isn’t well known as a place to pick up a sandwich, and that’s fine with Benjamin “Benny” Terranova and his wife Karen, who run the Faubourg St. John grocery and meat market along with their son Anthony and his wife Jennifer. After all, the shop sells only muffulettas and only has them at all on Saturdays, when Benny comes in at 4 a.m. to slice the meats and ladle the olive salad. He makes 10, which he cuts in half, wraps in plastic and stacks by the cash register in front and along the butcher counter in back. It means an early start to a long day at the grocery for what amounts to the possibility of only 20 sandwich sales. But there’s more going on here than simple math.

“This was my late father-in-law’s idea. Eighty years old and he always wanted to do new things,” says Karen, referring to Anthony Terranova Sr., who died last year. “Now we have to keep doing it or else I’m afraid he’ll come back and haunt us.”

Terranova’s Supermarket has been in business on Esplanade Avenue since 1925. Anthony Sr.’s father opened it in the building next door, which now houses the Spanish restaurant Lola’s, and he moved it during the Great Depression to its current location. Benny grew up in the apartment upstairs from the store, and his mother Lorraine still resides there.

To compete with much larger grocery stores, including the various markets that have occupied the spot just across Esplanade Avenue for many years, Terranova’s cannot afford old-fashioned practices. But there is a family devotion that is essential to the place. It explains why a token supply of muffulettas materializes on the butcher counter, altar-like, each Saturday. And it helps explain why this is the neighborhood market for many people who live nowhere near the neighborhood.

The family food traditions of Terranova’s have become the traditions of its customers, and that’s never more evident than during the run-up to the holidays when so much attention turns to the kitchen. For many, Terranova means roasts crammed with artichoke dressing, stuffed pork chops, T-bone steaks and calves’ livers arrayed with reverential order and care on sheets of green butcher paper. But most of all, for those in the know, the word Terranova is so synonymous with great sausage that it might as well be the English translation of the Sicilian family’s name.

Long before he convinced Benny to take on the early-morning muffuletta shift, Anthony Sr. passed down a hands-on inheritance of sausage-making. His sausages include Italian, redolent with fennel; hot, seething with garlic; and green onion, sweet and herbaceous.

“I got broken in to this place by the sausage, now I’m hooked,” says Darryl Geraci, a regular customer who was visiting one recent morning.

On this particular day, Geraci clears out the shop’s entire sausage selection in one fell swoop, and that still is not enough. He’ll be back for more in the afternoon, he says, after Benny and Anthony have a chance to restock.

Terranova’s maintains a small inventory of everything. Karen attributes that to the financial imperative to run out rather than throw out. It also means perishables are especially fresh, and this applies to sausage as well as satsumas and parsley.

So no sooner has Geraci toted all the sausage out the door than Benny and Anthony start another batch. The sausage begins as slabs of raw pork, which they bone, cut and grind in-house. Benny is in charge of the seasoning, and the composition is a secret he keeps not only from curious customers but also from his son. Anthony, 25, has worked in the store since he was a kid, but he is still kept in the dark about the essential recipes of the family business.

“You got to be ready for that,” Benny explains. “You can’t just throw things in there, modify them, because this is our calling card, people know us for this.
“You’ve got to earn it,” Benny says quietly, before switching the conversation, with no discernable segue, to his ongoing complaint that Anthony has no children yet. “He’d rather get another dog,” the father says, eyes rolling.

Benny operates a machine that uses water pressure to push the filling into casings. Anthony twirls the coiled length to create links, which he packs into trays for the display case, where another regular turns up just in time to find a freshly stocked butcher counter.

At the front register, Karen points out customers who first came to the store in school uniforms years back and now bring in their own children. She grew up just a few blocks away and remembers shopping here as a child, long before she met her future husband and joined the family.

“We’re making a living, but it’s more than that,” Karen says. ‘You see people come in looking upset, worried. And when they leave, they’re smiling just because I guess people were nice to them, treated them like people. It’s like you’re putting something else in their bag besides the groceries.”

Terranova Brothers Superette | 3308 Esplanade Avenue | New Orleans
Phone: 504-482-4131

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Photos below by Chris Waddington


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A Little Food History

October 26, 2014 by Charlie London

New Orleans Food History

By University of New Orleans

History of many of the classic foods of New Orleans, especially its street & working class foods.

Locations for Tour

1. Praline or “Pecan Candy” Vendors

Pralines are thought to have originated in seventeenth-century France when the chef of César, duc de Choiseul, Comte du Plessis-Praslin coated almonds with sugar. While sugared nuts were already enjoyed throughout the world, the candy termed…

2. Street Food Vendors

Food vendors made their way into every neighborhood of the city. Interviews recorded by filmmaker Karen Snyder with elderly New Orleanians in the early 1980s captured stories of commercial life on the city streets in the 1910s and 20s. Over-ripe…

3. Muffaletta Sandwich

The muffaletta is one of New Orleans’ most iconic and identifiable dishes. Made on large rounds of sesame bread and layered with olive salad, genoa salami, ham, mortadella, provolone and Swiss cheese, the muffaletta is clearly Italian in spirit and…

4. Po-Boy Sandwich, Martin Brothers

As with many culinary innovations, the poor boy or po-boy sandwich has attracted many legends regarding its origins. However, documentary evidence confirms that stories about one particular restaurant were right. Bennie and Clovis Martin left…

5. Margaret’s Steam and Mechanical Bakery

Margaret Haughery entered the baking business after lending a friend a few hundred dollars to start a bakery. His business did not go well, and she took over the bakery in order to save her investment. Her baked goods were soon known throughout New…

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Kitchen Produces Liberty

October 8, 2014 by Charlie London

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CRESCENT PIE & SAUSAGE CO.

Liberty’s Kitchen proudly announces a new partnership with Crescent Pie & Sausage Company for
Pop-Up Sunday Brunch at our new location –
300 N. Broad St. next to Whole Foods Market.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

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Join Chef Bart and Chef Jeff of Crescent Pie & Sausage Company for our first Pop-Up Brunch Series from 9 am – 2 pm on the following dates:

October 12 
(this weekend!)
November 2
November 23
December 14

Enjoy the autumn weather on our beautiful patio and feast on Louisiana Gulf Shrimp & Grits, Huevos Rancheros,
Smoked Brisket Hash, Market Fresh Veggie Omelets,
and much more!

A portion of all proceeds will benefit Liberty’s Kitchen. No reservations necessary.
For more information, please contact [email protected] or 504-822-4011.

Get Your Liberty on Saturdays, too!

Liberty’s Kitchen is now open EVERY Saturday from 9 am to 2 pm, serving tasty breakfast sandwiches, quiche, pastries, and Starbucks coffee drinks.

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Tallulah’s Grand Opening

September 1, 2014 by Charlie London

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Saturday, September 27th, Tallulah’s will be hosting their Grand Opening party at 6pm. Free Red Beans and Rice. Music, refreshments, boiled peanuts will be provided and the grill will be rolling. Please come out and celebrate the Grand Opening of Tallulah’s on Saturday, September 27th.

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Below is one of Tallulah’s menu items.
Click on the photo to learn more.


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Comiskey Park to Host Mid-City Art Market Sept 20th

August 24, 2014 by Charlie London

by Charlie London | photos supplied by Mid City Art Market

Comiskey Park is located on Jefferson Davis Parkway near Tulane Avenue. On Saturday, September 20th, Comiskey Park will host all manner of artistic endeavors when the Mid City Art Market begins at NOON and runs until 5 p.m. at 600 South Jefferson Davis Parkway at D’Hemecourt.

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jamaican-trucknola-girl-food-truckNot only will there be art and sculpture but, the creative juices will also be flowing from the food trucks nearby. Johnny’s Jamican Grill and Nola Girl Food Trucks will be on hand to display their awesome entrees and feed the hungry participants.

maggie-belleIf that isn’t enough for you to mark the Mid-City Art Market on your calendar, consider that Maggie Belle will also be there to entertain you with her musical awesomeness.

Over 30 artists will be at the Mid-City Art Market on Saturday, September 20th from noon to 5 p.m. at 600 South Jefferson Davis Parkway in New Orleans. Looking for more information or want to be a vendor? Write to [email protected].

A sample of the work of a few of the many artists that will be in Comiskey Park on September 20th is below. Click on any photo for more:

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Click on any of the artists in the list below for more information about them. This is a list of just a few of the many artists so far in no particular order. Look for more soon!

Gamache Designs
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Heathergreyart
Lasdesigns
jembeadart
Peter McInerny Murphy
Cowden’s Collection and Cowden’s Bee Sweet Honey
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Whiskey Blues Upcycle
orleans originals
Rustik NOLA
Fig Party
Lizano’s Glass Haus, Inc.
CMk Pottery
Ju Ju Joint Venture
Carnival Sculpture
MJM Images
Mid City Mod
stanleys custom creations
madd darling
Still Waters Jewelry
Art By Crystale
Jeffinetly Studios/ Studio K
la la land art
pieces and patterns
Awesome-Ness Creations
Shae Shea
Jill Hruska Art
Light World
Joshua Lee Studio
Gaylia Wagner Design
Painted Soul Productions
Kristen Seneca
Mary Moises
Jeffrey Cappell
Stacey Kerry

 


Over 30 artists will be at the Mid-City Art Market on Saturday, September 20th from noon to 5 p.m. at 600 South Jefferson Davis Parkway in New Orleans. Looking for more information or want to be a vendor? Write to [email protected].

The art by Judy DiGeorge pictured below will be available at the
Mid City Art Market on September 20th.

 

 

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LOCAL FOODS LOCAL PLACES

June 17, 2014 by Charlie London

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food-farm-networkCommunities are invited to apply for assistance from Local Foods, Local Places, a new program supported by EPA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), and the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) to help create more livable places by promoting local foods. Together, the agencies are investing $650,000 in the Local Foods, Local Places program, which aims to:

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  • Boost economic opportunities for local farmers and businesses, and foster entrepreneurship;
    · Improve access to healthy local food, particularly among disadvantaged groups with limited access to fresh fruits and vegetables; and
    Broad-Community-Connections-Logo· Revitalize downtowns, main street districts, and traditional neighborhoods by supporting farmers’ markets, food hubs, community gardens, community kitchens, and other kinds of local food enterprises, and by providing people with affordable choices for accessing those amenities, such as walking, biking, or taking transit.

GrowDat-logoLocal Foods, Local Places will provide direct technical support to selected communities to help them develop and implement action plans promoting local food and downtown revitalization. Special consideration will be given to communities that are in the early stages of developing or restoring local food enterprises and creating economically vibrant communities. Selected communities in Appalachia and the Delta region will be eligible to receive financial assistance to help them implement those plans.

hollygroveLocal Foods, Local Places builds on the ARC-EPA-USDA Livable Communities in Appalachia partnership, which works to promote economic development, preserve rural lands, and increase access to locally grown food in Appalachian towns and rural communities.

Eligibility

smart-growthCommunities anywhere in the United States are eligible to apply. Particular consideration will be given to communities in the following places:
· Areas served by the Appalachian Regional Commission in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

  • Areas served by the Delta Regional Authority in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
  • Federally designated Promise Zones in the Choctaw Nation region of Southeast Oklahoma; Los Angeles, California; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Antonio, Texas; and Southeastern Kentucky.
  • USDA-designated StrikeForce counties in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.

How to Apply

26447en_USI_QuestionMarkCommunities are invited to submit a letter of interest of no more than two pages that describes the community’s needs and goals related to local food and the revitalization of downtowns and traditional neighborhoods. The letter should indicate a primary point of contact and other members of the community or organizations that would participate in the technical assistance process. Communities are strongly encouraged to seek the support of their local development district or regional development organization, or, alternatively, a local community college or university, and to indicate this partner organization in their letter of interest. Letters of interest may be submitted by any community representative, including representatives of local government and nongovernmental organizations.

Applicants will be evaluated on their commitment to USDA’s Seven Strategies for Economic Development and the HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities’ Livability Principles, as well as their potential for success in:

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  • Producing and distributing healthy local food;
    · Creating economic opportunities for local farmers and businesses;
    · Expanding access to healthy foods among disadvantaged members of the community;
    · Revitalizing existing downtowns, main streets, and neighborhoods; and
    · Partnering with local agricultural producers, business, government, transportation, education, and other relevant organizations.

Submit letters of interest by email to Ed Fendley at [email protected] by July 15, 2014. Please include “Local Foods, Local Places” and the name of the community in the subject line of the email.

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Washington, D.C., June 9, 2014 — Today, on behalf of the White House Rural Council, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Local Food, Local Places, a federal initiative that will provide direct technical support to rural communities to help them build strong local food systems as part of their community’s economic action plans. Under this effort, a team of agricultural, transportation, environmental, and regional economic experts will work directly with local communities to develop comprehensive strategies that use local food systems to meet a variety of needs.

The announcement, made during the White House Rural Council’s first live-streamed meeting, included Vilsack, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe, Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chairman Earl Gohl; and Delta Regional Authority Federal Co-Chairman Chris Masingill.

harambee“Buying locally is one of the best things a community can do to grow its economy. Partnerships like Local Food, Local Places help rural leaders develop strategies for promoting farm products grown by people right in their own communities,” said Secretary Vilsack. “The demand for local food is growing rapidly nationwide, creating more opportunities for American farmers and ranchers and growing the entire country’s rural economy.”

“The Department of Transportation recognizes that freight is a concern for rural regions, which is why though our Partnership for Sustainable Communities and TIGER grant program we support freight movement in farm communities,” said Secretary Foxx. “DOT is proud to take part in the Local Food, Local Places initiative and to support community food enterprises and make it easier for people to access those amenities with affordable, multimodal transportation options.”

“EPA is excited to work with USDA, the Department of Transportation, the Appalachian Regional Commission, and the Delta Regional Authority on the new Local Foods Local Places program, which will help communities-especially rural ones-focus development on main streets to boost local economies, preserve rural lands, and give residents better access to healthy food,” said EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe.

“Across Appalachia, communities are discovering the valuable role that vibrant local food systems can play in diversifying their economies,” stated ARC Federal Co-Chairman Earl F. Gohl.” Investments in local food systems can pay big dividends in creating a stronger economy and a healthier population, and the Local Food, Local Places initiative will help rural Appalachian communities devise the strategies that energize local economic development and create the jobs that go with it.”

“As a region with a rich economic and cultural history centered on agriculture, we recognize nutrition, local food systems, and value chains as a critical driver towards our goals of creating a healthier workforce, strengthening our local economies, and building sustainable communities. We are proud to be a partner in this effort to grow capacity for food systems in the Delta region and across the country,” Chairman Masingill said.

During the White House Rural Council event, Secretary Vilsack also announced updated results from the USDA Farm to School Census, illustrating the indicating continued economic impact of local food procurement around the country. According to the updated Farm to School Census, U.S. school districts around the country purchased more than $386 million from local farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and food processors and manufacturers during the 2011-2012 school year. More than half of participating school districts report that they will buy even more local foods in future school years, and an additional 13% have plans to implement local food purchasing in the future. Results from the Farm to School Census are available at the national, state, and school district level data and in a visually rich and easy to navigate format. In keeping with the Administration’s emphasis on transparency and access to data, all farm to school data is available on www.data.gov and on the Farm to School Census website.

These efforts are part of USDA’s commitment to support local and regional food systems. USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Initiative coordinates the Department’s policy, resources, and outreach efforts related to local and regional food systems. The Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass maps nearly 3,000 local and regional food projects supported by USDA and eleven other federal agencies. Secretary Vilsack has identified strengthening local food systems as one of the four pillars of USDA’s commitment to rural economic development, along with production agriculture (including expanding export markets and improving research), promoting conservation and outdoor recreation opportunities, and growing the biobased economy.

About the White House Rural Council

To address challenges in Rural America, build on the Administration’s rural economic strategy, and improve the implementation of that strategy, the President signed an Executive Order establishing the White House Rural Council. The Council coordinates the Administration’s efforts in rural America by streamlining and improving the effectiveness of federal programs serving rural America; engage stakeholders, including farmers, ranchers, and local citizens, on issues and solutions in rural communities; and promoting and coordinating private-sector partnerships. The work of the White House Rural Council and USDA to bring investment to rural America is an example of how the Administration is creating smart partnerships with the private sector to better support Americans in all parts of the country.
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Two Guys and a Wok

May 18, 2014 by Charlie London

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Two local chefs are having a pop-up at Pal’s Lounge starting at 6 pm tonight.

Look for them at 949 North Rendon at 6 pm


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THE ORIGINAL VOODOO ON THE BAYOU

October 23, 2013 by Charlie London

VOODOO ON THE BAYOU

by Tom Fitzmorris

Long before the Voodoo Festival in City Park took over the Halloween weekend, the Faubourg St John Neighborhood Association held its annual fundraising party–also Halloween weekend, also with a voodoo theme, also near City Park. Instead of loud music, however, the theme is food. (Although there’s music, too.) The location is right: The Pitot House, one of the city’s oldest houses, on Bayou St. John in the bend across from City Park. It was the home of James Pitot, the first mayor of New Orleans.

The party starts at eight-thirty this Saturday, October 26 and goes until midnight, with all the essential makings of a fun evening: live music, open bar, and food. What food? From these esteemed culinarians, most of which are from the neighborhood:

Aunt Sally’s Pralines | Brocato’s | Cafe Degas | Commander’s Palace | Deutsches Haus | Fairgrinds Coffeehouse | Fair Grounds | Fellini’s Café | Katie’s Restaurant Liuzza’s By the Track | Lola’s Restaurant | Mona’s Café | New Orleans Tomato Co. Nonna Mia | Parkway Bakery | Ralph’s on the Park | Rouse’s Supermarket | Ruby Slipper Café | Santa Fe Restaurant | Terranova’s Superette | Toups Meatery


The tickets are available in advance for $50 online (https://fsjna.org) or at these merchants:

Terranova Supermarket, 3308 Esplanade Ave
Swirl Wine, 3143 Ponce de Leon

Tickets are also at the door for $60. The money goes toward the continuing improvement of that historic neighborhood and the Pitot House itself, which is a real gem. Faubourg St. John’s projects include the ReBridge Project, Desmare Playground, and the Bayou Children’s Halloween event.

 

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Angelo Brocato Italian Desserts will provide MINI CANOLI and ITALIAN COOKIES
Aunt Sally’s will provide PRALINETTES.
Cafe Degas will provide POULET BASQUAISE
Commander’s Palace will provide GRILLADES and GRITS
Deutsches Haus will provide BRATWURST and KRAUT
Fairgrinds will provide COFFEE
Fair Grounds will provide JAMBALAYA
Fellini’s Cafe will provide HUMMUS and PITA BREAD
Katie’s will provide CHICKEN FETTUCCINI with BUCKTOWN ALFREDO
Lola’s will provide PAELLA (vegetarian and seafood)
Mona’s will provide DOLMAS (vegetarian and meat)
Nonna Mia will provide DIVINE PORTABELLA
Ralph’s on the Park will provide SESAME SEARED TUNA with GINGER CHILI SOY SAUCE
Ruby Slipper will provide BREAD PUDDING
New Orleans Tomato Company will provide TOMATO BASIL SOUP
Santa Fe will provide SALPICON de MARISCOS (tortilla soup) and SEAFOOD SALAD with ORGANIC GREENS
Terranova’s will provide ITALIAN SAUSAGE
Toups Meatery will provide CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE GUMBO

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