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Chef Nealy Frentz, LOLA Restaurant Covington, Louisiana Located in Covington's historic train depot, LOLA Restaurant features gourmet soups, salads and sandwiches for lunch and upscale Southern cuisine for dinner. Owners, and husband-and-wife duo, Chefs Kieth and Nealy Frentz have been preparing…
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Shannon Stansbury’s goal with a holiday cocktail is to catch imbibers by surprise. The charismatic Stansbury entertained guests at the Cypress Bar at the Southern Hotel in Covington, Louisiana before assuming his role as Operations Manager. He shares one of his favorite recipes with us. “While…
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The Cosmopolitan began life as a passable drink, was refined into a bright and sublime cocktail, then turned into an abomination by the excess of the late ‘80s/early ‘90s. Late century dramadies be damned, I think it’s time to take a fond look back on the Cosmo and embrace it as a wonderful classic…
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Chef Luke Hidalgo's Hambone Baby Root Stuffing Formerly in Old Mandeville a few blocks from Lake Pontchartrain on Girod St., was Hambone, a quaint restaurant that featured tasty comfort food under its red roof and cottage-like surroundings. The owners, Chef Luke Hidalgo and his wife, Marci, both…
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The 2020 King of Louisiana Seafood, Chef Robert Vasquez draws on his vast restaurant, catering, and retail experience to bring a fresh culinary experience to the Louisiana Northshore at Forks and Corks in Covington. The reason he has so much love and respect for Louisiana seafood is the simplicity…
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