Tag: New Orleans

Kelly Sutton Host, Today in Nashville on WSMV News 4 Nashville, Tennessee"My husband, daughter, and I either play tourist in downtown Nashville or visit Cheekwood Estate & Gardens. It's a beautiful historic mansion and botanical garden...

Have you ever tried to make a roux? It sounds easy. Just combine equal parts lard and flour over heat. But it is not easy. I've been stirring twenty minutes, and it's still not the rich, reddish-brown color it's supposed to be.

“We’re a city that knows how to throw a party,” says New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu. He would know: A native of the Big Easy, he’s had his share of fun at the town’s famed festivals and parades.

At this year-old, 234-room hotspot in New Orleans’s burgeoning Warehouse District, God is in the details.

Five one-of-a-kind Southern hostels for budgeting travelers.

Now is the time to indulge in New Orleans's booming restaurant scene. If you're planning an easy weekend trip from Atlanta, here's what to eat, where to stay, and where to take in some culture.

Book a frightful night at these haunted hotels.

Many of Lafitte’s incredibly detailed works depict New Orleans’s celebrated high school marching bands, which all but disappeared in the years after the storm. His Atlanta Contemporary show features 30 18-by-24-inch drawings, which fit together to present one massive band, with smaller pieces below and above.

Welcome to Tremé: the historical neighborhood where the seeds of New Orleans’s culture were sown more than 200 years ago—and where those roots held fast through Hurricane Katrina, anchoring the city during a decade of rebuilding.

An idiosyncratic mélange of Native American, African, French, and Spanish cultures, New Orleans venerates voodoo queens, jazz musicians, and enterprising chefs. The defining civic characteristic: resilience.