By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Profile
Jul 31st, 2023
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article by Meredith McKinniephotography by Troy Blendell Growing up in the South while in a Pakistani-American household informs Nadia Elahi’s perspective. Through that juxtaposition, Nadia shares her life experiences and social commentary in the blog Pakistani Southern Belle. Story Mill Entertainmen...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Eats
Jul 31st, 2023
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article by VANELIS RIVERAphotography by KELLY MOORE CLARK Adjacent to U.S. Route 165, tucked by Century Village Blvd, POUR by Char 19 is offering an extensive selection of premium wines, cocktails, and dining options at an upscale venue with relaxed overtones. TWO YEARS AGO, a beloved restaurant know...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Artist
Jul 31st, 2023
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article by Starla Gatsonphotography by Kelly Moore Clark If you asked JaCera François how she felt about moving back home to Ouachita parish after graduating college, she would probably tell you she wasn’t so sure about it. But now, four years later, the Monroe native believes she...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Health
Jul 31st, 2023
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article by Shannon Dahlum, FDN-P I love the idea of having a backyard vegetable garden where I can pick vine ripened tomatoes, crisp cucumbers and colorful peppers to eat all summer long. Every spring, I plant seeds and have the best intentions of tending to my modest patch of dirt, but somewher...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Icon
Jul 31st, 2023
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It takes a very special person to work in the hospitality industry. The hours are long, the challenges are many, but for some, it is the perfect vocation. Jan Mason, co-owner and proprietress of Warehouse No. 1, is one of those special people who seems to have been born for the job. Her restaurant ha...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Profile
Jul 31st, 2023
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article by Nils Borquistphotography by Kelly Moore Clark After years of concerns that led to discouragement regarding the actual nutrition of the food they and their children were consuming, Matt and Marylane Miletello, proprietors of Miletello Family Farms, began utilizing more of their own lawn for...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Jun 30th, 2023
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review by MEREDITH MCKINNIE “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” Viktor Frankl’s groundbreaking book, originally published in 1959, details his experience as a prisoner of war during World War II, his post-war development of a school of psychother...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Pages
Jun 30th, 2023
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review by MEREDITH MCKINNIE “Among many enumerated rights that the government cannot abridge, the right to vote remained conspicuously absent and remains so to this day.” In Lichtman’s book centered on the history of voting rights in America, the most surprising revelation is the book’s premise...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Health
Jun 30th, 2023
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by SHANNON DAHLUM, FDN-P It was once believed that only those with full blown diabetes needed to be concerned about their glucose levels, but we now know that even healthy individuals can experience damaging spikes in blood sugar. Studies have shown that sharp rises and falls in glucose have mo...
By Nathan Coker
In Bayou Outdoors
Jun 30th, 2023
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article by Dan Chasonphotographs courtesy of Bill Petrus Of all the game fish pursued across the country one of the most common caught species is the catfish. There are many strains of this fish found in our area with the most common being the channel cat, blue cat, yellow or mud cat and the Ap...
