Magazine

January 7, 2011 Like 0 John Lehndorff

As we head into 2011, I glance over my shoulder at a remarkable year of food in the North Metro area. Farm-to-table dinners became commonplace as farmer’s markets inched closer to being open year-round.

Restaurant Reviews

Rockin’ Moroccan

January 6, 2011 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

The real reason to visit Kasbah, a cozy piece of Morocco in downtown Lafayette, is not the lamb—which is delectable—or the mint tea or the b’stella. It’s the all-encompassing experience: a taste of a different culture, a brief visit to…

Challenging Elements

Challenging Elements: Rice Krispies

January 6, 2011 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

An unsophisticated, mass-produced ingredient needs a sophisticated dish,” Connie Ruel, owner of eight-month-old Tutti in Lafayette told us as we settled down to taste her Challenge dish, and that just perfectly sums up what she and her chef did when…

Duly Noted

Green!?!

January 6, 2011 Like 1 French Davis

In this month’s column, I’d like to respond to a reader e-mail: Dear Yellow Scene, Please remove (address withheld) from your mailing list. My family is a very green family and are trying to decrease our footprint by unsubscribing from as…

Scene

In Good Spirits

January 6, 2011 Like 0 James Burrus

It took a couple hundred years, but beer is finally moving up in the world of barrel aging. Hoppy, more potent India pale ales acquired some woody balance from the oak barrels on long voyages. And to get that infusion…

Spotlight

Eight Questions with Globetrotter Hot Shot Branch

January 6, 2011 Like 0 French Davis

In their 85 years of existence, the Harlem Globetrotters’ travels have taken them all over the world, into solving mysteries with the Scooby Doo gang and even stranded on Gilligan’s Island.

Scene Stealers

Ed Picks: January 2011

January 6, 2011 Like 0 French Davis

Still King Well into his 70s, B.B. King may not be around much longer—especially taking into account his shilling for diabetes medical supply companies—so when you’ve got a chance to see him live, take advantage of it.

Features

Play Today for Health Tomorrow

January 6, 2011 Like 1 editor

Why does the term ‘working out’ include the word work? Who said getting fit has to feel like a chore?

Features

Ditching the Diet

January 6, 2011 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

In every bookstore in America, dozens of different diet books will replace Christmas merchandise as December becomes January and thoughts of sugar plums become thoughts of elastic waistbands. Resolutions to climb Fourteeners or run the Bolder Boulder will be made.…

Features