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OUR CONTRIBUTORS

ROMNEY CARUSO

SARAH BAIRD

is the author of the books New Orleans Cock- tails and Short Stack Edition: Summer Squash . Her work appears regularly in/on

is a Mandeville resident and has been a profes- sional photogra- pher for over 25

is a world-class cheese expert. PATTI STALLARD is a freelance copy editor, proofreader and copy- writer with decades of editorial experience in both the marketing and publishing arenas. A native New Orleanian and a culinary devotee, she was part of many creative teams that crafted ADDY award-winning campaigns for a variety of clients, including tourism, professional sports and higher education. A Yale graduate, she left a “normal” job in 2002 to work the counter at New York’s famed Murray’s Cheese. She is the founder of The People’s Cheese, author of the Book of Cheese: The Essential Guide to Discovering Cheeses You’ll Love and The Cheese Chron- icles , and coauthor of The Murray’s Cheese Handbook . Her work and interviews with her have been in everything from The New York Times to Men’s Journal to The Oprah Magazine and NPR and The Today Show . ALISON FENSTERSTOCK is a music and culture writer and founding program director for the Ponderosa Stomp roots- music festival. Her work appears in Rolling Stone and SPIN , and on NPR. is a food and travel writer and photographer and was named one of 2017 Epicurious’ 100 Greatest Home Cooks of All Time. A native of New Iberia, Louisiana, Johnson is the author of three books. He is a contributor to The New York Times, Saveur, Food & Wine, Garden & Gun and Bon Appétit. PABLEAUX JOHNSON years. He has styled and photographed food for hundreds of local and national publications, and for several cookbooks. His portrait series of chefs and bartenders, titled “Shakers, Knives & Irons,” was recently displayed in New Orleans and Los Angeles. LIZ THORPE

Saveur , EAter , GQ , First We Feast , PUNCH and Food & Wine , where she covers everything from the siren song of the Flora-Bama Lounge in Orange Beach to the legendary fig trees of Baton Rouge. She was the longtime food editor and restaurant critic for the New Orleans alt-weekly, Gambit Weekly , and won Critic of the Year in 2015 for her dining reviews.

MARCELLE BIENVENU

is cookbook author, food writer and chef/instruc- tor at the Chef John a

Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux. A native of St. Martinville, in the heart of Cajun country, Bienvenu wrote Who’s Your Mama, Are You Catholic and Can You Make a Roux? and Stir the Pot: The History of Cajun Cuisine with Eula Mae Dora , and other books and cookbooks. She also co-authored five cookbooks with Emeril Lagasse.

JASON BERRY

is an author and docu- mentary film director. Up from the Cradle: New Orleans Music Since World War II , his music history,

was published in 1986. An expanded new edition, updated with the history of the music scene in the late ’80s, was released in 2009. He received a 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship for research on jazz funerals.

DAVID W. BROWN

is a Baton Rouge- based author and regular contributor to The Atlantic, The Week and

Mental Floss . His work also appears in Vox, The New York Times, Writer’s Digest and Foreign Policy magazine. He is a regular commentator for television and radio. KACIE GALTIER is an illustrator and one of our talented chalk art- ists. She is a native of Houma, Louisiana. You can see her designs and art in our stores all over the Gulf Coast. ​

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