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Events, getaways and cuisine adventure ideas e-mailed to you every Wednesday!

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- Aug 20, 2008
 - Aug 13, 2008


FURTHER AFIELD
Travel deals and tips from Dale Irvin.

BEYOND THE PAGE
Country Roads
in the community.


See our editor James Fox-Smith on WAFB's 9 News This Morning.

JULY EVENTS
POETRY READING

Watch poet Anna West perform "Battle for the Board of Ed."

Our collection of original art as featured on past covers of Country Roads magazine.

Join your favorite Country Roadsters at these upcoming community events!

Natchez Food Fest:
August 1, 2 & 3

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GROCERY STORES AND GOURMET SHOPS
Calandro’s Supermarket
Since 1941, this locally owned Baton Rouge grocery store has aimed to please with helpful service and a commitment to stocking both hard-to-find gourmet items and regional goods and produce.
COOKING
SCHOOLS
New Orleans Cooking Experience
Through this renowned B&B’s popular New Orleans Cooking Experience program, students can attend half-day classes, a series of courses or luxuriate in a fancy cooking school vacation presided over by New Orleans chefs.
BAKERIES
Ambrosia Bakery
Walk into this Perkins Road establishment and prepare to be tempted by a scrumptious array of wedding, birthday and everyday cakes; plus cookies, pies, Parker house rolls, Mardi Gras king cakes, and fragrant jalapeño cheese bread.
CATERERS
High Cotton
High Cotton Catering can fluff up any culinary occasion, from small in-home parties to large weddings, offering menus featuring fresh seafood, local produce, hand-cut meats and specialty products from around the world. High Cotton is a full-service caterer.

The Castle at Dunleith

The Chimes

The City of Ponchatoula

Emeril's Homebase

High Cotton

Houma

Juban's

Ma Mama's

Magnolia Cafe

Marcello's Wine Warehouse

Mike Anderson's

Monmouth Plantation

Morel's

Natchez Pilgrammage Tours

Parrain's

Select Cellars

Sno's Seafood

South of the Border

St. Landry Parish

St. Tammany Northshore

Sushi Yama

Tangipahoa Parish

Tsunami

Twin Oaks B&B
and Cooking Classes

Upper Crust

Varnedoe's

West Baton Rouge

Whole Foods Market

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: August 2008
INTO THE GARDEN: Enter the Locavore
CUISINE: It Helps to Know the Menu by Heart, Botrytis and Bull's Blood
ANTIQUES AND PRESERVATION: Invisible Bayou
MUSIC: 100% Norteno
FOLK WISDOM: Dishing Dirt,
REGIONAL DINING GUIDE: The Menu Collection

August 28 - September 1
Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival
Morgan City,La

August 29
Critical Mass Rolls In
Baton Rouge,La

August 29 - September 28
Rising Water at Bayou Playhouse
Lockport,La

August 30
Movies & Music Classics
Baton Rouge,La

August 30
Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival
Plaisance,La

September 1
Labor Day on the Steps
Baton Rouge,La

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