Writer documenting life in New Orleans 9th Ward. I'm eating 500 po boys at 500 different restaurants, gas stations, corner stores and cafes in New Orleans

Month: August 2026

RL Reeves Jr Recipe For Dry Cured Guanciale

Grandpa Big Jim Sullivan would’ve considered guanciale (unsmoked, cured pork jowl) production unthinkable.

Field Report: 2026 Satchmo Summerfest Second Line in Treme

2026 Satchmo Summerfest Second Line in Treme

While the annual Satchmo Summerfest parade is not the official kickoff of second line season that’s what we have come to regard it as over the past decade or so. Along with 9X and Buckjumpers this is our favorite street parade of the year. We rolled upriver to 6th Ward this weekend to honor Louis Armstrong. This is what we saw:

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