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No Grill Needed: New Orleans BBQ Shrimp

June 1, 2023 No Comments

Put the sticky-sweet, tomato-based sauce back in the fridge and step away from the grill, because New Orleans-style BBQ shrimp is not at all like what y’all think of when y’all think barbecue. A New Orleans food writer with a lot of local cuisine knowledge “under her belt” once told […]

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All Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 NOWFE Culinary Awards!

June 22, 2021 No Comments

Judging for the New Orleans Wine & Food Experience‘s Culinary Awards has all kinds of perks. I get to meet new chefs, taste incredible food, and spend a whole day with people as food-obsessed as I am. But one of the best parts is celebrating the winners! Three cheers and […]

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Though she was born in the San Francisco Bay Area, Kim Ranjbar took her passion for the written word and dragged it over 2000 miles to flourish in the city she loves. For well over a decade, she's been eating, photographing and writing about food (and more!) in New Orleans, her work appearing in local publications such as French Quarter Journal, Where Y'at Magazine, New Orleans Living Magazine, NewOrleans.com and Louisiana Kitchen & Culture.

After over 20 years as a transplant — surviving hurricanes, levee failures, oil spills, boil water advisories and hipster invasions — Kim hopes to eventually earn the status of local and be welcomed into the fold.

Feel free to contact her at kimranjbar@gmail.com

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