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☆ The US was getting too expensive. So this artist relocated to France for a slower-paced life
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Ditching the US and relocating close to the French Pyrenees wasn’t part of Taylor Barnes’ life plan. ‘Visually inspiring’US artist Taylor Barnes, from Los Angeles, relocated to the medieval village of Saissac close to the French Pyrenees in 2021. Taylor Barnes“I considered, among many things, where I would like to live out the last quarter of my life,” Barnes tells CNN. Cozy hideawayIn 2019, Barnes bought an abandoned crawfish restaurant and converted it into a residency for artists. Since moving to Saissac, Barnes says she has happily embraced a slower-paced lifestyle.

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☆ In Louisiana, Extreme Weather Does the Unforgivable: Endanger Crawfish Season
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Rick Rojas | Emily Kask | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Adlar Stelly is 42 years old, which means it is fair to say that he has been involved in farming crawfish in Louisiana for just shy of 42 years. He grew up surrounded by the shallow ponds dotted with the netted crawfish traps set by his father. At 7, he was steering the boat while his older brother pulled in the traps. He and his brother now have some 3,000 acres of ponds of their own in southern Louisiana. But over all that time, he has never experienced a season as distressing as this one, where, week after frustrating week, the traps have been so consistently bare.

Persons: Stelly Locations: crawfish, Louisiana

☆ ‘The Great British Baking Show’ Has a Fierce Fantasy League? Who Will Win?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Ben Ashwell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

When Nikki and Steve Hammond got to Livingston, Texas, they needed Wi-Fi and a power outlet, urgently. Despite their being on vacation in the U.S. from Wales, thousands of people around the world were relying on the couple to update the scores in their Bake Off Fantasy League. Causing a stirThe Hammonds, who were just passing through the small city, settled into the corner booth at Shrimp Boat Manny’s, a Cajun restaurant that was winding down lunch service. Over plates of hush puppies, fried green tomatoes, crawfish étouffée and pecan pie, they found an outlet, plugged in their laptop and headphones and focused on their stream of “The Great British Baking Show” semifinal.

Persons: Nikki, Steve Hammond Organizations: British Locations: Livingston , Texas, U.S, Wales

☆ Jake Kleinmahon: One of Louisiana's only pediatric cardiologists has left the state over anti-LGBTQ legislation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Nicquel Terry Ellis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

courtesy Jake KleinmahonBut this past spring the Republican-led state legislature passed a series of controversial bills that targeted the LGBTQ community. Many of the laws enacted have been met with legal challenges from advocacy groups and LGBTQ families. In Louisiana, Kleinmahon said he lobbied against the laws, calling state lawmakers and writing letters to the state’s senate education committee. “It really showed that they just don’t care,” Kleinmahon told CNN. courtesy Katherine SasserThe challenge of movingBut relocating across the country hasn’t been an easy decision, LGBTQ families told CNN.

Persons: Jake Kleinmahon, Tom, ”, Kleinmahon, “, ” Kleinmahon, John Bel Edwards, Edwards, Terry Schilling, Schilling, ” Schilling, Tony Rothert, Rothert, ” Rothert, Cathryn Oakley, hasn’t, Oakley, ” Oakley, ” Katherine Sasser, Sasser, ” Sasser, Katherine Sasser Organizations: CNN, Tulane University, “, Mardi Gras, Republican, Human Rights, ” Louisiana Democratic Gov, HB, American Civil Liberties Union of, Columbia, University of Missouri Locations: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, Missouri, Denver, Long, , New York

☆ How 60,000 pounds of crawfish are harvested a day in Louisiana
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Korey Isbell | Dorian Barranco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Louisiana produces 90% of the United States' crawfish. Most of the farmed crawfish comes from rice fields in one small area of Cajun country. In the 1980s, rice farmers experimented with cultivating crawfish in their fields. Today, business is booming, clearing the way for the next generation of farmers like Madison McIntyre. But the industry is also unregulated and fast-moving, trapping producers in an endless fight to keep crawfish alive.

Persons: Madison McIntyre Locations: Louisiana, United States

8 p.m. Slurp up H-town’s cultural melting potThe city is known for its sprawl, which can be admittedly annoying. That is, until you exit the freeway and discover a completely new world like Chinatown, in Houston’s southwest. There, you can visit Crawfish and Noodles , the chef Trong Nguyen’s hot spot specializing in Viet-Cajun food , a cuisine that’s become a local staple. Houston has the largest Vietnamese-American population outside of California, many of whom migrated from Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. Here, unlike traditional Louisiana crawfish boils, the bugs are seasoned after they're taken out of the water: lemongrass, ginger and fish sauce meet cayenne, paprika and black pepper in a pool of garlic and butter.

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