When a friend of mine recently sent out a call for good recipes featuring beef short ribs, she unknowingly planted an idea in my head that I just couldn’t shake. All of a sudden, I wanted — no, NEEDED — a big plate of short ribs. It was like the Jedi mind trick of food. Luckily, Korean-style braised short ribs are a snap when you use a crock pot (plus they make your house smell amazing all day).
What do you like to throw in your slow-cooker?
Native New Orleans food writer Scott Gold, author of The Shameless Carnivore and a blog by the same name, has written for Gourmet, Edible Brooklyn, The Faster Times, and other publications. Today he debuts a new NolaVie entree, Food Porn Friday, offering a weekly mouth-watering photo designed to start culinary conversations in the Big Easy.
NOLAbeings Multimedia artist Claire Bangser created NOLAbeings as a portrait-based story project that marries... 
Voodoo in New Orleans: Reviving history: New Orleans fortune telling This article takes a deep dive into the history of Voodoo in New Orleans, its hybridization with Catholicism, and its present-day place in the city's culture. The author visits fortune-tellers in the French Quarter, using their guidance as a tool for introspection rather than a deterministic predictor of the future. Through her experiences in New Orleans, the author feels a mystical connection to both the past and the future. 