Archive for September, 2010
“Come to Uplift Us!” says Queen of Creole Cuisine
Admired by presidents, celebrated chef and great-grandmother Leah Chase is dressed for another day of work in the kitchen of Dooky Chase Restaurant. She, like her neighbors, was flooded out by hurricane Katrina, and now, she’s seeing the impact of the BP oil spill.
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Chefs Summit Focuses on Gulf Seafood, Domestic Supply
The focus of the second annual Chefs Collaborative National Summit meeting in Boston is on concern for America’s supply of seafood, and, in particular, seafood from the Gulf of Mexico.
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A Safety Net in Time of Need for One Coastal Community
“We were the only organization concerned with sustainability,” says Iray Nabatoff of the Community Center of St. Bernard Parish. “We have become the parish’s safety net.”
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Oyster Industry Concerned About Compensation Criteria
Dr. Earl Melancon of Nichols State University is concerned about the impact of an unprecedented flow of freshwater entering the estuaries in St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes to fend off crude from BP’s oil spill. Is the freshwater to blame for killing oyster reefs in estuaries, he asks.
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“The Numbers Don’t Lie …”
British Petroleum (BP), the British company that has spent millions of dollars in ad campaigns telling Americans that they will “make things right” in the Gulf of Mexico, is failing to follow through on that promise, according to Louisiana’s seafood industry leaders.
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Environmental Watchdog Recommends Gulf Shrimp
In response to the catastrophic events in the Gulf of Mexico this year – caused by BP’s oil spill – Seafood Watch™ is encouraging consumers support beleaguered fishing communities by purchasing sustainable Gulf seafood like shrimp.
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Seafood Restaurant, Market Owner Copes With Continuing Losses
Restaurant owner and fish monger David Robinson normally sees a slump in business of about 20 percent during summer months. He thinks that’s normal. This year is much worse.
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BP’s Ads Called “Propaganda,” Company Breaks Promises
Ewell Smith, executive director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, says he’s had enough of BP’s “propaganda,” as he labels it. BP, he says, seems to be pulling up its corporate anchor to sail back to Britain.
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In a Region Hit by Hardships, a Homecoming
Life has not been easy. She lost her home to Hurricane Katrina, and two years later, her daughter was murdered, leaving Ms. Caesar to care for five granddaughters.
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Alarming Trend: Fewer Commercial Fishermen Can Afford to Fish
It’s an alarming trend but with the high cost of fuel and other expenses, we are seeing 80 percent fewer shrimpers willing to take the chance a dock will buy their catch, says Ewell Smith of the Louisiana Seafood Board.
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Louisiana Seafood: Served at the White House
White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford and her first assistant in the kitchen, chef Tafari Campbell, joined more than a dozen other prominent chefs from across the country for a tour of bountiful Gulf waters near Slidell, Louisiana.
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Assessing Human Health Effects of the Gulf Oil Spill
There are two main pathways by which people could have been exposed to the Gulf oil spill – consumption of contaminated seafood and direct exposure to the source – but the government has only been proactive about one – seafood safety, according to Dr. Maureen Lichtveld at Tulane University.
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Top U.S. Chefs Focus on Importance of Gulf Seafood
More than a dozen chefs from across the country — including White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford — are taking a whirlwind tour of Louisiana’s seafood industry, including visits to a shrimp boat and a processing facility.
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James Carville: “We Have Been Greatly Wronged”
Political consultant, commentator, attorney and educator James Carville is angry and outspoken over the behavior of oil giant BP and how it has stalled and broken promises for compensating people along the coast of Louisiana who have suffered because of BP’s runaway oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Making Sense Out of BP’s Oil Spill Impact on Seafood
Julie Falgout married into a Louisiana shrimping family in 1979 and has waged her fair share of battles against threats to the seafood industry. Today, Falgout offers assistance, research and educational programs to Louisiana’s fishing communities.
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