Bean Madness tournament reveals first round winners, announces second round schedule

The first-ever Bean Madness tournament kicked off last week, pitting 64 New Orleans restaurants against one another. Inspired by the annual March Madness college basketball tournament, the head-to-head match-ups aimed […]

Bean Madness Tournament Unveils Tasting Schedule

Last week we reported on Bean Madness / Final Fork, a new competition that aims to determine that best (restaurant-cooked) red beans and rice in New Orleans. Inspired by the […]

Bean Madness: Who cooks the best red beans and rice in New Orleans?

Even though Louisiana Eats! creator Poppy Tooker claims that “In New Orleans, you come out of the womb instinctively knowing how to cook red beans and rice,” we native New […]

Who makes the New Orleans’ best red beans and rice? Bean Madness will reveal all.

The Redbeans Parade will organize “Bean Madness!”, a spoof of college basketball’s March Madness tournament from March 9 through April 2, 2017, and will feature a competition to determine who […]

Creamy and Delicious! It’s Mardi Gras, time for red beans and rice

Red beans and rice have long been lauded as a New Orleans food staple. Maybe it’s for its simplicity—first and foremost, you have to soak some beans (or don’t, if […]

A Different Kind of Mardi Gras Story: How the Krewe of Red Beans Founder Devin De Wulf became a Covid relief superspreader

It all started with a Halloween bean suit. In 2007, newly arrived New Orleans transplant Devin De Wulf (née Meyers) was brainstorming costume ideas with a friend at Pal’s Lounge […]

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Escape Mardi Gras Madness at Family Gras

As the Mardi Gras festivities kick up a notch this weekend, families can retreat to the safety of Jefferson Parish’s Family Gras this Friday through Sunday, February 25-27. Family Gras […]

UPDATES: Museums, YLC season & more closed, canceled

As New Orleans’ festival season kicks into high gear, so do event cancellations and emergency city ordinances due to the ongoing threat of coronavirus and COVID-19. Just days after this […]

Visual Overload

Mardi Gras is over, and spring festivals are on everybody’s agenda: from the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon to the Top Taco festival, Bourbon Fest and Bean Madness. I’m kind of […]