383. Suzanne Stone. New Orleans Coffee

383. We chat with Suzanne Stone about her book, New Orleans Coffee: A Rich History. New Orleans history is steeped in coffee. Café du Monde and Morning Call started serving café au lait more than a century ago.
Outside the Cathedral of St. Louis in Jackson Square, early entrepreneurs like Old Rose provided eager churchgoers with the brew, and it was sold in the French Market beginning in the late 1700s. People gathered for business, socializing, politics and auctions at five hundred coffee exchanges and shops in the 1800s. Since 1978, myriad specialty coffee shops have opened to meet increasing demand for great coffee. Author Suzanne Stone presents the full story of this celebrated tradition, including how chicory became part of the city’s special flavor. Suzanne is a volunteer docent at the Historic New Orleans Collection and is semi-retired from executive positions in nonprofit organizations. Suzanne works as a tour guide, presenting French Quarter, Garden District, culinary history, cemetery and ghost tours, as well as two unique tours: Jewish New Orleans and Women of New Orleans.

1. This week in Louisiana history. September 20, 1717. Gov. LePinay recalled to France after "ruining the colony."
2. This week in New Orleans history. 1947 Hurricane "George," September 19, 1947. Katrina was not the first storm to breach the infamous 17th Street Canal. This image shows one of several breaks in the canal's levee caused by the hurricane of 1947 when the levees broke on the Jefferson Parish side, flooding wide areas of Metairie. Portions of the Orleans Parish lakefront and Gentilly also flooded in this storm.
   
3. This week in Louisiana. This event has been cancelled.
   Alligator Festival
   
   September 24th, 2020

   6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
   West Bank Bridge Park

   13825 River Rd,

   Luling, LA 70070
   504-201-5530
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   Join us for the annual Alligator Festival at the Westbank Bridge Park in St. Charles Parish, every last full weekend in September. The Alligator Festival is hosted by the Rotary Club of St. Charles Parish to raise funds for college scholarships to our local youth. You won't want to say "see you later alligator" to this one of a kind festival!
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. A Scribe Called Quess? speaks at the BLM rally 7/11/2020.

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