Blog: Barryfest

Anders Osborne is performing with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux at City Park on March 26, 2011 Hogs For The Cause is the brainchild of two local food aficionados who, in the fall of 2008, devised a plan to bring the hallowed tradition of the southern pig roast to New Orleans. Early on, founders Rene Louapre - one of the minds behind quintessential local food blog Blackened Out - and Becker Hall decided the pork bacchanalia should include some sort of charitable element, but they were unsure on who or what to focus until they [...]