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Volume 16, Number 3; Fall 2005 About our Cover: Memories and mementoes of happy times were carried away by the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina. These mud-covered ceramic Mardi Gras masks were discovered amid the debris in Arabi, Louisiana. photograph by David Rae Morris After Katrina and Rita 10 essays by Anne Rice, Wynton Marsalis and Richard Ford; photographs by David Rae Morris, Cheryl Gerber and Louis Sahuc A cataclysm of Bliblical proportions has laid waste to vast stretches of South Louisiana. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita threatened to dissolve not only a landscape but a way of life. Three of Louisiana’s preeminent cultural observers comment on the disaster and its aftermath. Fall 2005 page 18 page 28 Tabasco: Edmund McIlhenny and the Birth of a Louisiana Pepper Sauce 28 by Shane K. Bernard The ubiquitous tabletop condiment that adds fiery zest to virtually any dish was invented by a restless entrepreneur down on his luck at Avery Island, Louisiana. By mixing crushed red pepper with vinegar and salt, in 1869 Edmund McIlhenny created a hot sauce sensation. KATRINA and RITA commentary by Anne Rice, Wynton Marsalis, Richard Ford and Roy Blount, Jr. HURRICANES New Orleans’ Coffee Connection..44 by John T. Magill Whether it’s shipping or sipping, the Crescent City’s economic reliance upon and its taste preference for coffee is as strong as the Mississippi current. Copyright 2005 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Inc., an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, all rights reserved. ISSN 1082-4553 LOUISIANA CULTURAL VISTAS is published quarterly: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter, by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3) Louisiana corporation, 938 Lafayette Street, Suite 300, New Orleans, LA 70113-1027; (504) 523-4352; toll-free in-state 1(800) 9097990. Annual subscription is $12. Single copy back issues, if available, are $5. A one year, four-issue subscription is included in annual Endowment memberships; minimum $35. For subscriptions outside the U.S., shipping and handling charges will be added. e-mail: lahum@leh.org The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities is supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Board of Directors has determined that the publication of this periodical is necessary in the transaction of the public business required of the Endowment. Views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Endowment board or staff. Query the Editor prior to sending manuscripts. No Man’s Land 56 by Martin W. Schwartz An ongoing territorial dispute among competing European colonial powers and the burgeoning United States resulted in a lawless strip of frontier in western Louisiana that came to be known as the No Man’s Land. A haven for criminals, the Sabine wilderness did not come under a defined government until U.S. annexation in 1819. page 58 Editor’s Column 3 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities 4 Louisiana State Museum 6 Historic New Orleans Collection 38 Louisiana Association of Museums 42 Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism 66 Bookstand (Book Review by Thomas Uskali) 68 Sound Advice (Music Review by Ben Sandmel) 70 Forum (Commentary by Roy Blount, Jr. ) 72 Fall 2005/LOUISIANA CULTURAL VISTAS 1 http://www.leh.org

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Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Fall 2005 Contents Editor’s Column Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Louisiana State Museum After Katrina and Rita Tabasco: Edmund McIlhenny and the Birth of a Louisiana Pepper Sauce Historic New Orleans Collection Louisiana Association of Museums New Orleans’ Coffee Connection No Man’s Land Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism Bookstand (Book Review by Thomas Uskali) Sound Advice (Music Review by Ben Sandmel) Forum (Commentary by Roy Blount, Jr. )

Louisiana Cultural Vistas - Fall 2005

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