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Last week, I was invited to a special dinner at Jolie's Louisiana Bistro in our hometown of Lafayette. The restaurant's chef, Manny Augello, will be cooking at the prestigious James Beard House in New York later this month and is fine tuning his menu, inspired by summer in Louisiana, with special preview dinners before the big day.

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Last night, Lafayette celebrated its Southern Living "Tastiest Town" win with a party at the Acadiana Center for the Arts. Highlights included music by the Bayou Boys, cracklin cupcakes from Sophi P. Cakes (pictured below) and Lafayette Mayor Joey Durel making Southern Living Publisher Greg Schumann and Senior Editor Paula Disbrowe honorary Cajuns.

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