Food

School was out and there I was at McDonald's letting my grandchildren play in the playground. There was a young family there with four young boys so wild the parents couldn't keep up with them.

The toddler kept coming by offering up his fat little hand and wiggling his fingers, begging for french fries. His parents would come by and gather him up and apologize. But there was something not quite right about this situation.

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Excited for Mudstock 2012? So are we. It's gonna be the most fun, ATV-friendly and, of course, muddiest event of the year. Here are some simple guidelines to help make sure you and your family have the best time possible.

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If you're going to cook and eat a squirrel, for some inexplicable reason, we can stake with confidence that a blowtorch is not the way to go about doing it.

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Grab your lawn chairs and prepare to head north, Shreveporters. The third annual Blanchard Music Festival is being held on Saturday, October 20.

The festival raises money for a local charitable cause. This year, the money raised will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure -- specifically, a local Blanchard woman who is suffering from breast cancer.

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I love to find stories about new diet trends. But this one is a little bizarre!

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A girlfriend and myself were asked to decorate for a Ladies Luncheon at the Church. Naturally, there was little if any budget. We wanted something beautiful, so we decided on crepe myrtles. They're cheap and plentiful.

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McDonald's has the McRib and Starbucks has the Pumpkin Spice Latte. Both items are highly sought after and people anxiously await their arrival. This year, The Pumpkin Spice will arrive...but there may be a Pumpkin Spice Latte shortage.

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When eating at a Chinese Restaurant, most people look forward to the fortune cookie. They think they're fun. They even believe they're good luck. They take the lucky numbers on the back of the fortune and play them in the lottery. But me? Well, I get the stupidest fortunes of them all.

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School lunches have changed across the country and many parents and students are not too happy about what's being served in the lunchrooms.

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Shreveport's Feist-Weiller Cancer Center is offering you a chance to be a guest DJ with Robert J Wright and Erin McCarty! It's part of their Life Savers 2012 fundraiser coming up Saturday night at the Shreveport Convention Center.

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The new Cone Crust Pizza from Pizza Hut-- with a crust made of 12 calzone-like cones stuffed with either cream cheese, honey mustard chicken, or both -- really is the perfect dish to push the US obesity rate over the illusive 75% mark. But, alas, it's only available in the Middle East.

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The basic necessities of life may be food, water and shelter, but a new survey suggests the modern day world might be prepared to trade in sustenance for communication, as many Americans are now spending more money on their cell phone plans than they are on things to eat.

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